Catananche caerulea
speciesAt a glance
Sources12 archives
Databases and archives Catananche caerulea's data was compiled from.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility38 510 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 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↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Catananche caerulea, la Cupidone bleue ou la Catananche bleue, est une espèce de plantes à fleurs appartenant à la famille des Astéracées. C'est plante herbacée poussant en Europe depuis l'Espagne jusqu'à l'Italie. Elle est cultivée pour sa floraison estivale, de juin à septembre. Elle aime la chaleur, le soleil, les emplacements secs et caillouteux. Elle atteint, en moyenne, 60 cm de hauteur.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology4
Life cycle & reproduction4
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment5
Physiology & chemistry4
Compounds documented for Catananche caerulea across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds44 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-Ursolic Acid | present | NPASS | |
| (1E,2S,5S,7S,10S,11E,14R,15S)-14-[(2R,5R)-5-ethyl-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-2,15-dimethyltricyclo[8.7.0.02,7]heptadeca-1(17),11-dien-5-ol | present | NPASS | |
| (2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[[(1E,2S,5S,7S,10S,11E,14R,15S)-14-[(2R,5R)-5-ethyl-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-2,15-dimethyl-5-tricyclo[8.7.0.02,7]heptadeca-1(17),11-dienyl]oxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol | present | NPASS | |
| (2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,5-dihydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[[(1S,2R,5R,7S,10R,11R,14S,15R,16S,17R,20R)-16-hydroxy-2,6,6,10,16-pentamethyl-17-(2-methylprop-1-enyl)-19,21-dioxahexacyclo[18.2.1.01,14.02,11.05,10.015,20]tricosan-7-yl]oxy]oxan-4-yl]oxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol | present | NPASS | |
| (2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-5-[(2S,3R,4R,5S)-3,4-dihydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]oxy-3-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[[(1S,2R,5R,7S,10R,11R,14R,15S,16S,17R,20R)-2,6,6,10,16-pentamethyl-17-(2-methylprop-1-enyl)-16-[(2S,3R,4S,5S)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-19,21-dioxahexacyclo[18.2.1.01,14.02,11.05,10.015,20]tricosan-7-yl]oxy]oxan-4-yl]oxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol | present | NPASS | |
| (2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-5-[(2S,3R,4R,5S)-3,4-dihydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]oxy-3-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[[(1S,2R,5R,7S,10R,11R,14R,15S,16S,18R,20S)-2,6,6,10,16-pentamethyl-18-(2-methylprop-1-enyl)-16-[(2S,3R,4S,5S)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-19,21-dioxahexacyclo[18.2.1.01,14.02,11.05,10.015,20]tricosan-7-yl]oxy]oxan-4-yl]oxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol | present | NPASS | |
| (2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[(2S,3R,4S,5S)-3,5-dihydroxy-2-[[(1S,2R,5R,7S,10R,11S,14S,15R,16S,17R,20R)-16-hydroxy-2,6,6,10,16-pentamethyl-17-(2-methylprop-1-enyl)-19,21-dioxahexacyclo[18.2.1.01,14.02,11.05,10.015,20]tricosan-7-yl]oxy]oxan-4-yl]oxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol | present | NPASS | |
| (2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[(2S,3R,4S,5S)-3-[(2S,3R,4R,5S)-3,4-dihydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]oxy-5-hydroxy-2-[[(1S,2R,5R,7S,10R,11R,14R,15S,16S,18R,20S)-2,6,6,10,16-pentamethyl-18-(2-methylprop-1-enyl)-16-[(2S,3R,4S,5S)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-19,21-dioxahexacyclo[18.2.1.01,14.02,11.05,10.015,20]tricosan-7-yl]oxy]oxan-4-yl]oxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol | present | NPASS | |
| 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-6-[(2S,3R,4R,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]-8-[(2S,3R,4R,5S)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]chromen-4-one | present | LOTUS | |
| 24-Methyldesmosterol | 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 Catananche caerulea 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 Catananche caerulea 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 1816×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · nw-europe-fl +6
2n 362×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · CromoCat 2015
n 912×CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 +2
n 02×CCDB · CromoCat 2015
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-scale
Record type38 510 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 institutions34 of 62 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| BClocation not on record | 118 |
| València, ES | 91 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 76 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 51 |
| MAlocation not on record | 43 |
| Barcelona, ES | 38 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 28 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 27 |
| Madrid, ES | 22 |
| Vitoria, ES | 22 |
| Jaén, ES | 22 |
| Pamplona, ES | 19 |
| San Sebastián, ES | 13 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 12 |
| Salamanca, ES | 11 |
| Pamplona, ES | 9 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 8 |
| Granada, ES | 8 |
| Alicante, ES | 7 |
| Paris, FR | 7 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 7 |
| Wlocation not on record | 7 |
| Sevilla, ES | 7 |
| LDlocation not on record | 5 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 4 |
| Badajoz, ES | 4 |
| Phyletisches Museum Jenalocation not on record | 4 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 4 |
| OLAlocation not on record | 4 |
| Saint Louis, US | 4 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 3 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Monastir, TN | 3 |
| Palacký University in Olomouclocation not on record | 2 |
| Dekalb, US | 2 |
| STUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Córdoba, ES | 2 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 2 |
| EEZA-CSIClocation not on record | 2 |
| Bronx, US | 2 |
| Bourges, FR | 2 |
| Kew, GB | 2 |
| Boumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Sant Julià de Lòria, AD | 1 |
| Bern, CH | 1 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 1 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Dresden, DE | 1 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 1 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Beijing, CN | 1 |
| Berlin, DE | 1 |
| IPE-CSIClocation not on record | 1 |
| Québec, CA | 1 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 1 |
| Podgorica, ME | 1 |
| Orto botanico dell'Università degli Studi di Catanialocation not on record | 1 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 1 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 1 |
| Denver, US | 1 |
| John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 1 |
| Görlitz, DE | 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 Catananche caerulea 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.