Hosta venusta

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Hosta

At a glance

Occurrence records26

Data sources6

Biological traits8

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility26 records↗

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

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page4 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

Occurrence & distributionGBIF26 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT8.5 Gbp

01Narrative

Hosta venusta, the handsome plantain lily, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to Jeju Island of South Korea, with a few populations in central Japan. It may have arisen from Hosta minor populations isolated on Jeju since the last ice age. One of the smallest hostas, it cold hardy to USDA zone 3, shade tolerant, and is well suited for rock gardens, borders and as a ground cover.

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

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 venusta has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT

The complete instruction manual Hosta venusta 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 size8 459 700 000 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 venusta8.46 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 range60median60mode5records

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

2n 605×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 +1

GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database — ↗

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Chung, M. G., J. L. Hamrick, J. S. B. Jones & G. S. Derda. 1991. Isozyme variation within and among populations of Hosta (Liliaceae) in Korea. Syst. Bot. 16: 667.

CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — KANEKO, K. 1968. CYtological studies on some species of Hosta II. Karyotypes of B rectifolia, B opipara, B venusta, H. amanuma and B capitata. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 81: 267-277.

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 type26 records

Wild obs. + sensor4

Museum / vouchered16

Cultivated / captive6

Origin

Introduced4

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO44 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 accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 4 records without

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 accuracy23% within 1 km

≤1 km 3≤10 km 10

13 georeferenced · 3 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence16

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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

Coordinate accuracy20% within 1 km

≤1 km 1≤10 km 4

5 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the mapnot free-living6

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 institutions3 of 6 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Kyoto Universitylocation not on record	6
Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologialocation not on record	5
Vancouver, CA	1
Denver, US	1
Elocation not on record	1
Bangkok, TH	1

6 institutions · 15 of 16 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.

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