Ipomoea quamoclit
speciesAt a glance
Sources11 archives
Databases and archives Ipomoea quamoclit's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation14 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility7 864 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI11 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics12 specimens↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Ipomoea quamoclit, commonly known as cypress vine, cypress vine morning glory, cardinal creeper, cardinal vine, star glory, star of Bethlehem or hummingbird vine, is a species of vine in the family Convolvulaceae native to tropical regions of the New World and naturalized elsewhere in the tropics.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology16
Life cycle & reproduction6
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment15
Physiology & chemistry1
Compounds documented for Ipomoea quamoclit across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile2 classes
Documented compounds9 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (11S)-11-[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6S)-3,4-dihydroxy-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6S)-3-hydroxy-6-methyl-4-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-5-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxytetradecanoic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| [(2S,3R,4R,5S,6S)-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6S)-3,4-dihydroxy-6-methyl-5-[(2S)-2-methylbutanoyl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-6-methyl-2-[[(1R,3S,5S,6R,7R,8R,20S,22R,24R,25R,26S)-7,25,26-trihydroxy-5,24-dimethyl-10-oxo-20-pentyl-2,4,9,21,23-pentaoxatricyclo[20.4.0.03,8]hexacosan-6-yl]oxy]-4-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-3-yl] dodecanoate | present | LOTUS | |
| [(2S,3R,4R,5S,6S)-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6S)-3,4-dihydroxy-6-methyl-5-[(2S)-2-methylbutanoyl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-6-methyl-2-[[(1R,3S,5S,6R,7R,8R,20S,22R,24R,25R,26S)-7,25,26-trihydroxy-5,24-dimethyl-10-oxo-20-propyl-2,4,9,21,23-pentaoxatricyclo[20.4.0.03,8]hexacosan-6-yl]oxy]-4-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-3-yl] decanoate | present | LOTUS | |
| [(2S,3R,4R,5S,6S)-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6S)-3,4-dihydroxy-6-methyl-5-[(2S)-2-methylbutanoyl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-6-methyl-2-[[(1R,3S,5S,6R,7R,8R,20S,22R,24R,25R,26S)-7,25,26-trihydroxy-5,24-dimethyl-10-oxo-20-propyl-2,4,9,21,23-pentaoxatricyclo[20.4.0.03,8]hexacosan-6-yl]oxy]-4-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-3-yl] dodecanoate | present | LOTUS | |
| [(2S,3R,4R,5S,6S)-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6S)-3,4-dihydroxy-6-methyl-5-[(2S)-2-methylbutanoyl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-6-methyl-2-[[(1S,3R,4S,5R,6R,8R,10S,22S,23S,24S,26R)-4,5,26-trihydroxy-6,24-dimethyl-20-oxo-10-propyl-2,7,9,21,25-pentaoxatricyclo[20.3.1.03,8]hexacosan-23-yl]oxy]-4-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-3-yl] dodecanoate | present | LOTUS | |
| Gibberellin A3 | present | LOTUS | |
| Gibberellin A5 | present | LOTUS | |
| Gibberellins | present | LOTUS | |
| Theasaponin A5 | 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 Ipomoea quamoclit 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 Ipomoea quamoclit 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 3023×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn66 · CCDB · book-indian_vol1 +3
n 153×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn73-74
diploid 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 type7 864 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 institutions124 of 260 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Saint Louis, US | 159 |
| Miami, US | 73 |
| Brisbane, AU | 73 |
| Bronx, US | 56 |
| Tampa, US | 53 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 52 |
| Durango, MX | 52 |
| Palmerston, AU | 41 |
| Mexico City, MX | 38 |
| Canberra, AU | 35 |
| Kew, GB | 31 |
| Baroda, IN | 27 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 25 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 22 |
| Smithfield, AU | 20 |
| Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record | 20 |
| Kochi, JP | 17 |
| Kathmandu, NP | 16 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 16 |
| Blumenau, BR | 16 |
| Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record | 14 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 14 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 13 |
| HNBlocation not on record | 12 |
| Jackson, US | 12 |
| Kensington, AU | 12 |
| Columbia, US | 12 |
| Department of Plant Resources, National Herbarium and Plant Laboratorieslocation not on record | 11 |
