Conocarpus erectus
speciesAt a glance
Sources17 archives
Databases and archives Conocarpus erectus's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation10 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility12 637 records↗
OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System373 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI42 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics36 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
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↗
giftgenome & 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.
Conocarpus erectus, commonly called buttonwood or button mangrove, is a mangrove shrub in the family Combretaceae. This species grows on shorelines in tropical and subtropical regions around the world.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology12
Life cycle & reproduction5
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment12
Physiology & chemistry4
Compounds documented for Conocarpus erectus across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds33 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1R,2R,5R,7R,8S)-2,6,6,8-tetramethyltricyclo[6.2.1.01,5]undecan-7-ol | present | NPASS | |
| (1R,4R,4aS,8aS)-1,6-dimethyl-4-prop-1-en-2-yl-1,2,3,4,4a,5,8,8a-octahydronaphthalene | present | NPASS | |
| (1S,4R,7R,8S,9S,10S)-1,3,3,7-tetramethyl-2-oxatricyclo[6.2.2.04,9]dodecan-10-ol | present | NPASS | |
| (1S,4S,5R,8S,9R,10S)-1,5-dimethyl-8-propan-2-yl-11-oxatricyclo[6.2.1.04,9]undecan-10-ol | present | NPASS | |
| (2S,3R,6S)-6-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)-3-methyl-2-(3-oxobutyl)cyclohexan-1-one | present | NPASS | |
| (4aS,5R,8R)-8-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)-5-methyl-4,4a,5,6,7,8-hexahydro-3H-naphthalen-2-one | present | NPASS | |
| (4aS,5R,8R,8aR)-8-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)-5-methyl-3,4,4a,5,6,7,8,8a-octahydronaphthalene-2-carbaldehyde | present | NPASS | |
| (4aS,5R,8R,8aR)-8-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)-5-methyl-3,4,4a,5,6,7,8,8a-octahydronaphthalene-2-carboxylic acid | present | NPASS | |
| (4aS,5R,8S,8aR)-8-hydroxy-5-methyl-8-propan-2-yl-4,4a,5,6,7,8a-hexahydro-3H-naphthalene-2-carbaldehyde | present | NPASS | |
| (4aS,5R,8S,8aR)-8-hydroxy-5-methyl-8-propan-2-yl-4,4a,5,6,7,8a-hexahydro-3H-naphthalene-2-carboxylic acid | 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 Conocarpus erectus 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 Conocarpus erectus 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.
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 247×CCDB · book-ipcn65 · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 +2
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-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 solid bar is the fossil range: the span between the oldest and the youngest fossil that palaeontologists have assigned to Conocarpus erectus. Above itBeside it, each dot is one dated fossil find — few enough to count, so they are drawn individually rather than as a graph.
How it livedPBDB
Record type13 011 records
Origin
Range
Depth
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 institutions99 of 214 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Saint Louis, US | 406 |
| Durango, MX | 405 |
| Mexico City, MX | 388 |
| Mérida, MX | 149 |
| Bronx, US | 145 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 125 |
| Tampa, US | 93 |
| Mexico City, MX | 65 |
| Miami, US | 63 |
| Salvador, BR | 60 |
| Tapachula, MX | 53 |
| UFBAlocation not on record | 45 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 41 |
| Altos de Pipe, VE | 40 |
| Kew, GB | 40 |
| Masindi, UG | 38 |
| Mérida, MX | 37 |
| Chicago, US | 33 |
| Puerto Ayora, EC | 30 |
| St. Augustine, TT | 29 |
| Austin, US | 28 |
| Riverside, US | 28 |
| Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)location not on record | 28 |
| Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologialocation not on record | 26 |
| Chapingo, MX | 25 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 22 |
| Chaguaramas, TT | 22 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 20 |
| Universidade Federal do Maranhãolocation not on record | 20 |
| Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record | 19 |
| La Paz, MX | 19 |
| IECOSlocation not on record | 18 |
| LBVlocation not on record | 18 |
| Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabascolocation not on record | 18 |
| Berlin, DE | 18 |
| UFRPElocation not on record | 17 |
| Sociedad para el Estudio de los Recursos Bióticos de Oaxaca, A. C.location not on record | 16 |
| Jardín Botánico de Cartagena "Guillermo Piñeres" (JBC)location not on record | 16 |
| Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV | 15 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 14 |
| San Diego, US | 14 |
| NO DISPONIBLElocation not on record | 13 |
| WAGlocation not on record | 13 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 13 |
| UFESlocation not on record | 13 |
| San Francisco de Campeche, MX | 12 |
| Herbier National du Gabonlocation not on record | 12 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 12 |
| San José, CR | 11 |
| Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record | 11 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 11 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 10 |
| South Kensington, GB | 10 |
| Area de Conservacion Guanacastelocation not on record | 10 |
| Culiacán, MX | 9 |
| Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Nortelocation not on record | 9 |
| MAlocation not on record | 9 |
| CEPLAClocation not on record | 9 |
| Austin, US | 8 |
| Universidade Federal do Ceara, Departamento de Biologialocation not on record | 8 |
| MEXUlocation not on record | 8 |
| Bloomington, US | 8 |
| Federal University of Espírito Santolocation not on record | 8 |
| Ilhéus, BR | 8 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 8 |
| San Francisco, US | 7 |
| Paris, FR | 7 |
