Crocus vernus
(L.) Hill · speciesAt a glance
Sources9 archives
Databases and archives Crocus vernus's data was compiled from.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility24 850 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI9 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics14 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotypeEvery layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Le Crocus de Naples, Crocus de printemps ou Crocus printanier (Crocus vernus) est une plante herbacée de la famille des Iridaceae.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology6
Life cycle & reproduction12
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment8
Physiology & chemistry4
Other traits1
Compounds documented for Crocus vernus across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile3 classes
Documented compounds4 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crocetin | present | LOTUS | |
| Crocin | present | LOTUS | |
| Picrocrocin | present | LOTUS | |
| Safranal | 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 Crocus vernus 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 vernus 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 836×CCDB · ita-fl · CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · nw-europe-fl +6
2n 1612×CCDB · ita-fl · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 +1
2n 323×CCDB · slov-fl · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · CromoCat 2015
2n 101×CCDB · CromoCat 2015
2n 181×CCDB · book-ipcn73-74
n 41×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Record type24 850 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 institutions52 of 85 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 289 |
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 146 |
| LDlocation not on record | 117 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 63 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 48 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 43 |
| Olocation not on record | 40 |
| Bergen, NO | 27 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 27 |
| Uppsala, SE | 26 |
| South Kensington, GB | 22 |
| Zürich, CH | 21 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 20 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 18 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 17 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 15 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 15 |
| Zürich, CH | 13 |
| Dresden, DE | 10 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 9 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 9 |
| LfUlocation not on record | 7 |
| Salzburg, AT | 5 |
| Trondheim, NO | 5 |
| Kuopio, FI | 4 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 4 |
| Görlitz, DE | 4 |
| Barcelona, ES | 3 |
| Fulda, DE | 3 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 3 |
| Tartu, EE | 3 |
| Kew, GB | 3 |
| Bourges, FR | 3 |
| College Park, US | 3 |
| Muséum Henri Lecoqlocation not on record | 2 |
| BClocation not on record | 2 |
| Auckland, NZ | 2 |
| Boumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record | 2 |
| Bronx, US | 2 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 2 |
| Flagstaff, US | 2 |
| Stockholm, SE | 2 |
| Tromso University Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Tilburg, NL | 2 |
| Berlin, DE | 2 |
| UFRRJlocation not on record | 2 |
| Williamsburg, US | 2 |
| Sant Julià de Lòria, AD | 1 |
| ULBF-AGRlocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 1 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Madison, US | 1 |
| Columbia, US | 1 |
| Logan, US | 1 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 1 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 1 |
| Davenport, US | 1 |
| Sion, CH | 1 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Philadelphia, US | 1 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 1 |
| H-Hohlalocation not on record | 1 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 1 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tsukuba, JP | 1 |
| Badajoz, ES | 1 |
| IPE-CSIClocation not on record | 1 |
| Stadt Seeland, Ortsteil Gatersleben, DE | 1 |
| Edmonton, CA | 1 |
| Helsinki, FI | 1 |
| Firenze, IT | 1 |
| Victoria, CA | 1 |
| Millersville, US | 1 |
| València, ES | 1 |
| Mlocation not on record | 1 |
| Paris, FR | 1 |
| Vitoria, ES | 1 |
| Staten Island, US | 1 |
| Winterthur, CH | 1 |
| Podgorica, ME | 1 |
| Oswego, US | 1 |
| Vancouver, CA | 1 |
| Salamanca, ES | 1 |
| Parkville, AU | 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 vernus 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.