Darlingia ferruginea

J.F.L.H.Bailey · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Proteales/Proteaceae/Darlingia

At a glance

Occurrence records164

Data sources9

Biological traits30

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Darlingia ferruginea's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility164 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources30 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS · NPASS31 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF164 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT2 Gbp

01Narrative

Darlingia ferruginea, commonly known as the brown silky oak, is a rainforest tree of the family Proteaceae from Northern Queensland.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTAusTraitsTRY

Size & morphology13

Fruit length75 mm

Fruit width30 mm

Leaf length330 mm

Leaf mass per area153 g/m2

Leaf size18 000 mm²

Leaf width130 mm

Petiole length2.35 cm

Plant height3.5 m

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: 3.5 m · AusTraits: 30 m

Seed length75 mm

Seed mass385 mg

Seed mass max385 mg

Seed mass min385 mg

Seed width25 mm

Life cycle & reproduction5

Deciduousnessevergreen

Flowering timennnnnyyyynnn

Life formtree

Life spanperennial

Sex typehermaphrodite

Habitat & environment9

Climateseasonally dry tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typefollicle

Growth formtree

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapelanceolate linear spathulate

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry2

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Wood density517 mg/cm³

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

03Chemical composition31 compounds

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

Compound class profile5 classes

Tropane alkaloids21

Cucurbitane triterpenoids4

Piperidine alkaloids3

Cycloartane triterpenoids1

Cucurbitane triterpenoids $ Cycloartane triterpenoids1

Documented compounds31 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
((1S,5S)-8-Methyl-8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-2-yl)(phenyl)methanone	present	LOTUS
(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[[(1S,3R,6S,8R,9S,11S,12S,14S,15R,16R)-9,14-dihydroxy-15-[(2R,5S)-5-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)-2-methyloxolan-2-yl]-7,7,12,16-tetramethyl-6-pentacyclo[9.7.0.01,3.03,8.012,16]octadecanyl]oxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol	present	NPASS
(2R,3S,4S,5R,6R)-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[[(1S,3R,6S,8R,9S,11S,12S,14S,15R,16R)-14-hydroxy-7,7,12,16-tetramethyl-15-[(2R,5S)-2-methyl-5-[2-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxypropan-2-yl]oxolan-2-yl]-6-[(2S,3R,4S,5R)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-9-pentacyclo[9.7.0.01,3.03,8.012,16]octadecanyl]oxy]oxane-3,4,5-triol	present	NPASS
(2S,3R,4S,5R)-2-[[(1S,3R,6S,8R,9S,11S,12S,14S,15R,16R)-14-hydroxy-15-[(2R,5S)-5-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)-2-methyloxolan-2-yl]-7,7,12,16-tetramethyl-9-[(2S,3R,4S,5R)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-6-pentacyclo[9.7.0.01,3.03,8.012,16]octadecanyl]oxy]oxane-3,4,5-triol	present	NPASS
(E)-1-[(2R)-1-methylpyrrolidin-2-yl]-4-phenylbut-3-en-2-one	present	LOTUS
(E,2R)-1-[(2R)-1-methylpyrrolidin-2-yl]-4-phenylbut-3-en-2-ol	present	LOTUS
1-[(1S,5R)-8-methyl-8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]oct-2-en-2-yl]ethanone	present	LOTUS
12-Methyl-6-oxa-12-azatricyclo[7.2.1.02,7]dodec-2(7)-en-3-one	present	LOTUS
12-Methyl-6-oxa-12-azatricyclo[7.2.1.02,7]dodeca-2(7),4-dien-3-one	present	LOTUS
3alpha-Cinnamoyloxytropan-6beta-ol	present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

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 Darlingia ferruginea has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT

The complete instruction manual Darlingia ferruginea 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

Genome size1 975 560 000 bp

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).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

THIS GENOME Darlingia ferruginea1.98 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

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 = 28 n = 14

Ploidy2× diploid · measured

Chromosome records28–282n range28median28mode3records

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

2n 283×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · book-fedorov · CCDB · Cave1963

GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database — ↗

CCDB · book-fedorov — Johnson L. A., Briggs 1963

CCDB · Cave1963 — Johnson & B. 1963

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

diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database

GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type164 records

Wild obs. + sensor1

Museum / vouchered159

Cultivated / captive1

Other3

Origin

Native15

Introduced7

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO212 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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤1 km 1

1 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor1

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 accuracy43% within 1 km

≤100 m 13≤1 km 25≤10 km 32>10 km 19

89 georeferenced · 70 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence159

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤1 km 1

1 georeferenced

Open the mapnot free-living1

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 institutions8 of 11 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Smithfield, AU	65
Brisbane, AU	31
Mount Annan, AU	22
Canberra, AU	15
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	4
Parkville, AU	4
Kew, GB	3
James Cook Townsvillelocation not on record	2
Armidale, AU	1
Adelaide, AU	1
ASUlocation not on record	1

11 institutions · 149 of 159 vouchered records shown · 10 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

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