Distimake tuberosus

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Convolvulaceae/Distimake

At a glance

Occurrence records820

Data sources10

Biological traits24

DNA specimens12

eDNA detections8

Sources10 archives

Databases and archives Distimake tuberosus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility820 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI8 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics12 specimens↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

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

giftgenome & 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 & measurements4 literature sources24 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS10 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF820 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 2 countries8 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD12 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB · GIFT2n = 30

01Narrative

Distimake tuberosus, also known as Spanish arborvine or wood rose, is a vine in the family Convolvulaceae. It is native to the Americas, from Florida and Texas to Brazil, although considered by the USDA as introduced to the United States. It is an invasive species in a number of islands in the Indian and Pacific Ocean, such as New Caledonia.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsGIFTTRY

Size & morphology5

Fruit length37.5 mm

Fruit width37.5 mm

Seed length17 mm

Seed length max15 mm

Seed length min10 mm

Life cycle & reproduction6

Dehiscencedehiscent

Flowering timennnnyyyynnnn

Life formclimbing herbaceous tree or liana

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formtherophyte

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment11

Aquaticterrestrial

Climateseasonally dry tropical

Climberobligatory

Elevation max1 600 m

Elevation min0 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formherb

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: herb · AusTraits: climber_herbaceous · TRY: Vine

Habitat GIFTÁrea Antrópica, Cerrado (lato sensu), Floresta Ombrófila (= Floresta Pluvial)

Woodinessnon-woody

Physiology & chemistry1

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

03Chemical composition10 compounds

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

Compound class profile4 classes

Cyanogenic glycosides2

Stigmastane steroids1

Cholestane steroids $ Stigmastane steroids1

Lupane triterpenoids1

Documented compounds10 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
[(6S)-6-methylheptadecyl] (E)-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enoate	present	LOTUS
Amygdalin	present	LOTUS
beta-Sitosterol	present	LOTUS
Caffeic acid n-octadecyl ester	present	LOTUS
Lupeol	present	LOTUS
Octadecyl caffeate	present	LOTUS
Prunasin	present	LOTUS
Stigmasterol	present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcoding12 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 Distimake tuberosus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens12

Marker genes5

eDNA detections8

Countries2

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★rbcLa★ITS★ITS2

plant barcodefungal barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GIFT

The complete instruction manual Distimake tuberosus 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 = 30 n = 15

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome records30–302n range30median30mode5records

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

2n 305×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · book-indian_vol1 · CCDB · book-fedorov +2

CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — JONES, A. 1968. Chromosome numbers in Ipomoea and related genera. J. Heredity 59: 99-102.

CCDB · book-indian_vol1 — Sharma, A.K. & Datta, P.C. 1958

CCDB · book-fedorov — King J. R., Bamford 1937

CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants — King & B. 1937

GIFT · GIFT (floras)

n 151×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Sanjappa, M. & A. Dasgupta. 1981. In Chromosome number reports LXXI. Taxon 30: 508–509.

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 type820 records

Wild obs. + sensor680

Museum / vouchered139

Other1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 860 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 accuracy87% within 1 km

≤100 m 369≤1 km 71≤10 km 40>10 km 25

505 georeferenced · 175 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor680

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 accuracy33% within 1 km

≤100 m 6≤1 km 2≤10 km 15>10 km 1

24 georeferenced · 115 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence139

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 institutions17 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
Saint Louis, US	30
Smithfield, AU	12
Kew, GB	12
León, NI	9
Brisbane, AU	9
Tampa, US	8
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record	5
BISHlocation not on record	4
Campo Mourão, BR	3
Area de Conservacion Guanacastelocation not on record	3
Paris, FR	3
JBRJlocation not on record	3
Foz do Iguaçu, BR	3
MeiseBGlocation not on record	3
UTFPR-CPlocation not on record	3
UFMSlocation not on record	2
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Biologialocation not on record	2
UEMlocation not on record	2
Yaoundé, CM	2
Teresina, BR	2
Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record	2
Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record	1
IPA/SPlocation not on record	1
Paleontological Collectionlocation not on record	1
Ivano-Frankivsk, UA	1
UnBlocation not on record	1
BRLUlocation not on record	1
San José, CR	1
Baroda, IN	1
St. Augustine, TT	1
Chicago, US	1
Canberra, AU	1
UFRPElocation not on record	1
UTFPR-SLlocation not on record	1
Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record	1

35 institutions · 136 of 139 vouchered records shown · 3 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA8 detections

Where the DNA of Distimake tuberosus 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 found8

Studies independent surveys1

Countries2

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 8 detections have coordinates

Open the map2 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.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median23.0 °C 22.7–23.1

Seasonal swing summer↔winter2.30 °C

Max temp (day)25.8 °C 25.8–27.7

Min temp (night)20.7 °C 19.0–20.7

Precipitation182 mm/mo 52.2–182

Air humidity70.8 % 63.0–70.8

Moisture balance59.6 mm/mo -36.7–59.6

Vapour deficit817 Pa 817–1,033

Wind speed2.30 m/s 1.60–2.30

Cloud cover18.6 % 18.6–32.9

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 5 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

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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