Fatsia japonica
(Thunb.) Decne. & Planch. · speciesAt a glance
Sources12 archives
Databases and archives Fatsia japonica's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation14 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility4 383 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI24 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics20 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↗
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.
Fatsia japonica, also glossy-leaf paper plant, fatsi, paperplant, false castor oil plant, or Japanese aralia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae, native to southern Japan and southern Korea.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology15
Life cycle & reproduction10
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment9
Physiology & chemistry5
Compounds documented for Fatsia japonica across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds47 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (2E,7R,11R)-3,7,11,15-tetramethyl-2-hexadecen-1-yl hexadecanoate | present | LOTUS | |
| (4aR,5R,6aR,6aS,6bR,8aR,10S,12aR,14bS)-5-hydroxy-2,2,6a,6b,9,9,12a-heptamethyl-10-[(2S,3R,4S,5S)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (4aS,6aR,6aS,6bR,8aR,9R,10S,12aR,14bS)-10-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-9-(hydroxymethyl)-2,2,6a,6b,9,12a-hexamethyl-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (6R,9R)-Roseoside | present | LOTUS | |
| (E,R)-Heptadeca-1,9-dien-4,6-diyne-3-ol | present | LOTUS | |
| 10-[4,5-Dihydroxy-3-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-5-hydroxy-9-(hydroxymethyl)-2,2,6a,6b,9,12a-hexamethyl-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| 2,3a(2),4,5a(2)-Stilbenetetrol | present | LOTUS | |
| 2-[4-(2-Carboxyethenyl)-2-methoxyphenoxy]-3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-enoic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| 2-[4-[2-Carboxy-2-[4-(2-carboxyethenyl)-2-methoxyphenoxy]ethenyl]-2-methoxyphenoxy]-3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-enoic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| 4-(((E)-1-Carboxy-2-(3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenyl)ethenyl)oxy)-3-methoxy-trans-cinnamic acid | 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 Fatsia japonica 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 Fatsia japonica 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 242×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants
2n 481×CCDB · book-ipcn73-74
n 241×CCDB · book-ipcn73-74
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 type4 383 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 institutions49 of 79 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Odawara, JP | 123 |
| Auckland, NZ | 41 |
| Chiba, JP | 35 |
| Kochi, JP | 27 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 27 |
| Bando, JP | 17 |
| Sanda, JP | 17 |
| Tsukuba, JP | 8 |
| KURAlocation not on record | 8 |
| Toyama, JP | 7 |
| Nagano City, JP | 7 |
| Sendai, JP | 7 |
| Bangkok, TH | 6 |
| Tokushima, JP | 6 |
| Sagamihara, JP | 6 |
| Nishihara, JP | 6 |
| JP | 6 |
| Wellington, NZ | 5 |
| 盐城国家级珍禽自然保护区location not on record | 5 |
| Forestry and Forest Products Research Institutelocation not on record | 5 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 5 |
| Chongqing, CN | 5 |
| Rotorua, NZ | 4 |
| Nagatoro-machi, Chichibu-gun, JP | 4 |
| J.F.Oberlin Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 4 |
| Fukushima Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 3 |
| València, ES | 3 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 3 |
| Columbia, US | 3 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 3 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 3 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 2 |
| Xiamen, CN | 2 |
| Yangling, CN | 2 |
| Ishikawa Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 2 |
| Riverside, US | 2 |
| US | 2 |
| Herbarium of the Department of Botany, University of Tokyolocation not on record | 2 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Long Beach, US | 2 |
| Nanjing, CN | 2 |
| MAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Parthenon Tama History Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 1 |
| China Agricultural Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Turlock, US | 1 |
| Taipei, TW | 1 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 1 |
| Saint Louis, US | 1 |
| Kagoshima, JP | 1 |
| FFPRIlocation not on record | 1 |
| Bronx, US | 1 |
| University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record | 1 |
| Otaru, JP | 1 |
| Barcelona, ES | 1 |
| EL PASO, US | 1 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| Taipei, TW | 1 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 1 |
| Burlington, US | 1 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Herbarium of South China Botanical Gardenlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 1 |
| Honolulu, US | 1 |
| Tomioka, JP | 1 |
| Bern, CH | 1 |
| Millersville, US | 1 |
| Sichuan Agricultural Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| BISHlocation not on record | 1 |
| Vitoria, ES | 1 |
| Palmerston North, NZ | 1 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 1 |
| Chapingo, MX | 1 |
| Angwin, US | 1 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk, UA | 1 |
| Alexandria Universitylocation 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 Fatsia japonica 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.