Cistus monspeliensis
speciesAt a glance
Sources15 archives
Databases and archives Cistus monspeliensis's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation8 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility108 900 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI20 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics12 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
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Cistus monspeliensis is a species of rockrose known by the common name Montpellier cistus. It is native to southern Europe and northern Africa, in the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub ecosystems of matorral—maquis shrublands.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology16
Life cycle & reproduction11
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment13
Physiology & chemistry8
Compounds documented for Cistus monspeliensis across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds83 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-1(10),4-Cadinadiene | present | LOTUS | |
| (-)-alpha-Gurjunene | present | LOTUS | |
| (-)-Caryophyllene | present | LOTUS | |
| (-)-gamma-Cadinene | present | LOTUS | |
| (1R,2S,7S,8S)-1,3-dimethyl-8-propan-2-yltricyclo(4.4.0.02,7)dec-3-ene | present | LOTUS | |
| (3R)-5-[(1S,2R,4aS,8aR)-1,2,4a,5-tetramethyl-2,3,4,7,8,8a-hexahydronaphthalen-1-yl]-3-methylpentanoic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (3R)-5-[(1S,2R,4aS,8aR)-1,2,4a-trimethyl-5-(2-oxopropyl)-2,3,4,7,8,8a-hexahydronaphthalen-1-yl]-3-methylpentanoic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (3R)-5-[(1S,2R,4aS,8aR)-5-(acetyloxymethyl)-1,2,4a-trimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,8a-hexahydronaphthalen-1-yl]-3-methylpentanoic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (3R)-5-[(1S,2R,4aS,8aR)-5-(hydroxymethyl)-1,2,4a-trimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,8a-hexahydronaphthalen-1-yl]-3-methylpentanoic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (3R)-5-[(1S,2R,4aS,8aS)-5-(acetyloxymethyl)-1,2,4a-trimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,8a-hexahydronaphthalen-1-yl]-3-methylpentanoic acid | 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 Cistus monspeliensis 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 Cistus monspeliensis 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 1838×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · ita-fl · CCDB · iber-fl +9
diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
diploid 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.
How it livedPBDB
Record type108 900 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 institutions42 of 82 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 451 |
| MAlocation not on record | 97 |
| València, ES | 93 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 67 |
| BClocation not on record | 64 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 60 |
| ISAlocation not on record | 52 |
| Barcelona, ES | 43 |
| Jaén, ES | 37 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 31 |
| Wlocation not on record | 30 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 30 |
| Berlin, DE | 28 |
| Sevilla, ES | 26 |
| Badajoz, ES | 25 |
| Córdoba, ES | 23 |
| JBSlocation not on record | 22 |
| UIBlocation not on record | 21 |
| LDlocation not on record | 16 |
| Alicante, ES | 15 |
| Madrid, ES | 14 |
| Granada, ES | 11 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 10 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 10 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 10 |
| Salamanca, ES | 9 |
| Vitoria, ES | 7 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 7 |
| Madrid, ES | 6 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 6 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 5 |
| Kew, GB | 4 |
| Saint Louis, US | 4 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 4 |
| San Sebastián, ES | 4 |
| Santiago de Compostela, ES | 3 |
| South Kensington, GB | 3 |
| Museo della Bonifica di San Donà di Piavelocation not on record | 3 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 3 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 3 |
| Phyletisches Museum Jenalocation not on record | 3 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 3 |
| Canberra, AU | 3 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 3 |
| Bourges, FR | 3 |
| JBCLMlocation not on record | 2 |
| Dresden, DE | 2 |
| Monastir, TN | 2 |
| Henry Brockhouse Collectionlocation not on record | 2 |
| Auckland, NZ | 2 |
| ESP010location not on record | 2 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 2 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| San Francisco, US | 1 |
| ESP145location not on record | 1 |
| Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Turlock, US | 1 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 1 |
| Hobart, AU | 1 |
| Görlitz, DE | 1 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 1 |
| Québec, CA | 1 |
| Banyoles, ES | 1 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 1 |
| Wellington, NZ | 1 |
| Paris, FR | 1 |
| Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 1 |
| Pamplona, ES | 1 |
| Universite de Montpellierlocation not on record | 1 |
| Coimbra, PT | 1 |
| Riverside, US | 1 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 1 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Xiamen, CN | 1 |
| Uppsala, SE | 1 |
| Claremont, US | 1 |
| Salzburg, AT | 1 |
| PRClocation not on record | 1 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Oswego, US | 1 |
| IPE-CSIClocation not on record | 1 |
| WAGlocation 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 Cistus monspeliensis 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.