Crocus sativus
speciesAt a glance
Sources14 archives
Databases and archives Crocus sativus's data was compiled from.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility749 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI20 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics23 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
FooDBThe Metabolomics Innovation Centrecompounds↗
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.
Crocus sativus, le crocus cultivé, crocus à safran, safran, safran cultivé, est une espèce de plantes monocotylédones de la famille des Iridaceae, originaire du bassin méditerranéen et d'Asie occidentale. Cette plante cultivée est un cultigène inconnu à l'état sauvage. C'est une plante herbacée, géophyte, dont on extrait le safran. Crocus sativus appartient à un groupe d'une dizaine d'espèces de crocus méditerranéens à partir desquels on produisait le safran dans l'Antiquité. Cette espèce résulte d'un accident génétique du Crocus cartwrightianus et a été sélectionnée pour sa productivité supérieure en épice.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology6
Life cycle & reproduction5
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment6
Physiology & chemistry1
Other traits1
Compounds documented for Crocus sativus across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds5 956 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| α-D-galactose | 12,510 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| Nitrogen | 2,325 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| alpha-Crocin | 2,000 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| Potassium | 1,724 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| 17alpha-ethynylestradiol | 870 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| Retinol | 530 IU | FooDB | |
| Phosphorus | 252 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| Kaempferol | 205.48 mg/100 g | FooDB | |
| Kaempferol 3-sophoroside | 150.753 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| Sodium | 148 mg/100g | FooDB |
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 Crocus sativus 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 Crocus sativus 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 2413×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · ita-fl · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl +2
2n 162×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · book-indian_vol2
2n 121×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
2n 141×CCDB · book-indian_vol2
2n 201×CCDB · ita-fl
2n 221×CCDB · ita-fl
2n 281×CCDB · ita-fl
2n 401×CCDB · book-indian_vol2
polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Record type749 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 institutions24 of 38 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Paris, FR | 36 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 9 |
| Ischia Marine Centrelocation not on record | 6 |
| ESP124location not on record | 4 |
| Alicante, ES | 4 |
| UChlocation not on record | 4 |
| MAlocation not on record | 4 |
| South Kensington, GB | 3 |
| Zürich, CH | 3 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 2 |
| Jaén, ES | 2 |
| Auckland, NZ | 2 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 2 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 2 |
| Bern, CH | 2 |
| Zürich, CH | 2 |
| Muzaffarabad, PK | 1 |
| Tsukuba, JP | 1 |
| Chiba, JP | 1 |
| Otaru, JP | 1 |
| Guilin, CN | 1 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 1 |
| Sri Ramaswamy Memorial Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Xiamen, CN | 1 |
| Millersville, US | 1 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Saint Louis, US | 1 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| College Park, US | 1 |
| Universität Göttingenlocation not on record | 1 |
| Davenport, US | 1 |
| Nanjing, CN | 1 |
| Qarshi Botanical Gardenlocation not on record | 1 |
| Barcelona, ES | 1 |
| Coimbra, PT | 1 |
| Uppsala, SE | 1 |
| Tokushima, JP | 1 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation 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 Crocus sativus 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.