| León, NI | 7 |
| Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 7 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 7 |
| Feira de Santana, BR | 7 |
| Empresa Pernambucana de Pesquisa Agropecuária, IPAlocation not on record | 6 |
| IBANNlocation not on record | 6 |
| Tlalnepantla, MX | 6 |
| Hobart, AU | 6 |
| UEPAlocation not on record | 6 |
| Bangkok, TH | 5 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 5 |
| Plocation not on record | 5 |
| UFPElocation not on record | 5 |
| Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record | 5 |
| Cruz das Almas, BR | 5 |
| Mexico City, MX | 5 |
| BISHlocation not on record | 5 |
| Dekalb, US | 4 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 4 |
| IPHAMETRAlocation not on record | 4 |
| CNF-UFHBlocation not on record | 4 |
| Claremont, US | 4 |
| Millersville, US | 4 |
| Stockholm, SE | 4 |
| UnBlocation not on record | 4 |
| Fortaleza, BR | 4 |
| UFERSAlocation not on record | 4 |
| EL PASO, US | 4 |
| Université du Lomélocation not on record | 4 |
| Mazatlán, MX | 4 |
| San Luis Potosí, MX | 4 |
| Burlington, US | 4 |
| UEMAlocation not on record | 4 |
| Universidade Federal do Vale do São Franciscolocation not on record | 3 |
| University of Leicesterlocation not on record | 3 |
| Aarhus, DK | 3 |
| Museum of Zoologylocation not on record | 3 |
| The University of Arizonalocation not on record | 3 |
| Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Región Xalapalocation not on record | 3 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 3 |
| UNIVASFlocation not on record | 3 |
| Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record | 3 |
| Wlocation not on record | 3 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk, UA | 3 |
| Honolulu, US | 3 |
| Coimbra, PT | 2 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 2 |
| Fredericksburg, US | 2 |
| Durham, US | 2 |
| Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX | 2 |
| Hermosillo, MX | 2 |
| USP-IBlocation not on record | 2 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Palmerston, AU | 2 |
| Calabar, NG | 2 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 2 |
| Sangmiung Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| US | 2 |
| Phoenix, US | 2 |
| Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chilelocation not on record | 2 |
| Durban, ZA | 2 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 2 |
| HUAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Managua, NI | 2 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Hudson, US | 2 |
| Mississippi State, US | 2 |
| Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record | 2 |
| Guatemala City, GT | 2 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 2 |
| Cenargenlocation not on record | 2 |
| Brasília, BR | 2 |
| UNESP-RClocation not on record | 2 |
| Leiden University Medical Centerlocation not on record | 2 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 2 |
| Brasília, BR | 2 |
| HNBlocation not on record | 2 |
| Loja, EC | 2 |
| UNICAMPlocation not on record | 2 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 2 |
| Universidade Federal do Espírito Santolocation not on record | 2 |
| Montréal, CA | 2 |
| Minia, EG | 2 |
| UFPIlocation not on record | 2 |
| Arizona State University Biocollectionslocation not on record | 2 |
| Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record | 2 |
| Goucher Collegelocation not on record | 1 |
| Mlocation not on record | 1 |
| Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Católica de Oriente (UCO)location not on record | 1 |
| Dover, US | 1 |
| James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record | 1 |
| Museo de Historia Natural de El Salvadorlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Nacional Agrarialocation not on record | 1 |
| FLASlocation not on record | 1 |
| Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, (CSIC-UPF)location not on record | 1 |
| Wellington, NZ | 1 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 1 |
| Elocation not on record | 1 |
| UNICAPlocation not on record | 1 |
| Teresina, BR | 1 |
| AUAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Cambridge, US | 1 |
| QCNElocation not on record | 1 |
| CPATSAlocation not on record | 1 |
| BRLUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Salamanca, ES | 1 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 1 |
| Yaoundé, CM | 1 |
| LSFlocation not on record | 1 |
| INBIOlocation not on record | 1 |
| Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| NHMJlocation not on record | 1 |
| Instituto de invertigación de recursos biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 1 |
| Lord Fairfax Community Collegelocation not on record | 1 |
| UFOPlocation not on record | 1 |
| UFMGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Montecillo, Texcoco, MX | 1 |
| Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX | 1 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 1 |
| Glocation not on record | 1 |
| Moscow, US | 1 |
| New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Sciencelocation not on record | 1 |
| Pretoria, ZA | 1 |
| Valparaiso, CL | 1 |
| BMlocation not on record | 1 |
| OTSlocation not on record | 1 |
| Ensenada, MX | 1 |
| EFGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Kensington, AU | 1 |
| Fort Worth, US | 1 |
| Columbia, US | 1 |
| Toronto, CA | 1 |
| Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record | 1 |
| Zürich, CH | 1 |
| TAIElocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Johannesburg, Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnologylocation not on record | 1 |
| Quito, EC | 1 |
| New Mexico State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| GB | 1 |
| UTPLlocation not on record | 1 |
| Juriquilla, MX | 1 |
| UESBlocation not on record | 1 |
| Xiamen, CN | 1 |
| IPA/SPlocation not on record | 1 |
| Whitehorse, CA | 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 Conocarpus erectus 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.