Hyoscyamus albus
speciesAt a glance
Sources14 archives
Databases and archives Hyoscyamus albus's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation10 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility9 519 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
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
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Hyoscyamus albus, the white henbane or yellow henbane, is a plant in the family of Solanaceae.Thomas Meyer: Weißes Bilsenkraut. Datenblatt mit Bestimmungsschlüssel.Ehrentraud Bayer, Karl-Peter Buttler, Xaver Finkenzeller, Jürke Grau: Pflanzen des Mittelmeerraums. Mosaik Verlag GmbH, München 1986. It is native to Southern Europe, North Africa, West Asia and Macaronesia.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology12
Life cycle & reproduction14
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment13
Physiology & chemistry1
Other traits1
Compounds documented for Hyoscyamus albus across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds65 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ((1S,5R)-8-Methyl-8-Azabicyclo(3.2.1)Octan-3-Yl) (2R)-3-Hydroxy-2-Phenylpropanoate | present | LOTUS | |
| (1S,2R,3R,4S,5R)-1-amino-8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octane-2,3,4-triol | present | LOTUS | |
| (2R)-1-methyl-2-[2-[(2S)-1-methyl-3-oxopiperidin-2-yl]ethyl]piperidin-3-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (2R,5S,6R,8S,10R)-8-Hydroxy-10-methyl-2-(1-methylethenyl)spiro(4.5)decane-6-carboxaldehyde | present | LOTUS | |
| (3S)-2,3-dimethylnonacosane | present | LOTUS | |
| (4R,5S,7R,11S)-11,12-Dihydroxy-1(10)-spirovetiven-2-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (6,10-Dimethyl-8-oxo-3-prop-1-en-2-ylspiro[4.5]dec-9-en-7-yl) acetate | present | LOTUS | |
| (7-Acetyloxy-6,10-dimethyl-8-oxo-2-prop-1-en-2-ylspiro[4.5]dec-9-en-4-yl) 2-methylpropanoate | present | LOTUS | |
| (7-Acetyloxy-6,10-dimethyl-8-oxo-2-prop-1-en-2-ylspiro[4.5]dec-9-en-4-yl) 3-methylbut-2-enoate | present | LOTUS | |
| (7-Acetyloxy-6,10-dimethyl-8-oxo-2-prop-1-en-2-ylspiro[4.5]dec-9-en-4-yl) 3-methylbutanoate | 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 Hyoscyamus albus 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 Hyoscyamus albus 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
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).
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 6824×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · fl-europaea +4
2n 346×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · CromoCat 2015
2n 512×CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 · CCDB · CromoCat 2015
n 3412×CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · solan · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl +1
tetraploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-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 type9 519 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 institutions46 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 |
|---|---|
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 144 |
| València, ES | 64 |
| MAlocation not on record | 49 |
| LDlocation not on record | 41 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 28 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 28 |
| South Kensington, GB | 26 |
| BClocation not on record | 25 |
| Barcelona, ES | 25 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 25 |
| Badajoz, ES | 20 |
| Berlin, DE | 15 |
| Phyletisches Museum Jenalocation not on record | 15 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 14 |
| ISAlocation not on record | 14 |
| Granada, ES | 13 |
| Alicante, ES | 13 |
| Wlocation not on record | 12 |
| Philadelphia, US | 11 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 10 |
| UIBlocation not on record | 10 |
| Córdoba, ES | 10 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 8 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 8 |
| Salamanca, ES | 7 |
| Paris, FR | 6 |
| Sevilla, ES | 5 |
| Dresden, DE | 5 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 5 |
| Museo della Bonifica di San Donà di Piavelocation not on record | 4 |
| EEZA-CSIClocation not on record | 4 |
| Kew, GB | 4 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 4 |
| Uppsala, SE | 3 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 3 |
| Saint Louis, US | 3 |
| Görlitz, DE | 3 |
| Bronx, US | 3 |
| Davis, US | 3 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 3 |
| Monastir, TN | 2 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 2 |
| Bloomington, US | 2 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 2 |
| JBCLMlocation not on record | 2 |
| Vitoria, ES | 2 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 2 |
| Jaén, ES | 2 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 2 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 2 |
| Madrid, ES | 1 |
| Bourges, FR | 1 |
| Universität Göttingenlocation not on record | 1 |
| WAGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tilburg, NL | 1 |
| JBSlocation not on record | 1 |
| Podgorica, ME | 1 |
| Brussel, BE | 1 |
| Pamplona, ES | 1 |
| Banyoles, ES | 1 |
| Xiamen, CN | 1 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 1 |
| Pullman, US | 1 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 1 |
| ESP003location not on record | 1 |
| John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 1 |
| San Diego, US | 1 |
| Bern, CH | 1 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 1 |
| Brisbane, AU | 1 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 1 |
| Rishon Le Zion, IL | 1 |
| ESP145location not on record | 1 |
| Durham, US | 1 |
| Firenze, IT | 1 |
| Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 1 |
| Hobart, AU | 1 |
| Altos de Pipe, VE | 1 |
| Pamplona, ES | 1 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 1 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 1 |
| Stockholm, SE | 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 Hyoscyamus albus 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.