Euphorbia canariensis

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia

At a glance

Occurrence records2 745

Data sources11

Biological traits24

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections2

Sources11 archives

Databases and archives Euphorbia canariensis's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 745 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page6 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources24 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS · NPASS28 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF2 745 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD · NCBI2 specimens

01Narrative

Euphorbia canariensis est une espèce de plantes succulentes subtropicales, du genre Euphorbia de la famille des Euphorbiaceae. C'est une espèce endémique des îles Canaries dont elle est devenue le symbole. Son aire de répartition va d'altitudes comprises entre 50 m et 1 100 m et elle supporte une température allant jusqu'à −2 °C. Elle est devenue l'un des végétaux symboles de la Grande Canarie.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology3

Plant height1.5 m

Plant height max3 m

Plant height min2 m

Life cycle & reproduction9

Deciduousnessevergreen

Dehiscencedehiscent

Flower colourgreen

Flowering endJul

Flowering startApr

Life formsucculent subshrub or shrub

Life spanperennial

Lifeform raunkiaer detailedchamaephyte

Lifespan years4 years

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment9

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max1 000 m

Elevation min50 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit colourbrown

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formshrub

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: shrub · TRY: succulent

Woodinesswoody

Other traits2

Defenseyes

Shoot orientationascending

03Chemical composition28 compounds

Compounds documented for Euphorbia canariensis across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile4 classes

Ingenane diterpenoids $ Tetracyclic diterpenoids21

Lathyrane diterpenoids6

Jatrophane diterpenoids $ Lathyrane diterpenoids3

Lanostane, Tirucallane and Euphane triterpenoids2

Documented compounds28 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(3S,5R,10S,13S,14S,17S)-4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-17-[(2R)-6-methyl-5-methylideneheptan-2-yl]-2,3,5,6,7,11,12,15,16,17-decahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol	present	NPASS
(4,9,13-Triacetyloxy-3,6,6,10,14-pentamethyl-2-oxo-16-oxatetracyclo[10.3.1.01,12.05,7]hexadec-10-en-8-yl) benzoate	present	LOTUS
(4,9-Diacetyloxy-13-hydroxy-3,6,6,10,14-pentamethyl-2-oxo-16-oxatetracyclo[10.3.1.01,12.05,7]hexadec-10-en-8-yl) 2-methylpropanoate	present	LOTUS
(4,9-Diacetyloxy-13-hydroxy-3,6,6,10,14-pentamethyl-2-oxo-16-oxatetracyclo[10.3.1.01,12.05,7]hexadec-10-en-8-yl) benzoate	present	LOTUS
20-O-Acetylingenol-3-angelate	present	LOTUS
[(1R,3R,4R,5R,7S,8S,9R,10E,12S,13R,14R)-4,9-diacetyloxy-13-hydroxy-3,6,6,10,14-pentamethyl-2-oxo-16-oxatetracyclo[10.3.1.01,12.05,7]hexadec-10-en-8-yl] 2-methylpropanoate	present	LOTUS
[(1R,3R,4R,5R,7S,8S,9R,10E,12S,13R,14R)-4,9-diacetyloxy-13-hydroxy-3,6,6,10,14-pentamethyl-2-oxo-16-oxatetracyclo[10.3.1.01,12.05,7]hexadec-10-en-8-yl] benzoate	present	LOTUS
[(1S,4S,5R,6R,9S,10R,11R,12R,14R)-4,5,6-trihydroxy-3,11,14-trimethyl-7-[[(Z)-2-methylbut-2-enoyl]oxymethyl]-15-oxo-11-tetracyclo[7.5.1.01,5.010,12]pentadeca-2,7-dienyl]methyl benzoate	present	LOTUS
[(1S,4S,5R,6R,9S,10R,12R,14R)-6-acetyloxy-7-(acetyloxymethyl)-5-hydroxy-3,11,11,14-tetramethyl-15-oxo-4-tetracyclo[7.5.1.01,5.010,12]pentadeca-2,7-dienyl] (Z)-2-methylbut-2-enoate	present	LOTUS
[(1S,4S,5R,9S,10R,12R,14R)-7-(acetyloxymethyl)-5-hydroxy-3,11,11,14-tetramethyl-15-oxo-4-tetracyclo[7.5.1.01,5.010,12]pentadeca-2,7-dienyl] (Z)-2-methylbut-2-enoate	present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcoding2 specimens

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 Euphorbia canariensis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

Marker genes4

GenBank sequences10

eDNA detections2

Countries1

The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species

ITSOR858955.1 ↗527 bpSpain

ACGT

GGGCGCGAGCNGGGGANNNGNGNGCNGGNATTTNCCTTGCCCNCGNGANGTCCNGTTTGCGGCCNGNTAACAAAACCCCNACNCCGTACN …

Euphorbia canariensis voucher 26AC18(9) internal transcribed spacer 1, partial sequence; 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, complete sequence; and internal transcribed spacer 2, partial sequence

Marker genes sequenced

★ 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.

★matK1★rbcL1★ITS8★ITS2

plant barcodefungal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type2 745 records

Wild obs. + sensor2 721

Museum / vouchered23

Cultivated / captive1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO2 868 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy76% within 1 km

≤100 m 1 206≤1 km 473≤10 km 390>10 km 127

2 196 georeferenced · 525 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor2 721

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.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 2

3 georeferenced · 20 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence23

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without

Open the mapnot free-living1

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions10 of 15 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Barcelona, ES	2
Ann Arbor, US	2
Saint Louis, US	2
LDlocation not on record	2
ESP003location not on record	1
Madrid, ES	1
Mexico City, MX	1
MAlocation not on record	1
Tapachula, MX	1
Chicago, US	1
Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record	1
BClocation not on record	1
València, ES	1
Austin, US	1
Madrid, ES	1

15 institutions · 19 of 23 vouchered records shown · 3 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Euphorbia canariensis 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

Detections DNA found2

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median15.2 °C 15.2–15.2

Seasonal swing summer↔winter21.1 °C

Max temp (day)20.1 °C

Min temp (night)9.00 °C

Precipitation33.4 mm/mo

Air humidity52.9 %

Moisture balance-61.7 mm/mo

Vapour deficit953 Pa

Wind speed2.00 m/s

Cloud cover38.3 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

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.

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Euphorbia canariensis

At a glance

Sources11 archives

Size & morphology3

Life cycle & reproduction9

Diet & foraging1

Habitat & environment9

Other traits2

Compound class profile4 classes

Documented compounds28 total

At a glance

Record type2 745 records

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions10 of 15 geolocated

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type2 745 records