Chamaecytisus purpureus

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Chamaecytisus

At a glance

Occurrence records579

Data sources10

Biological traits22

DNA specimens3

eDNA detections2

Sources10 archives

Databases and archives Chamaecytisus purpureus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility579 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page7 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources22 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS10 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF579 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD3 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT880 Mbp

01Narrative

Der Purpur-Zwergginster oder Roter Geißklee (Chamaecytisus purpureus) ist eine Pflanzenart aus der Gattung Zwergginster (Chamaecytisus) in der Unterfamilie Schmetterlingsblütler (Faboideae).

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesTRYLEDAGIFTWCVP

Size & morphology6

Plant height0.455 m

Plant height max0.5 m

Plant height min0.2 m

Seed mass6.69 mg

Seed mass max6.69 mg

Seed mass min6.69 mg

Life cycle & reproduction7

Deciduousnessdeciduous

Flowering endJun

Flowering startApr

Life formsubshrub or shrub

Life spanwoody

⚠ sources differ — TRY: woody · GIFT: perennial

Lifespan years16 years

Raunkiær life formchamaephyte

Habitat & environment3

Climatetemperate

Growth formshrub (sub-)

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry5

Leaf C:N ratio13.39 g/g

Leaf c505 mg/g

Leaf dry-matter content (LDMC)271 mg/g

Leaf n37.8 mg/g

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Other traits1

Diaspore typeone-seeded generative dispersule

03Chemical composition10 compounds

Compounds documented for Chamaecytisus purpureus across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile2 classes

Pyridine alkaloids $ Quinolizidine alkaloids7

Quinolizidine alkaloids3

Documented compounds10 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(+)-Lupanine	present	LOTUS
(1R)-3-(3-Butenyl)-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexahydro-1,5-methano-8H-pyrido[1,2-a][1,4]diazocin-8-one	present	LOTUS
(1R,2R,9S,10R)-7,15-diazatetracyclo[7.7.1.02,7.010,15]heptadecan-6-one	present	LOTUS
(1R,5S)-3-(3-Buten-1-yl)-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexahydro-1,5-methano-8H-pyrido(1,2-a)(1,5)diazocin-8-one	present	LOTUS
(1R,9R)-11-methyl-7,11-diazatricyclo[7.3.1.02,7]trideca-2,4-dien-6-one	present	LOTUS
(1S,5S)-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexahydro-8H-1,5-methanopyrido[1,2-a][1,5]diazocin-8-one	present	LOTUS
Anagyrine	present	LOTUS
Cytisine	present	LOTUS
Npc135639	present	LOTUS
Tetrahydrorhombifoline	present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcoding3 specimens

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 Chamaecytisus purpureus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens3

Marker genes2

eDNA detections2

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ 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.

★rbcL★ITS2

plant barcodefungal barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT

The complete instruction manual Chamaecytisus purpureus 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

Genome size880 200 000 bp

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).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

THIS GENOME Chamaecytisus purpureus0.88 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

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.

Chromosomes2n = 48 n = 24

Ploidy4× tetraploid · measured

Chromosome records48–482n range48median48mode5records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 485×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · ita-fl · CCDB · book-fedorov +2

GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database — ↗

CCDB · ita-fl — VELARI C., CHIAPELLA L. F., CRISTIN C. - 1999. Mediterranean chromosome number reports.. Flora Mediterranea , 9: 365-368.

CCDB · book-fedorov — Gllot 1965

CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants — Senn" 1938

CCDB · kew — Olszewska MJ, Osiecka R. 1984 Relationship between 2C DNA content, systematic position & level of DNA endoreplication during differentiation of root parenchyma in dicot shrubs & trees-comparison with herbaceous sp. Biochem Physiol Pflanzen 179: 641-657

n 252×CCDB · ita-fl · CCDB · book-ipcn73-74

CCDB · ita-fl — LOEVE A. - 1973. IOPB chromosome number reports XLII.. Taxon , 22(5-6): 647-654.

CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 — FORISSIER, R. 1973. In IOPB chromosome number reports XLII. Taxon. 22: 647-654.

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

tetraploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database

GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type579 records

Wild obs. + sensor503

Museum / vouchered68

Cultivated / captive2

Other6

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 400 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy88% within 1 km

≤100 m 286≤1 km 54≤10 km 43>10 km 3

386 georeferenced · 117 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor503

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.

Coordinate accuracy90% within 1 km

≤100 m 17≤1 km 9≤10 km 3

29 georeferenced · 39 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence68

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 2 records without

Open the mapnot free-living2

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions5 of 17 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
LDlocation not on record	21
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record	15
Oskarshamn, SE	8
BRNUlocation not on record	3
Bern, CH	3
GJOlocation not on record	2
Olocation not on record	2
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record	2
BClocation not on record	2
Salzburg, AT	1
Denver, US	1
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	1
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record	1
Görlitz, DE	1
PRClocation not on record	1
GZUlocation not on record	1
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record	1

17 institutions · 66 of 68 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Chamaecytisus purpureus 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

Detections DNA found2

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

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.

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