Eugenia punicifolia
(Kunth) DC. · speciesAt a glance
Sources12 archives
Databases and archives Eugenia punicifolia's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility6 439 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics9 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 punicifolia is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is found in Bolivia and Brazil.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology9
Life cycle & reproduction5
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment10
Physiology & chemistry3
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 punicifolia 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 punicifolia 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
2n 442×CCDB · iapt
2n 331×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 type6 439 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 institutions49 of 151 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Bronx, US | 559 |
| Kew, GB | 388 |
| UnBlocation not on record | 388 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 309 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 263 |
| Saint Louis, US | 243 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 234 |
| Salvador, BR | 227 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 192 |
| UFBAlocation not on record | 186 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 146 |
| USP-IBlocation not on record | 143 |
| Brasília, BR | 130 |
| Feira de Santana, BR | 122 |
| Chicago, US | 120 |
| CEPLAClocation not on record | 116 |
| Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologialocation not on record | 108 |
| Masindi, UG | 100 |
| Cenargenlocation not on record | 84 |
| Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)location not on record | 77 |
| Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Nortelocation not on record | 76 |
| Brasília, BR | 71 |
| Universidade Federal do Maranhãolocation not on record | 70 |
| UFRRJlocation not on record | 68 |
| UFMGlocation not on record | 67 |
| Universidade Federal do Ceara, Departamento de Biologialocation not on record | 62 |
| Bogotá, D.C., CO | 59 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk, UA | 58 |
| Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record | 58 |
| Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record | 58 |
| UFESlocation not on record | 49 |
| UFSJlocation not on record | 48 |
| Universidade Federal do Espírito Santolocation not on record | 44 |
| Fortaleza, BR | 43 |
| IPA/SPlocation not on record | 42 |
| UNICAMPlocation not on record | 41 |
| UFMSlocation not on record | 40 |
| Chaguaramas, TT | 40 |
| Federal University of Espírito Santolocation not on record | 38 |
| UFSCarlocation not on record | 34 |
| UFRPElocation not on record | 33 |
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO | 33 |
| Instituto do Meio Ambientelocation not on record | 30 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 29 |
| Université de Bordeauxlocation not on record | 28 |
| HUENFlocation not on record | 27 |
| UFPElocation not on record | 25 |
| Empresa Pernambucana de Pesquisa Agropecuária, IPAlocation not on record | 25 |
| Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sullocation not on record | 24 |
| UFVJMlocation not on record | 23 |
| UNIVASFlocation not on record | 23 |
| Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record | 21 |
| Cruz das Almas, BR | 20 |
| UNESP-FCAlocation not on record | 20 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 20 |
| UEPAlocation not on record | 18 |
| Centro de Estudios y Colecciones Biológicas para la Conservaciónlocation not on record | 17 |
| Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record | 17 |
| UEGlocation not on record | 15 |
| Universidade Federal de Goiáslocation not on record | 14 |
| Universidad Nacional de Asunciónlocation not on record | 13 |
| Maringá, BR | 12 |
| INMAlocation not on record | 12 |
| Universidade Federal do Oeste da Bahialocation not on record | 12 |
| Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campus do Pantanallocation not on record | 12 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 11 |
| Seropédica, BR | 11 |
| St. Augustine, TT | 11 |
| Jataí / Setor Industrial, BR | 11 |
| Ural Federal University "B. N. Yeltsin"location not on record | 11 |
| Londrina, BR | 10 |
| FPMZBlocation not on record | 10 |
| UFABClocation not on record | 10 |
| UNESP-RClocation not on record | 9 |
| UEMAlocation not on record | 9 |
| Centro de Pesquisas Agropecuarias do Tropico Umidolocation not on record | 9 |
| Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record | 8 |
| UFSClocation not on record | 8 |
| Paleontological Collectionlocation not on record | 8 |
| URCAlocation not on record | 8 |
| Altos de Pipe, VE | 8 |
| UTFPR-CPlocation not on record | 7 |
| Paris, FR | 7 |
| HACAMlocation not on record | 6 |
| CPATSAlocation not on record | 6 |
| IECOSlocation not on record | 6 |
| Ilhéus, BR | 6 |
| UFPIlocation not on record | 6 |
| Campo Mourão, BR | 5 |
| Stockholm, SE | 5 |
| JBPlocation not on record | 5 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 5 |
| Station d'Ecologie de Lamtolocation not on record | 5 |
| Corrientes, AR | 4 |
| UESBlocation not on record | 4 |
| Corporación Autónoma Regional Para la Defensa de la Meseta de Bucaramanga (CDMB)location not on record | 4 |
| ESALQlocation not on record | 4 |
| Wlocation not on record | 4 |
| UNIVILLElocation not on record | 4 |
| UFERSAlocation not on record | 4 |
| UFPRlocation not on record | 4 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 4 |
| Uberlândia, BR | 4 |
| UEMlocation not on record | 4 |
| VALElocation not on record | 3 |
| Blumenau, BR | 3 |
| UERJlocation not on record | 3 |
| La Paz, BO | 3 |
| DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record | 3 |
| Teresina, BR | 3 |
| Honolulu, US | 3 |
| Universidade Federal de Santa Catarinalocation not on record | 3 |
| UNITINSlocation not on record | 3 |
| Santarém, BR | 3 |
| Cuiabá, BR | 3 |
| Montréal, CA | 3 |
| UNESP-ISlocation not on record | 3 |
| Universidade de São Paulolocation not on record | 3 |
| Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record | 2 |
| HUT Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 2 |
| Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas SINCHIlocation not on record | 2 |
| Institut fur Allgemeine Mikrobiologielocation not on record | 2 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 2 |
| Lima, PE | 2 |
| UFOPlocation not on record | 2 |
| Cochabamba, BO | 2 |
| UNISANTAlocation not on record | 2 |
| UNESP, Campus São José Rio Prêtolocation not on record | 2 |
| Fort Worth, US | 1 |
| Elocation not on record | 1 |
| Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldilocation not on record | 1 |
| San Isidro, AR | 1 |
| Arequipa, PE | 1 |
| Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreallocation not on record | 1 |
| Pittsburg, US | 1 |
| Durham, US | 1 |
| WCSlocation not on record | 1 |
| Santa Teresa, BR | 1 |
| MAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Badajoz, ES | 1 |
| CEPEC, CEPLAC e Universidade Federal do Sul da Bahialocation not on record | 1 |
| UTFPR-DVlocation not on record | 1 |
| Sucre, BO | 1 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (UDistrital)location not on record | 1 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 1 |
| UNESP-IBILCElocation not on record | 1 |
| PUC-RIOlocation not on record | 1 |
| Iquitos, PE | 1 |
| Pelotas, BR | 1 |
| Lake Charles, US | 1 |
Where the DNA of Eugenia punicifolia 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.