Himatanthus bracteatus is a species of the genus Himatanthus (Apocynaceae), native Venezuela, Colombia, the Guianas, Brazil, Peru, and Ecuador. It is a shrub with oblong, obovate and acuminate leaves, white flowers in terminal corymbs and follicles with winged seed.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Himatanthus bracteatus across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
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 Himatanthus bracteatus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens1
Marker genes1
GenBank sequences1
eDNA detections1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ 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
plant barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualHimatanthus bracteatus 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.
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy52% within 1 km
≤100 m 11≤1 km 1≤10 km 4>10 km 7
23 georeferenced · 8 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor31
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 accuracy19% within 1 km
≤100 m 2≤1 km 1≤10 km 9>10 km 4
16 georeferenced · 1 108 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 124
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 institutions25 of 84 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Chaguaramas, TT
126
Masindi, UG
73
Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)location not on record
70
Bronx, US
65
UFBAlocation not on record
54
Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record
51
CEPLAClocation not on record
50
UFRPElocation not on record
49
UFESlocation not on record
44
Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologialocation not on record
39
Federal University of Espírito Santolocation not on record
31
Saint Louis, US
31
Salvador, BR
29
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
25
JBRJlocation not on record
25
Feira de Santana, BR
23
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
23
Kew, GB
23
Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record
19
UFPElocation not on record
18
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santolocation not on record
16
Chicago, US
15
Empresa Pernambucana de Pesquisa Agropecuária, IPAlocation not on record
11
UNICAMPlocation not on record
10
USP-IBlocation not on record
10
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record
10
QCNElocation not on record
9
South Kensington, GB
9
Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record
8
UnBlocation not on record
7
UFMGlocation not on record
7
Université de Bordeauxlocation not on record
7
Brasília, BR
6
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Nortelocation not on record
6
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record
6
Cenargenlocation not on record
5
HACAMlocation not on record
4
INMAlocation not on record
4
CJBGlocation not on record
3
UNIVASFlocation not on record
3
MAlocation not on record
3
VALElocation not on record
3
Universidade Federal do Vale do São Franciscolocation not on record
3
UFVJMlocation not on record
3
Santa Teresa, BR
3
Brasília, BR
3
Dublin, IE
2
PUC-RIOlocation not on record
2
Ilhéus, BR
2
Universidade Federal do Maranhãolocation not on record
2
Zürich, CH
2
Altos de Pipe, VE
2
Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record
2
UFOPlocation not on record
2
Cruz das Almas, BR
2
Anton de Kom University of Surinamelocation not on record
2
Campo Mourão, BR
2
UTFPR-CPlocation not on record
2
Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chilelocation not on record
2
UFMSlocation not on record
1
Edinburgh, GB
1
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
1
UERJlocation not on record
1
UFPRlocation not on record
1
Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreallocation not on record
1
Quito, EC
1
Herbario de la Universidad Técnica del Nortelocation not on record
1
ESALQlocation not on record
1
Ivano-Frankivsk, UA
1
Tampa, US
1
Institut fur Allgemeine Mikrobiologielocation not on record
1
IPA/SPlocation not on record
1
IECOSlocation not on record
1
UNEMATlocation not on record
1
Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record
1
Campo Grande, BR
1
INBIOlocation not on record
1
Seropédica, BR
1
Austin, US
1
ASUlocation not on record
1
UESBlocation not on record
1
UFRRJlocation not on record
1
Fundación Jardín Botánico Joaquín Antonio Uribe de Medellínlocation not on record
1
Universität Göttingenlocation not on record
1
84 institutions · 1 093 of 1 124 vouchered records shown · 31 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Himatanthus bracteatus 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 found1
Studies independent surveys1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 1 detections have coordinates
Open the map0 countries0
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.
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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 155 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
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