Daphne papyracea

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Thymelaeaceae/Daphne

At a glance

Occurrence records628

Data sources9

Biological traits35

DNA specimens4

eDNA detections1

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Daphne papyracea's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility628 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

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

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

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 & measurements3 literature sources35 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS8 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF628 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD4 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 18

01Narrative

Daphne papyracea is a shrub, of the family Thymelaeaceae. It is evergreen, and is found across Asia, from Pakistan through central Nepal to China. Generally it is found at elevations from 700 to. Daphne laciniata from Yunnan has been treated as a separate species or as part of D. papyracea.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology12

Fruit length10 mm

Fruit length max10 mm

Fruit length min10 mm

Leaf length145 mm

Leaf length max170 mm

Leaf length min120 mm

Leaf width37.5 mm

Leaf width max50 mm

Leaf width min25 mm

Plant height1.15 m

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: 1.15 m · TRY: 1.5 m

Plant height max1.5 m

Plant height min0.8 m

Life cycle & reproduction5

Deciduousnessevergreen

Flowering endMay

Flowering startMar

Life formshrub

Life spanperennial

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment9

Climatetemperate

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max2 300 m

Elevation mean1 583 m

Elevation min1 000 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formshrub

Leaf formlanceolate

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry2

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Specific leaf area (SLA)23.04 mm²/mg

Other traits6

Leaf marginentire

Leaf spinesno

Leaf thornsno

Plant support typefree-standing

Sla max23.04 mm²/mg

Sla min23.04 mm²/mg

03Chemical composition8 compounds

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

Compound class profile5 classes

Copaane sesquiterpenoids1

Acyclic monoterpenoids1

Acyclic monoterpenoids $ Farnesane sesquiterpenoids1

Caryophyllane sesquiterpenoids1

Chalcones1

Documented compounds8 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(2S,2'R,8'S)-3',4,5',6-tetrahydroxy-2',8'-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)spiro[1-benzofuran-2,9'-2,3,4,8-tetrahydrofuro[2,3-h]chromene]-3-one	present	LOTUS
1,3-Dimethyl-8-(1-methylethyl)tricyclo(4.4.0.02,7)dec-3-ene	present	LOTUS
1-[5,7-dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromen-8-yl]-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethane-1,2-dione	present	LOTUS
3,6-Octadien-1-ol, 3,7-dimethyl-	present	LOTUS
3-[5,7-dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromen-6-yl]-5,7-dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)chromen-4-one	present	LOTUS
Caryophyllene,alpha + beta mixt.	present	LOTUS
Naphthalene, 1,2,3,5,6,8a-hexahydro-4,7-dimethyl-1-(1-methylethyl)-, (1S-cis)-	present	LOTUS
Nerolidol	present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcoding4 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 Daphne papyracea has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens4

Marker genes3

eDNA detections1

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.

★matK★rbcL★ITS

plant barcodefungal barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Daphne papyracea 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.

Chromosomes2n = 18 n = 9

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome records18–182n range18median18mode7records

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

2n 187×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 +2

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Roy, S. C., S. Ghosh & A. Chatterjee. 1988. A cytological survey of eastern Himalayan plants. II. Cell Chromosome Res. 11: 93–97.

CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — SHARMA, A., & A.K. SARKAR (Editors). 1967-68. Chromosome number reports of plants in Annual Report, Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of"li"otany, University of Calcutta. The Research Bulletin. 2: 38-Q8.

CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 — Sharma 1970

CCDB · book-indian_vol1 — Malia, S.B ., Bhattarai, S. et al. 1977a

CCDB · book-indian_vol1 — Venkateswarlu, J. 1946, 1947; Blaise, S. 1959; Sharma, A. & Sarkar, A.K. 1967-1968

CCDB · book-fedorov — Venkateswarlu 1946, 1947

CCDB · book-fedorov — Elaise 1959

n 181×CCDB · book-ipcn75-78

CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 — Malla et al. 1977a

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

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

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

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type628 records

Wild obs. + sensor49

Museum / vouchered577

Other2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO792 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 accuracy73% within 1 km

≤100 m 15≤1 km 12>10 km 10

37 georeferenced · 12 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor49

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 accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 2

2 georeferenced · 575 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence577

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 institutions19 of 35 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Kunming, CN	146
Chengdu, CN	141
Guangzhou, CN	47
Yangling, CN	44
Guilin, CN	42
Beijing, CN	41
Nanjing, CN	20
Guangxi Institute of Traditional Medical and Pharmaceutical Scienceslocation not on record	11
Changsha, CN	10
Guiyang, CN	8
Wuhan, CN	7
Central China Normal Universitylocation not on record	7
Guiyang, CN	5
Nagasaki University - Fisherieslocation not on record	4
Nanjing, CN	4
Guangzhou, CN	3
FJFClocation not on record	3
Guangxi Agricultural Universitylocation not on record	3
Chengdu, CN	2
FJIDClocation not on record	2
Zhuzhou, CN	2
Shanxi Universitylocation not on record	2
Seoul, KR	2
Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan Universitylocation not on record	2
Fujian Institute of Subtropical Botanylocation not on record	1
Institute for Agricultural Bacteriology and Fermentation Biologylocation not on record	1
South China Normal Universitylocation not on record	1
Shanghai, CN	1
Wuhan, CN	1
Jishou Universitylocation not on record	1
Chongqing Natural History Museumlocation not on record	1
Herbarium of South China Botanical Gardenlocation not on record	1
Xining, CN	1
Central China Agricultural Universitylocation not on record	1
Guizhou Forestry Schoollocation not on record	1

35 institutions · 569 of 577 vouchered records shown · 8 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Daphne papyracea 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 found1

Studies independent surveys1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 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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