Compounds documented for Illicium lanceolatum 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 lanceolatum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens32
Marker genes5
GenBank sequences7
eDNA detections24
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.
★COI-5P★matK2★rbcL5★ITS★ITS2
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06Genome at a glanceGoaT
The complete instruction manualIllicium lanceolatum 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 960 940 000 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 lanceolatum11.96 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 = 28 n = 14
Ploidy2× diploid · measured
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
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
07Deep time~3 Ma lineage
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 origin3 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 type967 records
Wild obs. + sensor9
Museum / vouchered956
Cultivated / captive1
Other1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO788 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 accuracy80% within 1 km
≤100 m 3≤1 km 1>10 km 1
5 georeferenced · 4 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor9
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 3
3 georeferenced · 953 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence956
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without
Open the mapnot free-living1
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 institutions31 of 63 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Beijing, CN
194
Nanjing, CN
113
Hangzhou, CN
78
Guangzhou, CN
52
Nanjing, CN
50
Shanghai, CN
48
Nanjing, CN
41
Jiangxi Agricultural Universitylocation not on record
34
Zhejiang Universitylocation not on record
32
Anhui Normal Universitylocation not on record
25
Institute for Agricultural Bacteriology and Fermentation Biologylocation not on record
24
Guangzhou, CN
15
Zhejiang Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
15
Shanghai, CN
15
Jiangxi College of Traditional Chinese Medicinelocation not on record
15
Yangling, CN
13
Guilin, CN
13
Beijing, CN
13
nlocation not on record
11
FJIDClocation not on record
10
Central China Normal Universitylocation not on record
9
Nagasaki University - Fisherieslocation not on record
8
Chengdu, CN
8
Chengdu, CN
6
Peking Universitylocation not on record
6
Awka, NG
6
Herbarium of South China Botanical Gardenlocation not on record
5
Fujian Institute of Subtropical Botanylocation not on record
5
Guiyang, CN
5
Taipei, TW
5
Wuhan, CN
5
Guangxi Institute of Traditional Medical and Pharmaceutical Scienceslocation not on record
4
Beijing Normal Universitylocation not on record
4
Zhuzhou, CN
4
Southwest Forestry Collegelocation not on record
4
Siouxland Heritage Museumlocation not on record
4
Bangkok, TH
3
Jiangxi Universitylocation not on record
3
WNNUlocation not on record
3
Xiamen, CN
3
Jiujiang Forestry Institutelocation not on record
3
Chinese Academy of Forestrylocation not on record
2
LDlocation not on record
2
CASlocation not on record
2
Tianjin Natural History Museumlocation not on record
2
EMTCMlocation not on record
2
Zhengzhou, CN
2
Changsha, CN
2
Clemson, US
2
Uppsala, SE
1
South China Normal Universitylocation not on record
1
Jiangxi College of Educationlocation not on record
1
Xiangtan City, CN
1
Zürich, CH
1
JGSlocation not on record
1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
1
Beijing Natural History Museumlocation not on record
1
Davis, US
1
Seoul, KR
1
Shenzhen, CN
1
Saint Louis, US
1
Hangzhou Normal Collegelocation not on record
1
Yunnan Universitylocation not on record
1
63 institutions · 944 of 956 vouchered records shown
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA24 detections
Where the DNA of Illicium lanceolatum 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 found24
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 24 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 median10.0 °C 10.0–24.5
Seasonal swing summer↔winter31.5 °C
Max temp (day)15.7 °C 15.7–28.0
Min temp (night)3.10 °C 3.10–19.7
Precipitation13.8 mm/mo 13.8–222
Air humidity45.7 % 45.7–63.7
Moisture balance-95.2 mm/mo -95.2–64.4
Vapour deficit827 Pa 827–1,066
Wind speed4.50 m/s 3.00–4.50
Cloud cover24.1 % 24.1–46.2
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 16 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.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility967 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI24 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics32 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