Hyssopus officinalis
speciesAt a glance
Sources17 archives
Databases and archives Hyssopus officinalis's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation15 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility12 896 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI11 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics25 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
dukesphytochemcompounds
FooDBThe Metabolomics Innovation Centrecompounds↗
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↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Hyssopus officinalis or hyssop is a shrub in the Lamiaceae or mint family native to Southern Europe, the Middle East, and the region surrounding the Caspian Sea. Due to its purported properties as an antiseptic, cough reliever, and expectorant, it has been used in traditional herbal medicine.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology9
Life cycle & reproduction11
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment9
Physiology & chemistry3
Other traits2
Compounds documented for Hyssopus officinalis across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds5 818 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PINOCAMPHONE | 440,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| ISOPINOCAMPHONE | 381,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| PINOCARVONE | 203,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| 1,8-CINEOLE | 122,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| BETA-PINENE | 102,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| TANNIN | 80,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| HESPERIDIN | 60,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| DIOSMIN | 60,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| HYDROXYCINNAMIC-DERIVATIVES | 22,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| EO | 20,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem |
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 Hyssopus officinalis 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 Hyssopus officinalis 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 1219×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · nw-europe-fl · CCDB · mediterranean +7
2n 132×CCDB · book-indian_vol1 · CCDB · book-fedorov
n 64×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · CromoCat 2015
diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-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 type12 896 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 institutions62 of 121 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| LDlocation not on record | 189 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 81 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 69 |
| Zürich, CH | 64 |
| Zürich, CH | 63 |
| Olocation not on record | 61 |
| València, ES | 42 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 37 |
| MAlocation not on record | 36 |
| Barcelona, ES | 24 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 22 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 21 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 20 |
| Bern, CH | 19 |
| BClocation not on record | 16 |
| Uppsala, SE | 13 |
| Burlington, US | 12 |
| Bronx, US | 11 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 10 |
| Trondheim, NO | 9 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 9 |
| Görlitz, DE | 8 |
| Bergen, NO | 8 |
| Phyletisches Museum Jenalocation not on record | 8 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 8 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 7 |
| Tartu, EE | 7 |
| Bourges, FR | 6 |
| Philadelphia, US | 6 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 6 |
| Salamanca, ES | 6 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 6 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 5 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 5 |
| Madrid, ES | 5 |
| Bozeman, US | 5 |
| Madison, US | 5 |
| Saint Louis, US | 5 |
| Granada, ES | 4 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 4 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 4 |
| Vitoria, ES | 4 |
| ROM020location not on record | 4 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 4 |
| Jyväskylä, FI | 4 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 4 |
| Sion, CH | 4 |
| Wlocation not on record | 4 |
| Paris, FR | 4 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 3 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 3 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 3 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Mlocation not on record | 3 |
| Chicago, US | 3 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 3 |
| Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record | 3 |
| Bloomington, US | 3 |
| Denver, US | 3 |
| Finnish Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 3 |
| Tallinn, EE | 2 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 2 |
| Salzburg, AT | 2 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 2 |
| Uniwersytet Opolskilocation not on record | 2 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 2 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 2 |
| PRClocation not on record | 2 |
| Auckland, NZ | 2 |
| Vancouver, CA | 2 |
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 2 |
| Beijing, CN | 2 |
| South Kensington, GB | 2 |
| Nijmegen, NL | 2 |
| Córdoba, AR | 2 |
| Madrid, ES | 2 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 2 |
| Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisienlocation not on record | 2 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk, UA | 1 |
| nbflocation not on record | 1 |
| National Institute for Agricultural and Veterinarian Research, Portugallocation not on record | 1 |
| Tilburg, NL | 1 |
| Tromso University Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| New Haven, US | 1 |
| SWlocation not on record | 1 |
| Bangkok, TH | 1 |
| St. Paul, US | 1 |
| PrivatHerblocation not on record | 1 |
| Wuhan, CN | 1 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 1 |
| Toronto, CA | 1 |
| JBCLMlocation not on record | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| STUlocation not on record | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 1 |
| Pamplona, ES | 1 |
| Hazara Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Sevilla, ES | 1 |
| Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record | 1 |
| CJBNlocation not on record | 1 |
| Stockholm, SE | 1 |
| Saint John, CA | 1 |
| ER-Gaucklocation not on record | 1 |
| BSBIlocation not on record | 1 |
| H-Adlerlocation not on record | 1 |
| SVK001location not on record | 1 |
| Wellington, NZ | 1 |
| Podgorica, ME | 1 |
| Hudson, US | 1 |
| Québec, CA | 1 |
| University of New Hampshirelocation not on record | 1 |
| Philadelphia, US | 1 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Alicante, ES | 1 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 1 |
| Northridge, US | 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 Hyssopus officinalis 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.