| Chaguaramas, TT | 11 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 11 |
| Paris, FR | 11 |
| Austin, US | 10 |
| Universidade Federal do Maranhãolocation not on record | 10 |
| Odawara, JP | 10 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 10 |
| Tuscaloosa, US | 10 |
| Puerto Ayora, EC | 10 |
| INMAlocation not on record | 9 |
| Mérida, MX | 9 |
| Tall Timbers Research Stationlocation not on record | 9 |
| La Paz, MX | 9 |
| Riverside, US | 9 |
| Porto Alegre, BR | 9 |
| Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record | 9 |
| Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV | 9 |
| DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record | 9 |
| AUAlocation not on record | 8 |
| San Diego, US | 8 |
| IPA/SPlocation not on record | 8 |
| Changsha, CN | 8 |
| Guangxi Institute of Traditional Medical and Pharmaceutical Scienceslocation not on record | 8 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 8 |
| Altos de Pipe, VE | 8 |
| Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record | 8 |
| Fort Worth, US | 7 |
| St. Augustine, TT | 7 |
| Instituto do Meio Ambientelocation not on record | 7 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 7 |
| Berlin, DE | 7 |
| Xiamen, CN | 7 |
| Central China Normal Universitylocation not on record | 7 |
| San José, CR | 7 |
| Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record | 7 |
| UnBlocation not on record | 7 |
| Santa Teresa, BR | 6 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 6 |
| Sociedad para el Estudio de los Recursos Bióticos de Oaxaca, A. C.location not on record | 6 |
| UNESP-RClocation not on record | 6 |
| INBIOlocation not on record | 6 |
| 盐城国家级珍禽自然保护区location not on record | 6 |
| GAlocation not on record | 6 |
| Chicago, US | 6 |
| Yangling, CN | 6 |
| Philadelphia, US | 6 |
| University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record | 6 |
| Ciudad de México, MX | 5 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 5 |
| Masindi, UG | 5 |
| US | 5 |
| Emporia, US | 5 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 5 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 5 |
| Fortaleza, BR | 4 |
| León, NI | 4 |
| UNESP-FCAlocation not on record | 4 |
| Campo Mourão, BR | 4 |
| Bangkok, TH | 4 |
| Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Nortelocation not on record | 4 |
| LDlocation not on record | 4 |
| Universidade Federal do Ceara, Departamento de Biologialocation not on record | 4 |
| Stockholm, SE | 4 |
| Tapachula, MX | 4 |
| UFMSlocation not on record | 4 |
| Mérida, MX | 4 |
| Aarhus, DK | 4 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 4 |
| Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sullocation not on record | 4 |
| UNESP-ISlocation not on record | 4 |
| Austin, US | 4 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 4 |
| Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles (CRSN/Lwiro)location not on record | 4 |
| James Cook Townsvillelocation not on record | 4 |
| Loja, EC | 4 |
| WAGlocation not on record | 4 |
| Taipei, TW | 4 |
| Mazatlán, MX | 4 |
| Toyama, JP | 4 |
| UTFPR-CPlocation not on record | 4 |
| Brasília, BR | 3 |
| MAlocation not on record | 3 |
| Córdoba, AR | 3 |
| FUVATESlocation not on record | 3 |
| Jardín Botánico de Cartagena "Guillermo Piñeres" (JBC)location not on record | 3 |
| Pondicherry, IN | 3 |
| Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Méxicolocation not on record | 3 |
| UFBAlocation not on record | 3 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 3 |
| LBVlocation not on record | 3 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Taipei, TW | 3 |
| Sagamihara, JP | 3 |
| Clemson, US | 3 |
| Herbier National du Gabonlocation not on record | 3 |
| CNF-UFHBlocation not on record | 3 |
| EL PASO, US | 3 |
| The University of Arizonalocation not on record | 3 |
| Museum of Zoologylocation not on record | 3 |
| San Isidro, AR | 3 |
| South Kensington, GB | 3 |
| Giardini Botanici Hanburylocation not on record | 3 |
| Williamsburg, US | 3 |
| Adelaide, AU | 2 |
| HUAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Salvador, BR | 2 |
| UEPAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Cenargenlocation not on record | 2 |
| UFPRlocation not on record | 2 |
| Sociedad Para el Estudio de los Recursos Bioticos de Oaxacalocation not on record | 2 |
| Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologialocation not on record | 2 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk, UA | 2 |
| UNITINSlocation not on record | 2 |
| Honolulu, US | 2 |
| Gujarat Biodiversity Gene Banklocation not on record | 2 |
| Brussels, BE | 2 |
| Mississippi State, US | 2 |
| Guasave, MX | 2 |
| UNICAMPlocation not on record | 2 |
| BISHlocation not on record | 2 |
| San Francisco de Campeche, MX | 2 |
| UNEMATlocation not on record | 2 |
| Bogotá, D.C., CO | 2 |
| UFERSAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Cuiabá, BR | 2 |
| Dresden, DE | 2 |
| CASlocation not on record | 2 |
| Feira de Santana, BR | 2 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 2 |
| TAIElocation not on record | 2 |
| Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)location not on record | 2 |
| Juriquilla, MX | 2 |
| Phoenix, US | 2 |
| Leiden University Medical Centerlocation not on record | 2 |
| Yaoundé, CM | 2 |
| Cusco, PE | 2 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 2 |
| Glocation not on record | 2 |
| UFESlocation not on record | 2 |
| Dehra Dun, IN | 2 |
| Université de Strasbourglocation not on record | 2 |
| Castelar, AR | 2 |
| Fredericksburg, US | 2 |
| Wlocation not on record | 2 |
| Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campus do Pantanallocation not on record | 1 |
| Denton, US | 1 |
| James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record | 1 |
| Montpellier, FR | 1 |
| Hobart, AU | 1 |
| Centro de Estudios y Colecciones Biológicas para la Conservaciónlocation not on record | 1 |
| John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Kunming, CN | 1 |
| Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record | 1 |
| University of Liberialocation not on record | 1 |
| MEXUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Cambridge, US | 1 |
| Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record | 1 |
| Sangmiung Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Riobamba, EC | 1 |
| UFPElocation not on record | 1 |
| National Natural History Collectionslocation not on record | 1 |
| Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, (CSIC-UPF)location not on record | 1 |
| LGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Salamanca, ES | 1 |
| UC_PESHlocation not on record | 1 |
| Plocation not on record | 1 |
| Federal University of Espírito Santolocation not on record | 1 |
| UNESP, Campus São José Rio Prêtolocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidade Paulistalocation not on record | 1 |
| Auckland, NZ | 1 |
| UNISANTAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Görlitz, DE | 1 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 1 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 1 |
| Jataí / Setor Industrial, BR | 1 |
| Dublin, IE | 1 |
| Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record | 1 |
| Criciúma, BR | 1 |
| Universidade Federal do Espírito Santolocation not on record | 1 |
| UNESP-FCAVlocation not on record | 1 |
| J.F.Oberlin Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Cambridge University Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX | 1 |
| Davenport, US | 1 |
| College Park, US | 1 |
| Due West, US | 1 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 1 |
| Centro de Pesquisas Agropecuarias do Tropico Umidolocation not on record | 1 |
| Facultad de Zootecnia y Ecología, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahualocation not on record | 1 |
| UNIVILLElocation not on record | 1 |
| UFRPElocation not on record | 1 |
| OTSlocation not on record | 1 |
| Bloomington, US | 1 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 1 |
| UFMGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Maringá, BR | 1 |
| Empresa Pernambucana de Pesquisa Agropecuária, IPAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Montecillo, Texcoco, MX | 1 |
| Brasília, BR | 1 |
| Taipei, TW | 1 |
| USP-IBlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tempe, US | 1 |
| Santarém, BR | 1 |
| Dover, US | 1 |
| Universidade da Região de Joinville - Univillelocation not on record | 1 |
| IWEP FEB RASlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universität Göttingenlocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| UNESClocation not on record | 1 |
| Provo, US | 1 |
| Hermosillo, MX | 1 |
| QCNElocation not on record | 1 |
| Florida Atlantic Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabascolocation not on record | 1 |
| UEMAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Knoxville, US | 1 |
| Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldilocation not on record | 1 |
| UNESP-IBILCElocation not on record | 1 |
| Durban, ZA | 1 |
| Denver, US | 1 |
| Londrina, BR | 1 |
| IECOSlocation not on record | 1 |
| Audubon Society -- Silver Bluff Audubon Center and Sanctuarylocation not on record | 1 |
| CEPLAClocation not on record | 1 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Kawasaki Shi Tama Ku, JP | 1 |
| VALElocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidade de São Paulolocation not on record | 1 |
| Institut fur Allgemeine Mikrobiologielocation not on record | 1 |
| Fundación Miguel Lillolocation not on record | 1 |
| COLlocation not on record | 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 Ipomoea quamoclit 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.