Melampodium divaricatum
(Rich.) DC. · speciesAt a glance
Sources12 archives
Databases and archives Melampodium divaricatum's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility5 991 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI20 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics38 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
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.
Melampodium divaricatum, also known by its common name gold medallion is a species of flowering plant from the genus Melampodium.DC. In: Prod. 5: 520. (1836). The species was first described in 1836.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Life cycle & reproduction3
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment9
Compounds documented for Melampodium divaricatum across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds25 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1aS,4aS,7S,7aR,7bS)-1,1,7-trimethyl-4-methylidene-1a,2,3,4a,5,6,7a,7b-octahydrocyclopropa[h]azulen-7-ol | present | LOTUS | |
| (1R,3aS,8aR)-1-methyl-4-methylidene-7-propan-2-yl-2,3,3a,5,6,8a-hexahydroazulen-1-ol | present | LOTUS | |
| 7-Hydroxy-8-((3-methyl-2-butenyl)oxy)-2H-1-benzopyran-2-one | present | LOTUS | |
| 8-Hydroxy-7-((3-methyl-2-butenyl)oxy)-2H-1-benzopyran-2-one | present | LOTUS | |
| [(2R,3R,4R,5R,6S)-4,5-dihydroxy-6-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6R)-3-hydroxy-2-(2-hydroxy-3-methyl-6-propan-2-ylphenoxy)-6-methyl-5-[(Z)-2-methylbut-2-enoyl]oxyoxan-4-yl]oxy-2-methyloxan-3-yl] (2R)-2-methylbutanoate | present | LOTUS | |
| [(2R,3R,4R,5R,6S)-4,5-dihydroxy-6-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-(2-hydroxy-3-methyl-6-propan-2-ylphenoxy)-6-methyl-3,5-bis[[(Z)-2-methylbut-2-enoyl]oxy]oxan-4-yl]oxy-2-methyloxan-3-yl] (Z)-2-methylbut-2-enoate | present | LOTUS | |
| [(2R,3R,4R,5R,6S)-4,5-dihydroxy-6-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-(2-hydroxy-3-methyl-6-propan-2-ylphenoxy)-6-methyl-3-(3-methylbutanoyloxy)-5-[(Z)-2-methylbut-2-enoyl]oxyoxan-4-yl]oxy-2-methyloxan-3-yl] (Z)-2-methylbut-2-enoate | present | LOTUS | |
| [(2R,3R,4R,5R,6S)-4-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6R)-3,4-dihydroxy-6-methyl-5-(3-methylbutanoyloxy)oxan-2-yl]oxy-5-hydroxy-6-(2-hydroxy-3-methyl-6-propan-2-ylphenoxy)-2-methyloxan-3-yl] (Z)-2-methylbut-2-enoate | present | LOTUS | |
| [(2R,3R,4R,5R,6S)-6-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-5-acetyloxy-2-(2-hydroxy-3-methyl-6-propan-2-ylphenoxy)-6-methyl-3-[(Z)-2-methylbut-2-enoyl]oxyoxan-4-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-2-methyloxan-3-yl] (Z)-2-methylbut-2-enoate | present | LOTUS | |
| [(2R,3R,4S,5R,6S)-4-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6R)-5-acetyloxy-3,4-dihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxy-6-(2-hydroxy-3-methyl-6-propan-2-ylphenoxy)-2-methyl-5-[(Z)-2-methylbut-2-enoyl]oxyoxan-3-yl] (Z)-2-methylbut-2-enoate | 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 Melampodium divaricatum 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 Melampodium divaricatum 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 247×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · eflora
n 1211×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn72 · CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 +1
n 111×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
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 type5 991 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.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions81 of 150 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Mexico City, MX | 777 |
| Durango, MX | 673 |
| Austin, US | 423 |
| Saint Louis, US | 388 |
| Ciudad de México, MX | 108 |
| Bronx, US | 97 |
| Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record | 61 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 53 |
| Mérida, MX | 43 |
| Chapingo, MX | 42 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 41 |
| Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV | 39 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 38 |
| Sociedad para el Estudio de los Recursos Bióticos de Oaxaca, A. C.location not on record | 38 |
| Kew, GB | 33 |
| Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX | 30 |
| Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Moreloslocation not on record | 26 |
| Zacatecas, MX | 26 |
| Austin, US | 25 |
| Riverside, US | 25 |
| CASlocation not on record | 23 |
| Tampa, US | 20 |
| León, NI | 19 |
| Berlin, DE | 18 |
| Juriquilla, MX | 17 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 16 |
| Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX | 14 |
| Salvador, BR | 13 |
| Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record | 13 |
| Culiacán, MX | 12 |
| Tapachula, MX | 12 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 11 |
