Euonymus americanus
speciesAt a glance
Sources14 archives
Databases and archives Euonymus americanus's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility15 456 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics8 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
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
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Euonymus americanus is a species of flowering plant in the family Celastraceae. Common names include strawberry bush, American strawberry bush, bursting-heart, hearts-a-bustin and hearts-bustin'-with-love.Euonymus americanus. USDA PLANTS. It is native to the eastern United States, its distribution extending as far west as Texas. It has also been recorded in Ontario.Ma, J. and G. Moore. Euonymus americanus L. International Institute of Tropical Forestry (IITF). United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service. This is a deciduous shrub growing up to 2 m tall. The oppositely arranged leaves are leathery or papery in texture and measure up to long. Flowers are borne in the leaf axils on peduncles up to long. The yellow-green sepals are long and the greenish or reddish petals above are smaller. The fruit capsule is about wide with a red warty or spiny covering. The capsule splits into five sections, revealing seeds covered in bright red arils. The seeds are dispersed by animals. Deer have been known to graze on this plant and seem to love the tender leaves and stems. Humans should take the red color of the seeds as a warning; they are known to be a strong laxative and cause severe diarrhea. In fact, this genus of plants in general is considered poisonous to humans.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology4
Life cycle & reproduction26
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment24
Physiology & chemistry21
Uses & economy15
Other traits7
Compounds documented for Euonymus americanus across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile1 class
Documented compounds1 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicotinamide | 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 Euonymus americanus 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 Euonymus americanus 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 642×CCDB · book-fedorov · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants
n 321×CCDB · book-ipcn73-74
diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
polyploid 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.
How it livedPBDB
Record type15 456 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 institutions68 of 102 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Philadelphia, US | 175 |
| Bangkok, TH | 111 |
| Williamsburg, US | 69 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 64 |
| College Park, US | 60 |
| Jackson, US | 57 |
| Bronx, US | 57 |
| Tuscaloosa, US | 55 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 54 |
| Tampa, US | 48 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 42 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 35 |
| GAlocation not on record | 31 |
| Bloomington, US | 29 |
| Philadelphia, US | 27 |
| Knoxville, US | 23 |
| Miami, US | 22 |
| DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record | 22 |
| Norfolk, US | 21 |
| Mississippi State, US | 20 |
| Clemson, US | 18 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 17 |
| Columbia, US | 15 |
| Saint Louis, US | 15 |
| Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record | 14 |
| Morgantown, US | 14 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 13 |
| Fredericksburg, US | 12 |
| Fort Worth, US | 11 |
| Austin, US | 10 |
| University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record | 10 |
| Millersville, US | 10 |
| AUAlocation not on record | 10 |
| US | 8 |
| Burlington, US | 8 |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record | 8 |
| China Agricultural Universitylocation not on record | 7 |
| Richmond, US | 7 |
| West Virginia Wesleyan Collegelocation not on record | 7 |
| Fayetteville, US | 6 |
| Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record | 6 |
| Lord Fairfax Community Collegelocation not on record | 5 |
| Tennessee Technological Universitylocation not on record | 5 |
| Dover, US | 5 |
| Fairfax, US | 5 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 5 |
| Moscow, US | 5 |
| Henderson State Universitylocation not on record | 5 |
| EL PASO, US | 4 |
| Tall Timbers Research Stationlocation not on record | 4 |
| Conway, US | 4 |
| Flagstaff, US | 4 |
| University of North Carolina at Pembrokelocation not on record | 4 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 3 |
| Little Rock, US | 3 |
| Johnson City, US | 3 |
| San Angelo, US | 3 |
| Washington, US | 3 |
| Allentown, US | 2 |
| Asheville, US | 2 |
| Western Carolina Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Davenport, US | 2 |
| Emporia, US | 2 |
| Tempe, US | 2 |
| Conway, US | 2 |
| James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record | 2 |
| Kingston, US | 2 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 2 |
| South Kensington, GB | 2 |
| Beijing, CN | 2 |
| Audubon Society -- Silver Bluff Audubon Center and Sanctuarylocation not on record | 2 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 2 |
| Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preservelocation not on record | 2 |
| Provo, US | 1 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 1 |
| Edmonton, CA | 1 |
| Staten Island, US | 1 |
| Vancouver, CA | 1 |
| Portland, US | 1 |
| Meguro Parasitological Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Elikins, US | 1 |
| Smithsonian Institutionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Northridge, US | 1 |
| Kunming, CN | 1 |
| LDlocation not on record | 1 |
| GB | 1 |
| BClocation not on record | 1 |
| Durango, US | 1 |
| Riverside, US | 1 |
| Lincoln, US | 1 |
| Claremont, US | 1 |
| Due West, US | 1 |
| Denver, US | 1 |
| Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record | 1 |
| Lubbock, US | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 1 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 1 |
| Minia, EG | 1 |
| Baltimore, US | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record | 1 |
| Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location 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 Euonymus americanus 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.