Lotus edulis
speciesAt a glance
Sources15 archives
Databases and archives Lotus edulis's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 766 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 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↗
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Lotus edulis is a species of annual herb in the family Fabaceae. They have a self-supporting growth form and compound, broad leaves. Individuals can grow to 0.14 m.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology4
Life cycle & reproduction4
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment6
Physiology & chemistry2
Other traits1
Compounds documented for Lotus edulis across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds32 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1E,3Z,6R,7R)-6-[2-(furan-3-yl)ethyl]-6,7-dimethyl-10-methylidenecyclodeca-1,3-diene-1-carboxylic acid | present | NPASS | |
| (1S,4aS,5R,8aS)-5-[2-[(2R,3S,4R,5R)-3,4-dihydroxy-2,5-dimethoxyoxolan-3-yl]ethyl]-1,4a-dimethyl-6-methylidene-3,4,5,7,8,8a-hexahydro-2H-naphthalene-1-carboxylic acid | present | NPASS | |
| (1S,4aS,5R,8aS)-5-[2-[(2S,3R,4S,5S)-3,4-dihydroxy-2,5-dimethoxyoxolan-3-yl]ethyl]-1,4a-dimethyl-6-methylidene-3,4,5,7,8,8a-hexahydro-2H-naphthalene-1-carboxylic acid | present | NPASS | |
| (1S,4aS,5S,8aS)-5-[2-[(2R)-2-methoxy-5-oxo-2H-furan-3-yl]ethyl]-1,4a-dimethyl-6-methylidene-3,4,5,7,8,8a-hexahydro-2H-naphthalene-1-carboxylic acid | present | NPASS | |
| (3R)-3-(2-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-5-methoxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromen-7-ol | present | LOTUS | |
| 3,7,11-trimethyl-(2Z,6E)-2,6,10-dodecatrienoic acid | present | NPASS | |
| 3-[(2R,3S,4S)-3,4-dihydroxy-4-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]oxy-5-hydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-7-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxychromen-4-one | present | LOTUS | |
| 4-[(3R)-5,7-dimethoxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromen-3-yl]benzene-1,3-diol | present | LOTUS | |
| 5-hydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-7-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxy-3-[(2R,3S,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxychromen-4-one | present | LOTUS | |
| 7,2'-Dihydroxy-5,4'-dimethoxyisoflavan | 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 Lotus edulis 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 Lotus edulis 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 1432×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · ita-fl · CCDB · iber-fl +9
diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
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 type2 766 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 institutions21 of 48 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| LDlocation not on record | 163 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 151 |
| MAlocation not on record | 66 |
| BClocation not on record | 62 |
| Berlin, DE | 44 |
| València, ES | 32 |
| UIBlocation not on record | 27 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 21 |
| Barcelona, ES | 19 |
| Alicante, ES | 18 |
| Wlocation not on record | 17 |
| Granada, ES | 12 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 12 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 12 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 11 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 6 |
| Museo della Bonifica di San Donà di Piavelocation not on record | 6 |
| ISAlocation not on record | 5 |
| Bronx, US | 5 |
| Salamanca, ES | 4 |
| Rishon Le Zion, IL | 4 |
| Phyletisches Museum Jenalocation not on record | 4 |
| Henry Brockhouse Collectionlocation not on record | 4 |
| Saint Louis, US | 4 |
| Kew, GB | 4 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 3 |
| JBSlocation not on record | 3 |
| Hunan Geological Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| University of Patraslocation not on record | 3 |
| Badajoz, ES | 3 |
| Vitoria, ES | 2 |
| Paris, FR | 2 |
| South Kensington, GB | 2 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Madrid, ES | 2 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 1 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 1 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 1 |
| Görlitz, DE | 1 |
| Sevilla, ES | 1 |
| Dresden, DE | 1 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 1 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 1 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 1 |
| Philadelphia, US | 1 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 1 |
| ESP003location not on record | 1 |
| EEZA-CSIClocation 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 Lotus edulis 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?
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.