Farfugium japonicum
(L.) Kitam. · speciesAt a glance
Sources13 archives
Databases and archives Farfugium japonicum's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation9 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility3 071 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI11 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics12 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↗
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.
Farfugium japonicum (syn. Ligularia tussilaginea) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, also known as leopard plant, green leopard plant or tractor seat plant. It is native to streams and seashores of Japan, where it is called tsuwabuki (石蕗).
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology10
Life cycle & reproduction10
Habitat & environment6
Compounds documented for Farfugium japonicum across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds158 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-alpha-Pinene | present | NPASS | |
| (+)-gamma-Eudesmol | present | NPASS | |
| (+-)-Fargesin | present | NPASS | |
| (-)-beta-Pinene | present | NPASS | |
| (-)-Camphene | present | NPASS | |
| (-)-Caryophyllene | present | NPASS | |
| (1,1'-Biphenyl)-4-ol, 2'-methoxy-3,5'-di-2-propenyl- | present | NPASS | |
| (12R)-3,5-dioxa-11-azapentacyclo[10.7.1.02,6.08,20.014,19]icosa-1(20),2(6),7,14(19),15,17-hexaen-18-ol | present | NPASS | |
| (12R,13S)-3,5-dioxa-11-azapentacyclo[10.7.1.02,6.08,20.014,19]icosa-1(20),2(6),7,14,16,18-hexaen-13-ol | present | NPASS | |
| (12S)-3,5-dioxa-11-azapentacyclo[10.7.1.02,6.08,20.014,19]icosa-1(20),2(6),7,14,16,18-hexaene | 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 Farfugium japonicum 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 Farfugium japonicum 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.
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 6017×CCDB · book-ipcn65 · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 +4
n 301×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-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 type3 071 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 institutions41 of 67 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Nishihara, JP | 135 |
| Odawara, JP | 44 |
| Kochi, JP | 38 |
| Taipei, TW | 36 |
| Kagoshima, JP | 22 |
| Beijing, CN | 20 |
| Chiba, JP | 19 |
| Tokushima, JP | 17 |
| NSMKlocation not on record | 13 |
| Bando, JP | 12 |
| Nagano City, JP | 11 |
| Herbarium of the Department of Botany, University of Tokyolocation not on record | 10 |
| National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korealocation not on record | 8 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 8 |
| KR | 7 |
| Toyama, JP | 7 |
| Zhejiang Universitylocation not on record | 6 |
| Taipei, TW | 6 |
| Wuhan, CN | 6 |
| Taipei, TW | 5 |
| TAIElocation not on record | 4 |
| Auckland, NZ | 4 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 3 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 3 |
| Mie Prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Columbia, US | 3 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 3 |
| SIHUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Chengdu, CN | 2 |
| Burlington, US | 2 |
| Ishikawa Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 2 |
| KNAMlocation not on record | 2 |
| Sendai, JP | 2 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 2 |
| KOMlocation not on record | 2 |
| Kunming, CN | 2 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 2 |
| Fort Worth, US | 2 |
| SCAUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Durham, US | 1 |
| Museum Of Natural And Environmental History, Shizuokalocation not on record | 1 |
| Kyoto Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Kew, GB | 1 |
| Saint Louis, US | 1 |
| Zhejiang Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 1 |
| Guiyang, CN | 1 |
| Nanjing, CN | 1 |
| Tomioka, JP | 1 |
| Rotorua, NZ | 1 |
| JP | 1 |
| Honolulu, US | 1 |
| Central China Normal Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Chengdu, CN | 1 |
| Obihiro Centennial City Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Bangkok, TH | 1 |
| MAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| KURAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Stockholm, SE | 1 |
| J.F.Oberlin Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Sanda, JP | 1 |
| Hangzhou, CN | 1 |
| Wuhan, CN | 1 |
| Guilin, CN | 1 |
| Osaka, JP | 1 |
| BISHlocation 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 Farfugium japonicum 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.