Illicium henryi, also known by the common names Henry anise tree and Chinese anise treeOregon State University Landscape Plants. Available at: https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/illicium-henryi [accessed 11/02/21] is a species in the genus Illicium in the family Schisandraceae.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Illicium henryi across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
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 Illicium henryi has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens14
Marker genes4
GenBank sequences7
eDNA detections8
Countries1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ 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.
★matK2★rbcL4★ITS1★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT
The complete instruction manualIllicium henryi 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 size13 371 705 000 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 Illicium henryi13.37 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.
CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 — RATTER, J.A., & C. MILNE. 1973. Chromosome numbers of some Angiosperms. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Eninburgh 32: 423-428.
CCDB · kew — Pellicer J, Kelly LJ, Magdalena C, Leitch IJ. Insights into the dynamics of genome size and chromosome evolution in the early diverging angiosperm lineage Nymphaeales (water lilies). Genome 56: 437-449
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
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
DNA clock origin5 Ma TimeTree
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.
DNA clock origin
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 029 records
Museum / vouchered1 027
Cultivated / captive2
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO528 km²
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 accuracy100% within 1 km
≤1 km 1
1 georeferenced · 1 026 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 027
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
≤1 km 1
1 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates
Open the mapnot free-living2
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions31 of 57 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Chengdu, CN
208
Beijing, CN
181
Wuhan, CN
112
Central China Normal Universitylocation not on record
90
Yangling, CN
75
Shanghai, CN
39
Guangzhou, CN
39
Nanjing, CN
38
Guilin, CN
34
Kunming, CN
34
Chengdu, CN
20
Xian, CN
20
Zhengzhou, CN
17
Wuhan, CN
13
Jiangxi Universitylocation not on record
7
Chongqing Natural History Museumlocation not on record
7
Strecker Museum, Baylor Universitylocation not on record
6
Institute for Agricultural Bacteriology and Fermentation Biologylocation not on record
6
Tianjin Natural History Museumlocation not on record
6
Guiyang, CN
5
Zhuzhou, CN
5
Changsha, CN
5
Central China Agricultural Universitylocation not on record
5
Taipei, TW
4
Olocation not on record
3
Jishou Universitylocation not on record
3
Beijing, CN
3
WNNUlocation not on record
2
Nagasaki University - Fisherieslocation not on record
2
黔东南州民族医药研究所标本室location not on record
2
nlocation not on record
2
Nanyue Arboretumlocation not on record
2
Shanghai, CN
2
Seoul, KR
2
Institute of Applied Ecology, Academia Sinicalocation not on record
2
Xian, CN
2
Herbarium of South China Botanical Gardenlocation not on record
2
Clemson, US
2
Jiangxi College of Educationlocation not on record
1
Fort Worth, US
1
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
1
J. Rusek Collectionlocation not on record
1
Guiyang, CN
1
Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record
1
Saint Louis, US
1
Christchurch, NZ
1
Tampa, US
1
Beijing Normal Universitylocation not on record
1
Chengdu, CN
1
SMMUlocation not on record
1
Jiujiang Forestry Institutelocation not on record
1
Lanzhou, CN
1
Xining, CN
1
Guangxi Institute of Traditional Medical and Pharmaceutical Scienceslocation not on record
1
Siouxland Heritage Museumlocation not on record
1
South China Normal Universitylocation not on record
1
Bangkok, TH
1
57 institutions · 1 026 of 1 027 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 DNA8 detections
Where the DNA of Illicium henryi 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 found8
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 8 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
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.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median22.8 °C 21.3–24.3
Seasonal swing summer↔winter22.1 °C
Max temp (day)26.4 °C 25.5–27.3
Min temp (night)18.3 °C 16.7–19.9
Precipitation171 mm/mo 114–228
Air humidity63.6 % 60.6–66.6
Moisture balance26.6 mm/mo -19.8–72.9
Vapour deficit1,008 Pa 1,001–1,015
Wind speed3.00 m/s 2.50–3.50
Cloud cover42.9 % 36.8–49.0
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 029 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI8 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics14 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
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