Carpinus betulus
speciesAt a glance
Sources14 archives
Databases and archives Carpinus betulus's data was compiled from.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility610 116 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI23 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics37 specimens↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Le Charme, ou Charme commun, parfois appelé charmille, Carpinus betulus, est une espèce d'arbre de taille moyenne, à feuilles caduques et appartenant à la famille des Bétulacées. Il est assez répandu dans les forêts d'Europe centrale. C'est une essence forestière secondaire présente en taillis sous futaie.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology13
Life cycle & reproduction14
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment11
Physiology & chemistry9
Other traits1
Compounds documented for Carpinus betulus across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile4 classes
Documented compounds18 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (3S,4S,5R)-4-hydroxy-3-(hydroxymethyl)-5-methyl-5-[(E)-pentadec-11-enyl]oxolan-2-one | present | NPASS | |
| (3S,4S,5R)-5-[(E)-henicos-17-enyl]-4-hydroxy-3-(hydroxymethyl)-5-methyloxolan-2-one | present | NPASS | |
| (3S,4S,5R)-5-heptadecyl-4-hydroxy-3-(hydroxymethyl)-5-methyloxolan-2-one | present | NPASS | |
| (4S,5R)-4-hydroxy-5-methyl-3-methylidene-5-[(E)-tritetracont-32-enyl]oxolan-2-one | present | NPASS | |
| (4S,5R)-5-[(E)-heptatetracont-36-enyl]-4-hydroxy-5-methyl-3-methylideneoxolan-2-one | present | NPASS | |
| (4S,5R)-5-heptatetracontyl-4-hydroxy-5-methyl-3-methylideneoxolan-2-one | present | NPASS | |
| amphiasterin B4 | present | NPASS | |
| Ellagic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| methyl (2R)-1-[[(3S,4S,5R)-5-[(E)-heptadec-6-enyl]-4-hydroxy-5-methyl-2-oxooxolan-3-yl]methyl]-5-oxopyrrolidine-2-carboxylate | present | NPASS | |
| methyl (2S)-1-[[(3R,4S,5R)-4-hydroxy-5-methyl-2-oxo-5-[(E)-pentadec-4-enyl]oxolan-3-yl]methyl]-5-oxopyrrolidine-2-carboxylate | present | NPASS |
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 Carpinus betulus 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 Carpinus betulus 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 6410×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · slov-fl · CCDB · poland +2
2n 164×CCDB · book-fedorov
2n 321×CCDB · book-fedorov
octoploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
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 solid bar is the fossil range: the span between the oldest and the youngest fossil that palaeontologists have assigned to Carpinus betulus. Above itBeside it, each dot is one dated fossil find — few enough to count, so they are drawn individually rather than as a graph.
How it livedPBDB
Record type610 140 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 institutions72 of 144 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 25 522 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 484 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 413 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 408 |
| Görlitz, DE | 384 |
| LDlocation not on record | 276 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 264 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 193 |
| Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record | 111 |
| Salzburg, AT | 111 |
| Uppsala, SE | 101 |
| Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowielocation not on record | 98 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 95 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 91 |
| Uniwersytet Warszawskilocation not on record | 68 |
| Mlocation not on record | 63 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 62 |
| Berlin, DE | 55 |
| Olocation not on record | 43 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 43 |
| Bern, CH | 40 |
| Uniwersytet Opolskilocation not on record | 37 |
| Wlocation not on record | 32 |
| M-Lichenslocation not on record | 31 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 31 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 28 |
| Zürich, CH | 27 |
| Zürich, CH | 26 |
| MAlocation not on record | 24 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 20 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 19 |
| South Kensington, GB | 18 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 17 |
| UniKSlocation not on record | 17 |
| Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocagelocation not on record | 17 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 16 |
| Dresden, DE | 15 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 15 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 13 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 13 |
| Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswaldlocation not on record | 13 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 13 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 13 |
| Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisienlocation not on record | 12 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 11 |
| SZUlocation not on record | 11 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 10 |
| Instytut Ochrony Przyrody Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 10 |
| San Sebastián, ES | 10 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 9 |
| Rotorua, NZ | 8 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 8 |
| PrivatHerblocation not on record | 8 |
| Trondheim, NO | 8 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 8 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 7 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 7 |
| Auckland, NZ | 7 |
| PRClocation not on record | 7 |
| Vitoria, ES | 7 |
| Vancouver, CA | 7 |
| Bangkok, TH | 7 |
| València, ES | 6 |
| Bergen, NO | 6 |
| Bronx, US | 6 |
| Dekalb, US | 6 |
| Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record | 6 |
| UGentlocation not on record | 6 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 5 |
| Pamplona, ES | 5 |
| Durham, US | 5 |
| The Tula Region State Institution of Culture "Tula Museum Association"location not on record | 5 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 5 |
| Barcelona, ES | 5 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 5 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 4 |
| Saint Louis, US | 4 |
| Fulda, DE | 4 |
| Clemson, US | 4 |
| LfUlocation not on record | 4 |
| Winterthur, CH | 4 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 4 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 3 |
| Stockholm, SE | 3 |
| Cape Town, ZA | 3 |
| BClocation not on record | 3 |
| Tartu, EE | 3 |
| Kew, GB | 3 |
| Denver, US | 3 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 3 |
| Taipei, TW | 3 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 3 |
| Tilburg, NL | 3 |
| Salvador, BR | 2 |
| Macomb, US | 2 |
| Helsinki, FI | 2 |
| National Museum Waleslocation not on record | 2 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 2 |
| Beijing, CN | 2 |
| Namur, BE | 2 |
| Sion, CH | 2 |
| Ivano-Frankove, UA | 2 |
| Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record | 2 |
| Salamanca, ES | 2 |
| Washington, US | 2 |
| Xiamen, CN | 2 |
| Bourges, FR | 2 |
| H-Schuhwlocation not on record | 2 |
| Millersville, US | 2 |
| München, DE | 2 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 2 |
| UNESP-FCAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 2 |
| Lincoln, US | 2 |
| H-Dueringlocation not on record | 1 |
| Bothell, US | 1 |
| New Haven, US | 1 |
| Pullman, US | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 1 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 1 |
| CJBNlocation not on record | 1 |
| Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record | 1 |
| Riverside, US | 1 |
| nbflocation not on record | 1 |
| Tulane Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Philadelphia, US | 1 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 1 |
| Oswego, US | 1 |
| UoB-IBlocation not on record | 1 |
| Wellington, NZ | 1 |
| National Botanic Garden of Waleslocation not on record | 1 |
| Claremont, US | 1 |
| Madrid, ES | 1 |
| Columbia, US | 1 |
| University of Genevalocation not on record | 1 |
| Glarus, CH | 1 |
| Corrientes, AR | 1 |
| Royal Botanic Gardens, Kewlocation not on record | 1 |
| Granada, ES | 1 |
| BSBIlocation not on record | 1 |
| EL PASO, US | 1 |
| Musée des Confluenceslocation not on record | 1 |
| Göteborg, SE | 1 |
| Madrid, ES | 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 Carpinus betulus 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.