Epilobium tetragonum
speciesAt a glance
Sources11 archives
Databases and archives Epilobium tetragonum's data was compiled from.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility157 884 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI11 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics20 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
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.
Epilobium tetragonum, l’Épilobe à quatre angles, Épilobe à tiges carrées ou Épilobe à tiges quadrangulaires, est une espèce de plantes à fleurs de la famille des Onagraceae. On la trouve en Europe, Asie et Afrique.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology22
Life cycle & reproduction18
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment14
Physiology & chemistry9
Other traits4
Compounds documented for Epilobium tetragonum across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile1 class
Documented compounds3 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Myricetin 3-glucoside | present | LOTUS | |
| Myricitrin | present | LOTUS | |
| Quercitrin | 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 Epilobium tetragonum 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 Epilobium tetragonum 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 3630×GoaT · DTOL Flowering Plants Estimates Kew · GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · slov-fl +11
n 183×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · CromoCat 2015
diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Record type157 884 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 institutions61 of 125 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 | 1 158 |
| LDlocation not on record | 404 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 363 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 314 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 188 |
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 147 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 114 |
| Görlitz, DE | 96 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 76 |
| Tartu, EE | 64 |
| South Kensington, GB | 63 |
| Berlin, DE | 62 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 57 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 56 |
| Mlocation not on record | 39 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 33 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 32 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 30 |
| Olocation not on record | 29 |
| BClocation not on record | 28 |
| Barcelona, ES | 25 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 24 |
| València, ES | 24 |
| Auckland, NZ | 23 |
| Helsinki, FI | 21 |
| Salzburg, AT | 18 |
| Voronezh State Universitylocation not on record | 15 |
| Wlocation not on record | 14 |
| MAlocation not on record | 14 |
| Salamanca, ES | 13 |
| Paris, FR | 13 |
| Uppsala, SE | 12 |
| Madrid, ES | 11 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 11 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 10 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 10 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 9 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 9 |
| Nijmegen, NL | 8 |
| Tula State Universitylocation not on record | 8 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 7 |
| Fulda, DE | 6 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 6 |
| UGentlocation not on record | 6 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 6 |
| Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswaldlocation not on record | 5 |
| Córdoba, ES | 5 |
| Vancouver, CA | 5 |
| OLAlocation not on record | 5 |
| Pamplona, ES | 5 |
| Urumqi, CN | 5 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 5 |
| John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 5 |
| Tula State Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| National Museum Waleslocation not on record | 4 |
| Turku, FI | 4 |
| Wellington, NZ | 4 |
| Zürich, CH | 4 |
| Wuhan, CN | 4 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 4 |
| UIBlocation not on record | 4 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 4 |
| Pamplona, ES | 4 |
| Philadelphia, US | 4 |
| JBSlocation not on record | 3 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 3 |
| Tilburg, NL | 3 |
| Lausanne, CH | 3 |
| PrivatHerblocation not on record | 3 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 3 |
| Urumqi, CN | 3 |
| Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisienlocation not on record | 3 |
| PRClocation not on record | 3 |
| Dresden, DE | 3 |
| Badajoz, ES | 3 |
| Vitoria, ES | 3 |
| NoColllocation not on record | 3 |
| The State Museum-Preserve "The Kulikovo pole"location not on record | 2 |
| Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record | 2 |
| Brussel, BE | 2 |
| BSBIlocation not on record | 2 |
| NMBU:MINAlocation not on record | 2 |
| ISAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Xiamen, CN | 2 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 2 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 2 |
| H-Schuhwlocation not on record | 2 |
| Bourges, FR | 1 |
| Canberra, AU | 1 |
| Zürich, CH | 1 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Porvoo, FI | 1 |
| UTFPR-CPlocation not on record | 1 |
| Campo Mourão, BR | 1 |
| Cape Town, ZA | 1 |
| Granada, ES | 1 |
| Boumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Alicante, ES | 1 |
| Musée des Confluenceslocation not on record | 1 |
| Jyväskylä, FI | 1 |
| München, DE | 1 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 1 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 1 |
| TUR-Alocation not on record | 1 |
| Salvador, BR | 1 |
| Sion, CH | 1 |
| Xining, CN | 1 |
| Göteborg, SE | 1 |
| Tallinn, EE | 1 |
| Phyletisches Museum Jenalocation not on record | 1 |
| Saint Louis, US | 1 |
| Banyoles, ES | 1 |
| Namur, BE | 1 |
| Monastir, TN | 1 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Taipei, TW | 1 |
| Whitehorse, CA | 1 |
| Uniwersytet Opolskilocation not on record | 1 |
| BG-NMNHSlocation not on record | 1 |
| Rishon Le Zion, IL | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 1 |
| The Tula Region State Institution of Culture "Tula Museum Association"location not on record | 1 |
| Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologialocation not on record | 1 |
| B.A. Bennett Herbariumlocation 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 Epilobium tetragonum 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.