Fallopia baldschuanica
(Regel) Holub · speciesAt a glance
Sources14 archives
Databases and archives Fallopia baldschuanica's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation10 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility15 203 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI20 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics22 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.
Fallopia baldschuanica (syn. Polygonum baldschuanicum) is an Asian species of flowering plant in the knotweed family known by several common names, including Russian-vine, Bukhara fleeceflower, Chinese fleecevine, mile-a-minute and silver lace vine. It is native to Asia (China, Russia, Kazakhstan, etc.),Flora of China, Fallopia aubertii (L. Henry) Holub, 1971. 木藤首乌 mu teng shou wu and is growing wild in parts of Europe and North and Central America as an introduced species.Altervista Flora Italiana, Fallopia baldschuanica (Regel) Holub Some authors split the species in two, regarding the Chinese populations as Fallopia aubertii and the Russian and central Asian species as F. baldschuanica. Fallopia baldschuanica is grown as an ornamental plant for its flower-laced vines. The white flowers are decorative and provide nectar and pollen for the honey bee. As it is fast-growing, it is used as cover for unsightly fences and other garden structures. It can become invasive, however.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology16
Life cycle & reproduction12
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment12
Physiology & chemistry5
Other traits1
Compounds documented for Fallopia baldschuanica across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds26 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (2S)-2,5,7-trihydroxy-2-nonadecyl-3H-chromen-4-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (2S)-2,5,7-trihydroxy-2-pentacosyl-3H-chromen-4-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (2S)-2,5,7-trihydroxy-2-tricosyl-3H-chromen-4-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (2S)-2-henicosyl-2,5,7-trihydroxy-3H-chromen-4-one | present | LOTUS | |
| 1,2,3-Trimethoxydibenz(cd,f)indol-4(5H)-one | present | NPASS | |
| 1-Hydroxy-2,3-dimethoxydibenz(cd,f)indol-4(5H)-one | present | NPASS | |
| 14,15,16-Trimethoxy-10-methyl-10-azatetracyclo[7.7.1.02,7.013,17]heptadeca-1(17),2,4,6,8,13,15-heptaene-11,12-dione | present | NPASS | |
| 2(1H)-Pyridone, 5,6-dihydro- | present | NPASS | |
| 2-Heptadecyl-5,7-dihydroxychromen-4-one | present | LOTUS | |
| 2-Propenoic acid, 3-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-, methyl ester, cis | present | NPASS |
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 Fallopia baldschuanica 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 Fallopia baldschuanica 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 2014×GoaT · DTOL Flowering Plants Estimates Kew · GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · slov-fl +6
n 102×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · CromoCat 2015
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 type15 203 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 institutions46 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 | 53 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 34 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 29 |
| LDlocation not on record | 25 |
| MAlocation not on record | 23 |
| València, ES | 13 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 13 |
| Portland, US | 11 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 10 |
| BClocation not on record | 8 |
| South Kensington, GB | 8 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 7 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 7 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 6 |
| Chicago, US | 6 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 6 |
| Görlitz, DE | 5 |
| Alicante, ES | 5 |
| Berlin, DE | 5 |
| Olocation not on record | 5 |
| Badajoz, ES | 4 |
| Pullman, US | 4 |
| Vancouver, CA | 4 |
| Salzburg, AT | 4 |
| Salamanca, ES | 4 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 3 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 3 |
| Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record | 3 |
| Tuscaloosa, US | 3 |
| Bronx, US | 3 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 3 |
| Riverside, US | 3 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 3 |
| Brussel, BE | 3 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 3 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 3 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 2 |
| Phyletisches Museum Jenalocation not on record | 2 |
| Orem, US | 2 |
| Bloomington, US | 2 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 2 |
| Auckland, NZ | 2 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 2 |
| Mlocation not on record | 2 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 2 |
| Provo, US | 2 |
| Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record | 2 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 2 |
| BSBIlocation not on record | 2 |
| Granada, ES | 2 |
| Portland, US | 2 |
| Davis, US | 1 |
| Wlocation not on record | 1 |
| San Jose, US | 1 |
| Tilburg, NL | 1 |
| Podgorica, ME | 1 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Santiago de Compostela, ES | 1 |
| Bergen, NO | 1 |
| AUAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Corvallis, US | 1 |
| Denver, US | 1 |
| Northridge, US | 1 |
| Austin, US | 1 |
| Royal Botanic Gardens, Kewlocation not on record | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 1 |
| NMBU:MINAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Trondheim, NO | 1 |
| Jackson, US | 1 |
| Kew, GB | 1 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 1 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record | 1 |
| Altos de Pipe, VE | 1 |
| Córdoba, ES | 1 |
| GMBAlocation not on record | 1 |
| New Brunswick, US | 1 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 1 |
| Pamplona, ES | 1 |
| Albuquerque, US | 1 |
| Saint Louis, US | 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 Fallopia baldschuanica 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.