Eranthis hyemalis
(L.) Salisb. · speciesAt a glance
Sources14 archives
Databases and archives Eranthis hyemalis's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation12 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility68 415 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI13 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics19 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Shoot emerging from soil in early spring Eranthis hyemalis, the winter aconite, is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, native to calcareous woodland habitats in France, Italy and the Balkans, and widely naturalized elsewhere in Europe.Bulbs by Phillips, Roger and Rix, Martyn, ed. Brian Mathew, pub. Pan (Garden Plants Series) 1989
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology8
Life cycle & reproduction12
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment7
Physiology & chemistry2
Other traits1
Compounds documented for Eranthis hyemalis across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile4 classes
Documented compounds21 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-Corytuberine | present | LOTUS | |
| (9R)-5,9-dihydroxy-9-(hydroxymethyl)-2-methyl-8H-pyrano[2,3-g][1]benzoxepin-4-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (9S)-5,9-dihydroxy-2-methyl-9-[[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]-8H-pyrano[2,3-g][1]benzoxepin-4-one | present | LOTUS | |
| 4-hydroxy-7-[[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]furo[3,2-g]chromen-5-one | present | LOTUS | |
| 5,7-Dihydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-8-(4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-enyl)chromen-4-one | present | LOTUS | |
| 5,7-dihydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-8-[(E)-3-methyl-4-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxybut-2-enyl]chromen-4-one | present | LOTUS | |
| 5,7-Dihydroxy-2-hydroxymethyl-8-[(2e)-4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-enyl]-4h-1-benzopyran-4-one | present | LOTUS | |
| 5,7-dihydroxy-2-methyl-8-[(E)-3-methyl-4-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxybut-2-enyl]chromen-4-one | present | LOTUS | |
| 5,7-Dihydroxy-8-(4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-enyl)-2-methylchromen-4-one | present | LOTUS | |
| 5,7-dihydroxy-8-[(E)-4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-enyl]-2-methylchromen-4-one | 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 Eranthis hyemalis 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 Eranthis hyemalis 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 1612×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · ita-fl · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl +3
2n 245×CCDB · ita-fl
diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Record type68 415 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 institutions42 of 81 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 106 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 64 |
| Bern, CH | 46 |
| LDlocation not on record | 43 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 32 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 28 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 27 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 26 |
| Brussel, BE | 17 |
| Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswaldlocation not on record | 16 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 16 |
| Philadelphia, US | 14 |
| South Kensington, GB | 13 |
| Olocation not on record | 12 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 12 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 11 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 11 |
| Wlocation not on record | 11 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 10 |
| Görlitz, DE | 8 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 8 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 8 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 7 |
| Bronx, US | 7 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 7 |
| Uppsala, SE | 6 |
| Berlin, DE | 6 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 5 |
| Tilburg, NL | 4 |
| LfUlocation not on record | 4 |
| Millersville, US | 4 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 4 |
| Auckland, NZ | 4 |
| Wellington, NZ | 4 |
| Trondheim, NO | 3 |
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 3 |
| Mlocation not on record | 3 |
| Bloomington, US | 3 |
| Salzburg, AT | 3 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 3 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record | 3 |
| BSBIlocation not on record | 2 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 2 |
| BClocation not on record | 2 |
| Paris, FR | 2 |
| Podgorica, ME | 2 |
| UniKSlocation not on record | 2 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 2 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 1 |
| Tampa, US | 1 |
| Philadelphia, US | 1 |
| Royal Botanic Gardens, Kewlocation not on record | 1 |
| Bourges, FR | 1 |
| Corvallis, US | 1 |
| Saint Louis, US | 1 |
| Burlington, US | 1 |
| Kew, GB | 1 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 1 |
| Davenport, US | 1 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 1 |
| Cheney, US | 1 |
| University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Namur, BE | 1 |
| Richmond, US | 1 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Dresden, DE | 1 |
| H-Dunkellocation not on record | 1 |
| PRClocation not on record | 1 |
| Royal Botanical Gardenslocation not on record | 1 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 1 |
| SZUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tampere, FI | 1 |
| BioFokuslocation not on record | 1 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Knoxville, US | 1 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Columbia, US | 1 |
| Zürich, CH | 1 |
| College Park, US | 1 |
| Xiamen, CN | 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 Eranthis hyemalis 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.