Hippeastrum puniceum

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Hippeastrum

At a glance

Occurrence records647

Data sources13

Biological traits21

DNA specimens6

eDNA detections6

Sources13 archives

Databases and archives Hippeastrum puniceum's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility647 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI6 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 specimens↗

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↗

On this page7 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources21 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS · NPASS35 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF647 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries6 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD6 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT25.3 Gbp

01Narrative

Hippeastrum puniceum is a bulbous perennial native to tropical regions of South America, although it has become naturalized elsewhere. Common names include Barbados lily, Easter lily, cacao lily, cocoa lily and amaryllis lily, although it is neither a lily nor a species of Amaryllis.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology4

Leaf length37.5 mm

Leaf length max500 mm

Leaf length min250 mm

Plant height0.5 m

Life cycle & reproduction5

Dehiscencedehiscent

Dispersal typeanimal

Life formbulbous geophyte

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formcryptophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climateseasonally dry tropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max3 500 m

Elevation min100 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formherb

Habitat GIFTCampinarana, Campo Rupestre, Cerrado (lato sensu), Floresta Ciliar ou Galeria, Floresta Estacional Decidual, Floresta Estacional Semidecidual, Restinga

Woodinessnon-woody

Physiology & chemistry1

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

03Chemical composition35 compounds

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

Compound class profile5 classes

Amarylidaceae alkaloids15

Phenanthrenes5

Amarylidaceae alkaloids $ Indolizidine alkaloids4

Amarylidaceae alkaloids $ Isoquinoline alkaloids3

Isoquinoline alkaloids $ Morphinan alkaloids1

Documented compounds35 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(+)-Vittatine	present	LOTUS
(-)-Galantamine	present	LOTUS
(1R,13S,16S,18S)-15-methyl-5,7,12-trioxa-15-azapentacyclo[11.7.0.01,16.02,10.04,8]icosa-2,4(8),9,19-tetraene-13,18-diol	present	LOTUS
(1R,14R,15R,16R)-4,5,14-trimethoxy-9-azatetracyclo[7.6.1.02,7.012,16]hexadeca-2,4,6,12-tetraen-15-ol	present	LOTUS
(1S,12S,14R)-14-methoxy-4-methyl-11-oxa-4-azatetracyclo[8.6.1.01,12.06,17]heptadeca-6(17),7,9,15-tetraen-9-ol	present	LOTUS
(1S,13R,16S,18S)-18-methoxy-15-methyl-5,7,12-trioxa-15-azapentacyclo[11.7.0.01,16.02,10.04,8]icosa-2,4(8),9,19-tetraen-13-ol	present	LOTUS
(1S,13S,16R,18S)-18-methoxy-15-methyl-5,7,12-trioxa-15-azapentacyclo[11.7.0.01,16.02,10.04,8]icosa-2,4(8),9,19-tetraen-13-ol	present	LOTUS
(1S,13S,16S,18S)-15-methyl-5,7,12-trioxa-15-azapentacyclo[11.7.0.01,16.02,10.04,8]icosa-2,4(8),9,19-tetraene-13,18-diol	present	LOTUS
(1S,3S,4S,6S,7S,8R,11S,12S,15R,16R)-4-hydroxy-7,12,16-trimethyl-15-[(2R)-6-methylhept-5-en-2-yl]-6-[(2S,3R,4S,5R)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxypentacyclo[9.7.0.01,3.03,8.012,16]octadecane-7-carboxylic acid	present	NPASS
(2S,3R,9S,10S)-9-hydroxy-4-methyl-11,16,18-trioxa-4-azapentacyclo[11.7.0.02,10.03,7.015,19]icosa-1(20),7,13,15(19)-tetraen-12-one	present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcoding6 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 Hippeastrum puniceum has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens6

Marker genes3

eDNA detections6

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.

★matK★rbcL★ITS2

plant barcodefungal barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT

The complete instruction manual Hippeastrum puniceum 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

Genome size25 271 520 000 bp

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).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

THIS GENOME Hippeastrum puniceum25.27 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

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.

Chromosomes2n = 22 n = 11

Ploidy3× / 6× cytotypes

Chromosome records22–662n range22median22mode7records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 224×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-indian_vol2 · CCDB · book-fedorov +1

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — BRANDHAM, P. E. & P. S. Bhandol. 1997. Chromosomal relationships between the genera Amaryllis and Hippeastrum (Amaryllidaceae). Kew Bull. 52(4): 973–980.

CCDB · book-indian_vol2 — Snoad, B. 1951

CCDB · book-fedorov — Traub 1953a, c, 1958

CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants — Snoad 1952

2n 334×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 · CCDB · kew

GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database — ↗

CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 — NARAIN, P. 1974. Summary- Hybridization and podyploidy in relatio Amaryllis species and cultivars. Plant Life. 30(1): 93-94. I

CCDB · kew — Poggio L, Realini MF, Fourastié MF, García AM, González GE. 2014. Genome downsizing and karyotype constancy in diploid and polyploid congeners: a model of genome size variation. AoB Plants 6: plu029.

2n 663×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · kew

GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database — ↗

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type647 records

Wild obs. + sensor539

Museum / vouchered101

Cultivated / captive7

Origin

Native11

Introduced1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO2 112 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 accuracy86% within 1 km

≤100 m 259≤1 km 99≤10 km 39>10 km 20

417 georeferenced · 122 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor539

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 accuracy67% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 1>10 km 1

3 georeferenced · 98 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence101

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 1

2 georeferenced · 5 without coordinates

Open the mapnot free-living7

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 institutions18 of 32 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	13
Saint Louis, US	10
La Paz, BO	9
Kew, GB	8
CEPLAClocation not on record	7
UFMGlocation not on record	6
Salvador, BR	6
St. Augustine, TT	5
Miami, US	5
Stockholm, SE	3
Universidad Católica de Oriente (UCO)location not on record	2
Tampa, US	2
Bronx, US	2
Altos de Pipe, VE	2
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO	2
Campo Grande, BR	2
UTPLlocation not on record	1
Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record	1
Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record	1
UNESP-IBILCElocation not on record	1
UFSCarlocation not on record	1
USP-IBlocation not on record	1
Chicago, US	1
Zürich, CH	1
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record	1
San José, CR	1
Vancouver, CA	1
MeiseBGlocation not on record	1
Cochabamba, BO	1
National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record	1
Auckland, NZ	1
Institut fur Allgemeine Mikrobiologielocation not on record	1

32 institutions · 100 of 101 vouchered records shown · 1 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 DNA6 detections

Where the DNA of Hippeastrum puniceum 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 found6

Studies independent surveys1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 6 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.

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