Carthamus tinctorius
speciesAt a glance
Sources17 archives
Databases and archives Carthamus tinctorius's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation20 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility6 919 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI23 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics33 specimens↗
dukesphytochemcompounds
FooDBThe Metabolomics Innovation Centrecompounds↗
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↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Die Färberdistel (Carthamus tinctorius), auch Saflor, Öldistel, Färbersaflor und Falscher Safran genannt, ist eine Pflanzenart aus der Familie der Korbblütler (Asteraceae). Sie ist heute weltweit verbreitet. Ihrer ölhaltigen Samen wegen wird sie vor allem als Ölpflanze kultiviert, daneben ist auch die Nutzung als Färberpflanze möglich.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology24
Life cycle & reproduction16
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment14
Physiology & chemistry4
Other traits4
Compounds documented for Carthamus tinctorius across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds6 121 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| WATER | 901,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 892,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| FAT | 626,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| FIBER | 582,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 481,394 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| SAFFLOWER-YELLOW | 300,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| FIBER(DIETARY) | 290,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| OLEIC-ACID | 206,580 ppm | DukesPhytochem |
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 Carthamus tinctorius 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 Carthamus tinctorius 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 2421×CCDB · slov-fl · CCDB · nw-europe-fl · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl +6
n 127×CCDB · book-ipcn65 · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · Cave1959
diploid 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 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 type6 919 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 institutions121 of 195 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| HUN003location not on record | 50 |
| Beijing, CN | 50 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 48 |
| LDlocation not on record | 41 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 32 |
| Olocation not on record | 24 |
| Yangling, CN | 24 |
| Brisbane, AU | 19 |
| Wuhan, CN | 18 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 16 |
| San Diego, US | 15 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 14 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 14 |
| Riverside, US | 13 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 13 |
| Chengdu, CN | 12 |
| Kunming, CN | 12 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 12 |
| South Kensington, GB | 12 |
| ESP004location not on record | 12 |
| Urumqi, CN | 12 |
| Chengdu, CN | 11 |
| ROM007location not on record | 11 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 10 |
| Canberra, AU | 10 |
| Oulu, FI | 10 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 10 |
| Durango, MX | 9 |
| Turku, FI | 9 |
| Claremont, US | 9 |
| Brussel, BE | 9 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 9 |
| Adelaide, AU | 9 |
| Zapopan, MX | 8 |
| Xian, CN | 8 |
| Saint Louis, US | 8 |
| Denver, US | 8 |
| GMBAlocation not on record | 8 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 8 |
| Palmerston, AU | 8 |
| Bronx, US | 8 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 7 |
| Austin, US | 7 |
| Kensington, AU | 7 |
| Bando, JP | 7 |
| Institute of Applied Ecology, Academia Sinicalocation not on record | 7 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 7 |
| San Isidro, AR | 7 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 6 |
| Bozeman, US | 6 |
| TAIElocation not on record | 6 |
| ENTClocation not on record | 6 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 6 |
| Stockholm, SE | 5 |
| Flagstaff, US | 5 |
| Mexico City, MX | 5 |
| Tokushima, JP | 5 |
| Lanzhou, CN | 5 |
| Hobart, AU | 5 |
| València, ES | 5 |
| Guilin, CN | 5 |
| Xining, CN | 5 |
| Zhengzhou, CN | 4 |
| Phoenix, US | 4 |
| Chadron, US | 4 |
| KR | 4 |
| Changsha, CN | 4 |
| Vancouver, CA | 4 |
| Bern, CH | 4 |
| Paris, FR | 4 |
| Mexico City, MX | 4 |
| Xinxiang, CN | 4 |
| Nanjing, CN | 4 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 3 |
| Görlitz, DE | 3 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 3 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 3 |
| Corvallis, US | 3 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 3 |
| Finnish Museum of Natural History, Botanical Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Mlocation not on record | 3 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 3 |
| Strecker Museum, Baylor Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Salvador, BR | 2 |
| Auckland, NZ | 2 |
| Pocatello, US | 2 |
| BSBIlocation not on record | 2 |
| Logan, US | 2 |
| Davis, US | 2 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 2 |
| Bend, US | 2 |
| ISAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Bratislava, SK | 2 |
| Columbia, US | 2 |
| Pamplona, ES | 2 |
| Taipei, TW | 2 |
| Moscow, US | 2 |
| Hazara Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Missoula, US | 2 |
| Porto Alegre, BR | 2 |
| Parkville, AU | 2 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 2 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Kew, GB | 2 |
| Nagano City, JP | 2 |
| Fort Worth, US | 2 |
| Uppsala, SE | 2 |
| IDElocation not on record | 2 |
| Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 2 |
| Hermosillo, MX | 2 |
| Provo, US | 2 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 2 |
| Córdoba, ES | 2 |
| Salta, AR | 2 |
| MAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Nanjing, CN | 2 |
| Tartu, EE | 2 |
| Seoul, KR | 2 |
| University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record | 2 |
| Orem, US | 2 |
| nlocation not on record | 2 |
| ROM023location not on record | 2 |
| Madison, US | 2 |
| Alicante, ES | 2 |
| Armidale, AU | 2 |
| Córdoba, AR | 2 |
| Boise, US | 1 |
| CASlocation not on record | 1 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Bourges, FR | 1 |
| Shinshu Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Québec, CA | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| Corrientes, AR | 1 |
| Herbario Universidad de Concepciónlocation not on record | 1 |
| Northridge, US | 1 |
| Clemson, US | 1 |
| AZE015location not on record | 1 |
| BISHlocation not on record | 1 |
| Herbarium of South China Botanical Gardenlocation not on record | 1 |
| BClocation not on record | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 1 |
| H-Schuhwlocation not on record | 1 |
| Hangzhou, CN | 1 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 1 |
| Guiyang, CN | 1 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 1 |
| Xiamen, CN | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| Tsukuba, JP | 1 |
| WNNUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Vitoria, ES | 1 |
| Shanghai, CN | 1 |
| FJIDClocation not on record | 1 |
| Tianjin Natural History Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Barcelona, ES | 1 |
| Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemalalocation not on record | 1 |
| Santa Cruz, US | 1 |
| La Paz, MX | 1 |
| Grand Junction, US | 1 |
| Victoria, CA | 1 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 1 |
| Kagoshima, JP | 1 |
| Portland, US | 1 |
| Universidade Federal de Santa Catarinalocation not on record | 1 |
| Little Rock, US | 1 |
| INTAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Millersville, US | 1 |
| Qarshi Botanical Gardenlocation not on record | 1 |
| QAUlocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Lethbridgelocation not on record | 1 |
| EMTCMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Firenze, IT | 1 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 1 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 1 |
| Dover, US | 1 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 1 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 1 |
| College Park, US | 1 |
| Obihiro Centennial City Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Instituto de Ecología Aplicada, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipaslocation not on record | 1 |
| San Diego Natural History Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Honolulu, US | 1 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Burlington, US | 1 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 1 |
| Nijmegen, NL | 1 |
| San Francisco, US | 1 |
| TUR-Alocation not on record | 1 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 1 |
| Albuquerque, US | 1 |
| Inner Mongolia Universitylocation 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 Carthamus tinctorius 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.