Iris sibirica
speciesAt a glance
Sources15 archives
Databases and archives Iris sibirica's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation12 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility24 149 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI101 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics37 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↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Iris sibirica (commonly known as Siberian iris or Siberian flag), is a species in the genus Iris. It is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial, from Europe (including France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Former Yugoslavia, Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Ukraine and northern Turkey) and Central Asia (including Armenia, Azerbaijan and Siberia). It has long green grass-like leaves, tall stem, 2–5 violet-blue, to blue, and occasionally white flowers. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology10
Life cycle & reproduction10
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment8
Physiology & chemistry4
Other traits1
Compounds documented for Iris sibirica across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds114 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1R,1aR,1bR,3aR,7aR,7bS,9aR)-3a-hydroxy-1-(hydroxymethyl)-4,4,7a,9a-tetramethyl-1,1a,1b,2,3,5,6,7,7b,8-decahydrocyclopropa[a]phenanthren-9-one | present | NPASS | |
| (1S,4R,6R,10R)-4,12,12-trimethyl-9-methylidene-5-oxatricyclo[8.2.0.04,6]dodecane | present | NPASS | |
| (2S)-5,7-dimethoxy-2-phenyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-benzopyran-4-one | present | NPASS | |
| (2S)-5,7-Dimethoxy-3',4'-methylenedioxyflavanone | present | NPASS | |
| (2Z)-2-[(2R,3S,4S)-4-hydroxy-2-(3-hydroxypropyl)-3-[(3E,6R,7E)-6-hydroxy-4,8,12-trimethyltrideca-3,7,11-trienyl]-3,4-dimethylcyclohexylidene]propanal | present | LOTUS | |
| (2Z)-2-[(2S,3R,4R)-2-(3-hydroxypropyl)-3-[(3E,6R,7E)-6-hydroxy-4,8,12-trimethyltrideca-3,7,11-trienyl]-3,4-dimethylcyclohexylidene]propanal | present | LOTUS | |
| (2Z)-2-[(2S,3R,4R)-4-hydroxy-2-(3-hydroxypropyl)-3,4-dimethyl-3-[(E)-4-methyl-6-[(1S,5R)-2,5,6,6-tetramethylcyclohex-2-en-1-yl]hex-3-enyl]cyclohexylidene]propanal | present | LOTUS | |
| (3E)-3-((3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)methylidene)-7-methoxychromen-4-one | present | NPASS | |
| (3E)-3-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-ylmethylidene)-7-hydroxychromen-4-one | present | NPASS | |
| (3E)-3-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-ylmethylidene)-7-methoxychromen-4-one | present | NPASS |
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 Iris sibirica 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 Iris sibirica 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 2820×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · ita-fl · CCDB · slov-fl +9
2n 381×CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants
polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-scale
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Record type24 149 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 institutions50 of 115 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 601 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 247 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 219 |
| Paris, FR | 118 |
| Salzburg, AT | 107 |
| KFGBlocation not on record | 91 |
| Tartu, EE | 73 |
| LDlocation not on record | 57 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 46 |
| Philadelphia, US | 44 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 37 |
| LfUlocation not on record | 37 |
| Zürich, CH | 37 |
| Olocation not on record | 36 |
| Zürich, CH | 35 |
| Bern, CH | 33 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 31 |
| Uppsala, SE | 30 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 27 |
| Dresden, DE | 26 |
| Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswaldlocation not on record | 24 |
| Görlitz, DE | 24 |
| Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record | 18 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 18 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 17 |
| Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologialocation not on record | 17 |
| Mlocation not on record | 16 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 16 |
| Tallinn, EE | 15 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 15 |
| Allentown, US | 15 |
| SZUlocation not on record | 13 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 12 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 12 |
| Kostrzyca Forest Gene Banklocation not on record | 11 |
| Helsinki, FI | 11 |
| Naturhistorische Gesellschaft Nürnberg e.V.location not on record | 10 |
| Instytut Ochrony Przyrody Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 10 |
| Bergen, NO | 7 |
| Wlocation not on record | 7 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 7 |
| No collectionlocation not on record | 7 |
| Burlington, US | 6 |
| IB FRC Komi SC UB RASlocation not on record | 6 |
| Vancouver, CA | 5 |
| Trondheim, NO | 5 |
| Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record | 5 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 5 |
| PRClocation not on record | 4 |
| University of Gdansk, Dept. of Plant Taxonomy & Nature Conservationlocation not on record | 4 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 4 |
| Philadelphia, US | 4 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 4 |
| Prioksko-Terrasnyi Biosphere Reservelocation not on record | 4 |
| NBSIlocation not on record | 3 |
| Vitebsk State University named after P.M. Masherovlocation not on record | 3 |
| Yerevan, AM | 3 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 3 |
| Denver, US | 3 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 3 |
| Fribourg, CH | 3 |
| AUT001location not on record | 3 |
| NTNU University Museum, Department of Natural Historylocation not on record | 3 |
| Uniwersytet Warszawskilocation not on record | 3 |
| Tula State Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| South Kensington, GB | 3 |
| Universität Göttingenlocation not on record | 3 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 3 |
| NSMKlocation not on record | 3 |
| Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowielocation not on record | 2 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 2 |
| Millersville, US | 2 |
| The Tula Region State Institution of Culture "Tula Museum Association"location not on record | 2 |
| Saint Louis, US | 2 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Oulu, FI | 2 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 2 |
| Zhejiang Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Washington, US | 2 |
| Berlin, DE | 2 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 2 |
| UFPIlocation not on record | 1 |
| Québec, CA | 1 |
| Auckland, NZ | 1 |
| PrivatHerblocation not on record | 1 |
| James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record | 1 |
| John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 1 |
| Kuopio, FI | 1 |
| Columbia, US | 1 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Victoria, CA | 1 |
| University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Guatemala City, GT | 1 |
| nbflocation not on record | 1 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 1 |
| Madison, US | 1 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Guilin, CN | 1 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 1 |
| University of British Columbia, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Turlock, US | 1 |
| Bangkok, TH | 1 |
| St. Paul, US | 1 |
| Shanghai, CN | 1 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| H-Wolflocation not on record | 1 |
| Podgorica, ME | 1 |
| Keene State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Stockholm, SE | 1 |
| Durham, US | 1 |
| Tula State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 1 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 1 |
| CICYTEXlocation 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 Iris sibirica 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.