Eugenia involucrata
DC. · speciesAt a glance
Sources12 archives
Databases and archives Eugenia involucrata's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 405 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
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
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Eugenia involucrata, the Cherry of the Rio Grande, is an evergreen shrub native to Brazil which bears small fruits that are dark red to purple in color and have a sweet cherry-like flavor.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology9
Life cycle & reproduction4
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment10
Physiology & chemistry6
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 Eugenia involucrata 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 Eugenia involucrata 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 223×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · kew · CCDB · iapt
diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type1 405 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.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions39 of 116 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 87 |
| UnBlocation not on record | 74 |
| Bronx, US | 61 |
| Brasília, BR | 49 |
| Blumenau, BR | 41 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk, UA | 37 |
| Saint Louis, US | 34 |
| UNICAMPlocation not on record | 28 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 27 |
| Cenargenlocation not on record | 25 |
| UFMGlocation not on record | 24 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 24 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 23 |
| Chicago, US | 22 |
| Brasília, BR | 22 |
| Kew, GB | 20 |
| USP-IBlocation not on record | 19 |
| UTFPR-CPlocation not on record | 19 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 19 |
| Campo Mourão, BR | 15 |
| Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sullocation not on record | 15 |
| Cascavel, BR | 13 |
| Bogotá, D.C., CO | 11 |
| San Isidro, AR | 11 |
| Jataí / Setor Industrial, BR | 11 |
| Maringá, BR | 11 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 11 |
| UFPRlocation not on record | 10 |
| Foz do Iguaçu, BR | 10 |
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO | 10 |
| Ural Federal University "B. N. Yeltsin"location not on record | 10 |
| Corrientes, AR | 9 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 9 |
| La Paz, BO | 9 |
| IPA/SPlocation not on record | 9 |
| Londrina, BR | 9 |
| Feira de Santana, BR | 8 |
| UFSClocation not on record | 8 |
| UFSCarlocation not on record | 8 |
| MAlocation not on record | 8 |
| Universidade Federal de Santa Catarinalocation not on record | 8 |
| UTFPR-DVlocation not on record | 7 |
| UEMlocation not on record | 7 |
| UNESP-IBILCElocation not on record | 7 |
| Station d'Ecologie de Lamtolocation not on record | 7 |
| INMAlocation not on record | 6 |
| UNIVILLElocation not on record | 6 |
| UNESClocation not on record | 6 |
| UFSJlocation not on record | 6 |
| Sucre, BO | 6 |
| Criciúma, BR | 6 |
| Salvador, BR | 6 |
| PUC-RSlocation not on record | 6 |
| UFMSlocation not on record | 5 |
| Wlocation not on record | 5 |
| UFRRJlocation not on record | 4 |
| UEGlocation not on record | 4 |
| UTFPR-SLlocation not on record | 4 |
| FPMZBlocation not on record | 4 |
| Universidade Federal de Goiáslocation not on record | 4 |
| IAPlocation not on record | 3 |
| CEPLAClocation not on record | 3 |
| Uberlândia, BR | 3 |
| UNESP-FCAlocation not on record | 3 |
| Cochabamba, BO | 2 |
| Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paranálocation not on record | 2 |
| FUVATESlocation not on record | 2 |
| Chaguaramas, TT | 2 |
| Cruz das Almas, BR | 2 |
| ESALQlocation not on record | 2 |
| Museo naturalistico del Frignano Ferruccio Minghellilocation not on record | 2 |
| Instituto do Meio Ambientelocation not on record | 2 |
| UEPAlocation not on record | 2 |
| UFSMlocation not on record | 2 |
| Paleontological Collectionlocation not on record | 2 |
| Stockholm, SE | 2 |
| UFABClocation not on record | 2 |
| UFVJMlocation not on record | 2 |
| Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paranálocation not on record | 2 |
| South Kensington, GB | 2 |
| Santa Maria, BR | 2 |
| Centro de Estudios y Colecciones Biológicas para la Conservaciónlocation not on record | 2 |
| Universidad Nacional de Asunciónlocation not on record | 2 |
| Universidade da Região de Joinville - Univillelocation not on record | 1 |
| Cusco, PE | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| Göteborg, SE | 1 |
| Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record | 1 |
| Auckland, NZ | 1 |
| HUENFlocation not on record | 1 |
| San Salvador de Jujuy, AR | 1 |
| Campo Grande, BR | 1 |
| Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paranálocation not on record | 1 |
| UFBAlocation not on record | 1 |
| UFOPlocation not on record | 1 |
| Seropédica, BR | 1 |
| UFPElocation not on record | 1 |
| UNESP, Campus São José Rio Prêtolocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarinalocation not on record | 1 |
| HUT Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidade de São Paulolocation not on record | 1 |
| Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologialocation not on record | 1 |
| Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record | 1 |
| UFESlocation not on record | 1 |
| JBPlocation not on record | 1 |
| UNESP-RClocation not on record | 1 |
| Honolulu, US | 1 |
| Institut fur Allgemeine Mikrobiologielocation not on record | 1 |
| Université de Bordeauxlocation not on record | 1 |
| PUC-RIOlocation not on record | 1 |
| UDESC-CAVlocation not on record | 1 |
| Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record | 1 |
| Masindi, UG | 1 |
| Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record | 1 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 1 |
| Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Nortelocation not on record | 1 |
Where the DNA of Eugenia involucrata 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?
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.