Centranthus ruber
(L.) DC. · speciesAt a glance
Sources12 archives
Databases and archives Centranthus ruber's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation13 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility113 494 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI14 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics19 specimens↗
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
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Centranthus ruber, the red valerian, spur valerian, kiss-me-quick, fox's brush, devil's beard or Jupiter's beard, is a popular garden plant grown for its ornamental flowers.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology8
Life cycle & reproduction8
Habitat & environment7
Physiology & chemistry3
Other traits2
Compounds documented for Centranthus ruber across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile3 classes
Documented compounds9 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-Cyclopentene-1-acetaldehyde, 2-formyl-4-hydroxy-3-methyl-alpha-methylene-, (1R-trans)- | present | LOTUS | |
| Acevaltrate | present | LOTUS | |
| alpha-Tocopherol | present | LOTUS | |
| Covi-Ox | present | LOTUS | |
| Cyclopenta(c)pyran-7-carboxaldehyde, 4-(ethoxymethyl)- | present | LOTUS | |
| Didrovaltrate | present | LOTUS | |
| Isovaltrate | present | LOTUS | |
| Valtrate | 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 Centranthus ruber 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 Centranthus ruber 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 3227×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · ita-fl · CCDB · iber-fl +8
2n 143×CCDB · book-fedorov · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants · CCDB · Cave1958
tetraploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
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 type113 494 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 institutions90 of 146 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 59 |
| Berlin, DE | 55 |
| València, ES | 42 |
| Auckland, NZ | 40 |
| MAlocation not on record | 39 |
| Barcelona, ES | 37 |
| Adelaide, AU | 30 |
| Claremont, US | 29 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 24 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 24 |
| Riverside, US | 24 |
| Badajoz, ES | 22 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 21 |
| Canberra, AU | 20 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 20 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 19 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 19 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 18 |
| LDlocation not on record | 18 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 18 |
| BClocation not on record | 18 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 17 |
| Bern, CH | 17 |
| Wellington, NZ | 17 |
| South Kensington, GB | 16 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 16 |
| Alicante, ES | 15 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 13 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 12 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 11 |
| Wlocation not on record | 11 |
| San Diego, US | 11 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 11 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 11 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 10 |
| Görlitz, DE | 10 |
| Pullman, US | 10 |
| Corvallis, US | 9 |
| Vitoria, ES | 8 |
| Long Beach, US | 8 |
| Phyletisches Museum Jenalocation not on record | 8 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 7 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 7 |
| CASlocation not on record | 7 |
| Cape Town, ZA | 7 |
| Pamplona, ES | 7 |
| Zürich, CH | 7 |
| Catalina Island Conservancylocation not on record | 7 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 7 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 7 |
| Saint Louis, US | 6 |
| Salzburg, AT | 6 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 6 |
| Arcata, US | 6 |
| Davis, US | 6 |
| UIBlocation not on record | 5 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 5 |
| Santa Cruz, US | 5 |
| Northridge, US | 5 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 5 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 5 |
| Bronx, US | 5 |
| Salamanca, ES | 5 |
| Pamplona, ES | 4 |
| Irvine, US | 4 |
| Rotorua, NZ | 4 |
| Zürich, CH | 4 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 4 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 4 |
| Granada, ES | 4 |
| Bourges, FR | 4 |
| Brisbane, AU | 4 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 4 |
| Tilburg, NL | 4 |
| Madrid, ES | 3 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 3 |
| Pretoria, ZA | 3 |
| Kew, GB | 3 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 3 |
| PRClocation not on record | 3 |
| Tartu, EE | 3 |
| US | 3 |
| Turlock, US | 3 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 3 |
| Kensington, AU | 2 |
| Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record | 2 |
| Los Angeles, US | 2 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Portland, US | 2 |
| Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record | 2 |
| JBSlocation not on record | 2 |
| LfUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Palmerston North, NZ | 2 |
| Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record | 2 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 2 |
| Monastir, TN | 1 |
| China Agricultural Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 1 |
| QVMAGlocation not on record | 1 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Honolulu, US | 1 |
| BISHlocation not on record | 1 |
| Austin, US | 1 |
| Córdoba, AR | 1 |
| Angwin, US | 1 |
| Bloomington, US | 1 |
| Coimbra, PT | 1 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 1 |
| Dresden, DE | 1 |
| Royal Botanic Gardens, Kewlocation not on record | 1 |
| Fullerton, US | 1 |
| San Jose, US | 1 |
| Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| San Bernardino, US | 1 |
| Victoria, CA | 1 |
| Provo, US | 1 |
| Moscow, US | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| Phoenix, US | 1 |
| Firenze, IT | 1 |
| Stockholm, SE | 1 |
| Pittsburg, US | 1 |
| Flagstaff, US | 1 |
| Brussel, BE | 1 |
| Vancouver, CA | 1 |
| NoColllocation not on record | 1 |
| Sevilla, ES | 1 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 1 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 1 |
| KURAlocation not on record | 1 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 1 |
| Mlocation not on record | 1 |
| WAGlocation not on record | 1 |
| La Paz, BO | 1 |
| Olocation not on record | 1 |
| Logan, US | 1 |
| Durban, ZA | 1 |
| Xiamen, CN | 1 |
| Glarus, CH | 1 |
| Nijmegen, NL | 1 |
| Henry Brockhouse Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Uppsala, SE | 1 |
| Porvoo, FI | 1 |
| Namur, BE | 1 |
| Universite de Montpellierlocation not on record | 1 |
| Córdoba, 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 Centranthus ruber 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.