Buxus microphylla
Siebold & Zucc. · speciesAt a glance
Sources13 archives
Databases and archives Buxus microphylla's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility585 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI6 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
dukesphytochemcompounds
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Buxus microphylla, the Japanese box or littleleaf box, is a species of flowering plant in the box family found in Japan and Taiwan. It is a dwarf evergreen shrub or small tree growing to 1 m tall and wide.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology4
Life cycle & reproduction3
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment8
Physiology & chemistry1
Other traits1
Compounds documented for Buxus microphylla across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds96 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-Byakangelicin | present | NPASS | |
| (1R,2S,3R,4R,5R)-3,4-dihydroxy-5-methyl-2-propan-2-ylcyclohexane-1-carboxylic acid | present | NPASS | |
| (1R,3R,4R,4aS,8S,8aR)-4-[2-(furan-3-yl)ethyl]-8-(hydroxymethyl)-3,4a,8-trimethyl-2,3,5,6,7,8a-hexahydro-1H-naphthalene-1,4-diol | present | NPASS | |
| (1R,3S,4R,4aS,8S,8aS)-4-[2-(furan-3-yl)ethyl]-8-(hydroxymethyl)-3,4a,8-trimethyl-2,3,5,6,7,8a-hexahydro-1H-naphthalene-1,4-diol | present | NPASS | |
| (1R,3S,6R,7R,8R,10R,11R,14S,15R,20S)-7-[(1S)-1-(dimethylamino)ethyl]-6,10,15-trimethyl-17-oxa-19-azahexacyclo[12.8.0.01,3.03,11.06,10.015,20]docosan-8-ol | present | LOTUS | |
| (1R,3S,6R,7S,8R,10S,11S,14R,15R,20S)-7-[(1S)-1-(dimethylamino)ethyl]-6,10,15-trimethyl-17-oxa-19-azahexacyclo[12.8.0.01,3.03,11.06,10.015,20]docosan-8-ol | present | LOTUS | |
| (1R,3S,6R,7S,8R,10S,11S,14R,15S,20S)-7-[(1S)-1-(dimethylamino)ethyl]-6,10,15-trimethyl-17-oxa-19-azahexacyclo[12.8.0.01,3.03,11.06,10.015,20]docosan-8-ol | present | LOTUS | |
| (1R,4S,8S,9R,10S,12R)-9-[2-(furan-3-yl)ethyl]-9-hydroxy-4,8,10-trimethyl-2-oxatricyclo[6.3.1.04,12]dodecan-3-one | present | NPASS | |
| (1S,3R,6R,8R,11S,12S,15E,16S)-15-ethylidene-7,7,12,16-tetramethyl-6-(methylamino)pentacyclo[9.7.0.01,3.03,8.012,16]octadecan-14-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (1S,3R,6R,8R,11S,12S,15Z,16S)-15-ethylidene-7,7,12,16-tetramethyl-6-(methylamino)pentacyclo[9.7.0.01,3.03,8.012,16]octadecan-14-one | present | LOTUS |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Buxus microphylla has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Buxus microphylla carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 281×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type585 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions41 of 72 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Yangling, CN | 109 |
| Wuhan, CN | 66 |
| Paris, FR | 47 |
| KR | 39 |
| Chapingo, MX | 30 |
| 河南豫北黄河故道湿地鸟类国家级自然保护区location not on record | 17 |
| Nanjing, CN | 12 |
| Herbarium of the Department of Botany, University of Tokyolocation not on record | 11 |
| Bangkok, TH | 11 |
| Beijing, CN | 10 |
| Kyoto Universitylocation not on record | 8 |
| Wuhan, CN | 6 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 6 |
| Shanghai, CN | 6 |
| Durango, MX | 6 |
| Kunming, CN | 6 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 5 |
| Museo universitario di Chietilocation not on record | 5 |
| Central China Normal Universitylocation not on record | 5 |
| 盐城国家级珍禽自然保护区location not on record | 4 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 4 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 4 |
| Lincoln, US | 4 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 4 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 3 |
| Taipei, TW | 3 |
| WNNUlocation not on record | 2 |
| South China Normal Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 2 |
| Zhuzhou, CN | 2 |
| Nanjing, CN | 2 |
| Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Región Xalapalocation not on record | 2 |
| Chengdu, CN | 2 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 2 |
| Odawara, JP | 2 |
| Bronx, US | 2 |
| Philadelphia, US | 2 |
| Jishou Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 2 |
| Saint Louis, US | 2 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 1 |
| PUC-RSlocation not on record | 1 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 1 |
| Lubbock, US | 1 |
| Columbia, US | 1 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 1 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Logan, US | 1 |
| Cambridge, US | 1 |
| San Jose, US | 1 |
| “Manash Kozybayev North Kazakhstan University" NPLClocation not on record | 1 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 1 |
| JMSlocation not on record | 1 |
| Flagstaff, US | 1 |
| Chongqing Natural History Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Awka, NG | 1 |
| Xian, CN | 1 |
| Kochi, JP | 1 |
| Xinxiang, CN | 1 |
| Xining, CN | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 1 |
| 黔东南州民族医药研究所标本室location not on record | 1 |
| Chengdu, CN | 1 |
| Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologialocation not on record | 1 |
| Québec, CA | 1 |
| Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record | 1 |
| College Park, US | 1 |
| Albuquerque, US | 1 |
| Lord Fairfax Community Collegelocation not on record | 1 |
| TAIElocation not on record | 1 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 1 |
| Institute for Agricultural Bacteriology and Fermentation Biologylocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Buxus microphylla was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.