Casuarina cunninghamiana
Miq. · speciesAt a glance
Sources13 archives
Databases and archives Casuarina cunninghamiana's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation7 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility3 010 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI10 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics9 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Casuarina cunninghamiana, commonly known as river oak or river she-oak,Casuarina cunninghamiana Miq. is a she-oak species of the genus Casuarina. The native range in Australia extends from Daly River in the Northern Territory, north and east in Queensland and eastern New South Wales.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology25
Life cycle & reproduction36
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment31
Physiology & chemistry22
Uses & economy14
Other traits8
Compounds documented for Casuarina cunninghamiana across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile2 classes
Documented compounds3 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-3-[(2S,3S,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxychromen-4-one | present | LOTUS | |
| Ellagic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| Kaempferol | 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 Casuarina cunninghamiana 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 Casuarina cunninghamiana 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 184×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · eflora · CCDB · book-fedorov +1
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 type3 010 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 institutions83 of 122 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Durango, MX | 57 |
| Tampa, US | 25 |
| Auckland, NZ | 25 |
| Smithfield, AU | 21 |
| Sanda, JP | 18 |
| Saint Louis, US | 18 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 18 |
| Rotorua, NZ | 15 |
| TAFORI-LSRClocation not on record | 15 |
| Durban, ZA | 14 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 12 |
| Canberra, AU | 10 |
| Brisbane, AU | 10 |
| Zürich, CH | 10 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 9 |
| Mexico City, MX | 9 |
| San Francisco, US | 9 |
| Riverside, US | 9 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 8 |
| Armidale, AU | 8 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 8 |
| València, ES | 8 |
| UNESClocation not on record | 7 |
| Criciúma, BR | 7 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 7 |
| Miami, US | 7 |
| Stockholm, SE | 6 |
| Taipei, TW | 6 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 6 |
| MAlocation not on record | 6 |
| Nishihara, JP | 6 |
| James Cook Townsvillelocation not on record | 6 |
| Pretoria, ZA | 5 |
| Bronx, US | 5 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 5 |
| Paris, FR | 5 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 5 |
| Mexico City, MX | 5 |
| Cape Town, ZA | 5 |
| Alicante, ES | 4 |
| Austin, US | 4 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 4 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 4 |
| Wlocation not on record | 4 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 4 |
| Honolulu, US | 4 |
| Kensington, AU | 4 |
| Beijing, CN | 4 |
| Hobart, AU | 4 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 4 |
| Badajoz, ES | 4 |
| Northridge, US | 4 |
| Austin, US | 3 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 3 |
| BISHlocation not on record | 3 |
| Kew, GB | 3 |
| FFPRIlocation not on record | 3 |
| Chicago, US | 3 |
| San José, CR | 2 |
| Taipei, TW | 2 |
| John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Chengdu, CN | 2 |
| Zapopan, MX | 2 |
| Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones sobre Recursos Bióticoslocation not on record | 2 |
| Université de Strasbourglocation not on record | 2 |
| Jaén, ES | 2 |
| La Paz, BO | 2 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 2 |
| Chapingo, MX | 2 |
| South Kensington, GB | 2 |
| Guilin, CN | 2 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk, UA | 2 |
| Berlin, DE | 2 |
| Barcelona, ES | 2 |
| Granada, ES | 2 |
| San Diego, US | 2 |
| Chicago, US | 2 |
| Phoenix, US | 2 |
| Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV | 2 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 2 |
| Henry Brockhouse Collectionlocation not on record | 2 |
| Facultad de Biología, Universidad Veracruzana, Región Xalapalocation not on record | 2 |
| National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawilocation not on record | 2 |
| Wollongong, AU | 2 |
| Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Región Xalapalocation not on record | 1 |
| San Francisco, US | 1 |
| Guatemala, GT | 1 |
| Hangzhou, CN | 1 |
| University of Johannesburglocation not on record | 1 |
| CASlocation not on record | 1 |
| Adelaide, AU | 1 |
| Tapachula, MX | 1 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 1 |
| UIBlocation not on record | 1 |
| Phyletisches Museum Jenalocation not on record | 1 |
| Córdoba, AR | 1 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 1 |
| Maringá, BR | 1 |
| Logan, US | 1 |
| Davis, US | 1 |
| UFABClocation not on record | 1 |
| IPA/SPlocation not on record | 1 |
| MEXUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Burlington, US | 1 |
| BMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Forest Herbarium Ibadan (FHI)location not on record | 1 |
| Long Beach, US | 1 |
| BClocation not on record | 1 |
| UnBlocation not on record | 1 |
| Sendai, JP | 1 |
| AUAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Montecillo, Texcoco, MX | 1 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 1 |
| Nishihara, JP | 1 |
| Palmerston North, NZ | 1 |
| Palmerston, AU | 1 |
| Batemans Bay, AU | 1 |
| Parkville, AU | 1 |
| Santa Maria, BR | 1 |
| Kochi, JP | 1 |
| Flagstaff, US | 1 |
| Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX | 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 Casuarina cunninghamiana 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.