Hosta kiyosumiensis

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Hosta

At a glance

Occurrence records177

Data sources7

Biological traits8

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Hosta kiyosumiensis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility177 records↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page5 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources8 traits

Chemical compositionNPASS2 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF177 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT11.9 Gbp

01Narrative

Hosta kiyosumiensis is a species of Hosta, found in Japan from Kanto south to Chubu and Kansai, and encompassing the entire central part of Honshu. Plants range from 30 to 45 cm in diameter, and up to 25 cm high. Petiole is 7.5–10 by 0.7 cm, erect, broadly grooved, keeled, triangular in cross section, green in color and at the base barely purple dotted. Leaves are 10–15 by 5–7.5 cm. Specimens exhibit many different leaf shapes from narrow-lanceolate to widely-ovate, with straight or wavy margins.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFT

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life formperennial

Raunkiær life formhemicryptophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment5

Climatetemperate

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

03Chemical composition2 compounds

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

Compound class profile2 classes

Quinolizidine alkaloids1

Isoflavanones $ Isoflavones1

Documented compounds2 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Class	Amount	Source
(+)-Sophoranol		present	NPASS
Osajin		present	NPASS

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

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 Hosta kiyosumiensis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT

The complete instruction manual Hosta kiyosumiensis 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 size11 882 700 000 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

THIS GENOME Hosta kiyosumiensis11.88 Gb

WHEAT17 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 = 60 n = 30

Ploidy2× diploid · measured

Chromosome records60–602n range60median60mode3records

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

2n 603×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · kew

GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database — ↗

CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — KANEKO, K., & F. MAEKAWA. 1968. Chromosome numbers of 26 species of Hosta. Jap. J. Bot. 43: 200-205.

CCDB · kew — Zonneveld BJM, Van Iren F. 2001. Genome size and pollen viability as taxonomic criteria: Application to the genus Hosta. Plant Biology 3: 176-185.

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

diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database

GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

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

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type177 records

Wild obs. + sensor4

Museum / vouchered173

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO364 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 accuracy50% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 1>10 km 2

4 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor4

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 accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 6

6 georeferenced · 167 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence173

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 institutions9 of 12 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Tsukuba, JP	70
Osaka, JP	50
Chiba, JP	22
Sanda, JP	7
Odawara, JP	5
Gifu prefectural Museumlocation not on record	5
Nagano City, JP	5
Nagatoro-machi, Chichibu-gun, JP	3
KURAlocation not on record	2
Toyota city nature sanctuarylocation not on record	2
Saint Louis, US	1
Kochi, JP	1

12 institutions · 173 of 173 vouchered records shown

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