| San Francisco de Campeche, MX | 11 |
| Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Región Xalapalocation not on record | 11 |
| Durham, US | 11 |
| UFBAlocation not on record | 10 |
| Mexico City, MX | 9 |
| Mérida, MX | 9 |
| Area de Conservacion Guanacastelocation not on record | 9 |
| Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabascolocation not on record | 8 |
| Autlán de Navarro, MX | 8 |
| Mexico City, MX | 7 |
| Giardini Botanici Hanburylocation not on record | 6 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 6 |
| Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologialocation not on record | 6 |
| IEBlocation not on record | 6 |
| Toluca, MX | 6 |
| Chicago, US | 6 |
| Ural Federal University "B. N. Yeltsin"location not on record | 5 |
| Chaguaramas, TT | 5 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 5 |
| Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record | 5 |
| UFPElocation not on record | 5 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 4 |
| San José, CR | 4 |
| Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record | 4 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 4 |
| BMlocation not on record | 4 |
| Guasave, MX | 4 |
| Puebla, MX | 4 |
| Guatemala City, GT | 4 |
| Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record | 3 |
| Universidad Nacional Agrarialocation not on record | 3 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 3 |
| UERJlocation not on record | 3 |
| Cambridge, US | 3 |
| INBIOlocation not on record | 3 |
| Miami, US | 3 |
| MEXUlocation not on record | 3 |
| Feira de Santana, BR | 3 |
| Bloomington, US | 3 |
| UFRPElocation not on record | 3 |
| Brasília, BR | 3 |
| Cenargenlocation not on record | 3 |
| Calabar, NG | 3 |
| EL PASO, US | 3 |
| Sociedad Para el Estudio de los Recursos Bioticos de Oaxacalocation not on record | 3 |
| Brasília, BR | 3 |
| Mazatlán, MX | 3 |
| FPMZBlocation not on record | 2 |
| San Diego, US | 2 |
| UFERSAlocation not on record | 2 |
| US | 2 |
| Universidad de El Salvadorlocation not on record | 2 |
| Linares, MX | 2 |
| UNESP-RClocation not on record | 2 |
| Universidad de Autonoma de Baja Californialocation not on record | 2 |
| Burlington, US | 2 |
| Universidade Federal do Maranhãolocation not on record | 2 |
| Sangmiung Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 2 |
| Blumenau, BR | 2 |
| Centro Cultural Santo Domingolocation not on record | 2 |
| Claremont, US | 2 |
| MAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Stockholm, SE | 2 |
| Universidade Federal do Ceara, Departamento de Biologialocation not on record | 2 |
| San Luis Potosí, MX | 2 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 2 |
| Mexico City, MX | 2 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 1 |
| Ciudad de México, MX | 1 |
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO | 1 |
| La Paz, BO | 1 |
| Córdoba, AR | 1 |
| Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record | 1 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 1 |
| UNESP, Campus São José Rio Prêtolocation not on record | 1 |
| Jackson, US | 1 |
| Criciúma, BR | 1 |
| Cochabamba, BO | 1 |
| Santa Teresa, BR | 1 |
| Corrientes, AR | 1 |
| Hermosillo, MX | 1 |
| Madison, US | 1 |
| Empresa Pernambucana de Pesquisa Agropecuária, IPAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad Herbario, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 1 |
| UEMAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Jardín Botánico de Cartagena "Guillermo Piñeres" (JBC)location not on record | 1 |
| Cambridge University Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| FLASlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tlalnepantla, MX | 1 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 1 |
| Paris, FR | 1 |
| Laboratory of Palaeontologylocation not on record | 1 |
| Montpellier, FR | 1 |
| Tennessee Technological Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Maringá, BR | 1 |
| CPATSAlocation not on record | 1 |
| San Francisco, US | 1 |
| Montecillo, Texcoco, MX | 1 |
| Sucre, BO | 1 |
| Universidad del Tolima (UT)location not on record | 1 |
| Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record | 1 |
| Davis, US | 1 |
| UNESClocation not on record | 1 |
| UFRRJlocation not on record | 1 |
| La Paz, MX | 1 |
| INMAlocation not on record | 1 |
| LGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Podgorica, ME | 1 |
| Université de Bordeauxlocation not on record | 1 |
| Fortaleza, BR | 1 |
| James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record | 1 |
| HUENFlocation not on record | 1 |
| Seropédica, BR | 1 |
| UNICAPlocation not on record | 1 |
| Lubbock, US | 1 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad de los Llanos (UniLlanos)location not on record | 1 |
Where the DNA of Melampodium divaricatum 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.