Ixora chinensis
Lam. · speciesAt a glance
Sources12 archives
Databases and archives Ixora chinensis's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation7 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility697 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics7 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↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotypeEvery layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Ixora chinensis, commonly known as Chinese ixora, is a species of plant of the genus Ixora. Ixora chinensis in bloom
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology2
Life cycle & reproduction4
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment7
Physiology & chemistry6
Compounds documented for Ixora chinensis across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds63 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-Neomenthol | present | NPASS | |
| (-)-Camphene | present | NPASS | |
| (-)-Linalool | present | NPASS | |
| (1S,4aS,7aS)-1-[(2S,3S,4R,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-1,4a,5,7a-tetrahydrocyclopenta[c]pyran-4,7-dicarboxylic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (1S,4aS,7S,7aS)-7-hydroxy-7-methyl-1-[(2S,3S,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-4a,5,6,7a-tetrahydro-1H-cyclopenta[c]pyran-4-carbaldehyde | present | LOTUS | |
| 1,4-Dimethylbenzene | present | NPASS | |
| 1,5,9-Cyclotetradecatriene, 1,5,9-trimethyl-12-(1-methylethenyl)- | present | NPASS | |
| 1,5-Dihydroxy-6,7-dimethoxyxanthone | present | NPASS | |
| 1-(4-Methylphenyl)ethanol | present | NPASS | |
| 11,21-Dihydroxy-7,7,18,18-tetramethyl-2,8,19-trioxapentacyclo[12.8.0.03,12.04,9.015,20]docosa-1(14),3(12),4(9),5,10,15(20),16,21-octaen-13-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 Ixora chinensis 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 Ixora chinensis 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.
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 2220×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-indian_vol1 · CCDB · book-fedorov +1
n 116×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 · CCDB · Cave1962
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 type697 records
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.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions42 of 93 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Guangzhou, CN | 40 |
| Guilin, CN | 20 |
| Bronx, US | 17 |
| Beijing, CN | 17 |
| Nanjing, CN | 9 |
| Saint Louis, US | 8 |
| University of the Philippines Los Baños Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 8 |
| Baroda, IN | 8 |
| Taipei, TW | 7 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 7 |
| SCAUlocation not on record | 7 |
| Nishihara, JP | 6 |
| REALlocation not on record | 5 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 5 |
| 云南省思茅市民族传统医药研究所location not on record | 5 |
| Kunming, CN | 5 |
| Guangxi Institute of Traditional Medical and Pharmaceutical Scienceslocation not on record | 5 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 5 |
| TAFORI-LSRClocation not on record | 5 |
| Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record | 4 |
| UnBlocation not on record | 4 |
| Tsukuba, JP | 3 |
| HQUlocation not on record | 3 |
| Beijing Natural History Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Bangkok, TH | 3 |
| Wuhan, CN | 3 |
| UESBlocation not on record | 3 |
| Chicago, US | 3 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 3 |
| Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabascolocation not on record | 2 |
| Miami, US | 2 |
| Tampa, US | 2 |
| Universidade Federal do Maranhãolocation not on record | 2 |
| National Herbarium of São Tomé and Principelocation not on record | 2 |
| Hangzhou, CN | 2 |
| Chengdu, CN | 2 |
| Nishihara, JP | 2 |
| Herbarium of South China Botanical Gardenlocation not on record | 2 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 2 |
| Pondicherry, IN | 2 |
| Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Academia Sinicalocation not on record | 2 |
| Taipei, TW | 2 |
| Chengdu, CN | 2 |
| Universidade Federal de Goiáslocation not on record | 2 |
| Nanjing, CN | 2 |
| Durban, ZA | 2 |
| Yangling, CN | 2 |
| UFBAlocation not on record | 2 |
| UNESP-FCAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Göteborg, SE | 1 |
| Seropédica, BR | 1 |
| Vancouver, CA | 1 |
| UFRRJlocation not on record | 1 |
| Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chilelocation not on record | 1 |
| Pretoria, ZA | 1 |
| Fort Worth, US | 1 |
| UFRPElocation not on record | 1 |
| UNEMATlocation not on record | 1 |
| Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record | 1 |
| Paris, FR | 1 |
| Fortaleza, BR | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| UEPAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Peking Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Gump Stationlocation not on record | 1 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 1 |
| Salvador, BR | 1 |
| BRLUlocation not on record | 1 |
| BISHlocation not on record | 1 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk, UA | 1 |
| *unvoucheredlocation not on record | 1 |
| Plocation not on record | 1 |
| Honolulu, US | 1 |
| MEXUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza (PBZT)location not on record | 1 |
| WNNUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Shanghai, CN | 1 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 1 |
| Ilhéus, BR | 1 |
| Universidade Federal do Ceara, Departamento de Biologialocation not on record | 1 |
| Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record | 1 |
| Coimbra, PT | 1 |
| Bloomington, US | 1 |
| UFPIlocation not on record | 1 |
| FFPRIlocation not on record | 1 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| UNESClocation not on record | 1 |
| Fukushima Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| UERJlocation not on record | 1 |
| Wellington, NZ | 1 |
| Institute for Agricultural Bacteriology and Fermentation Biologylocation not on record | 1 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 1 |
| Hanshan Normal Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
Where the DNA of Ixora chinensis 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.