Nuphar lutea
(L.) Sibth. & Sm. · speciesAt a glance
Sources16 archives
Databases and archives Nuphar lutea's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation15 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility203 824 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI17 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics32 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
FooDBThe Metabolomics Innovation Centrecompounds↗
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
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Nuphar lutea, the yellow water-lily, brandy-bottle, or spadderdock, is an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae, native to northern temperate and some subtropical regions of Europe, northwest Africa, western Asia, North America, and Cuba.Flora Europaea: Nuphar lutea This interesting species found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean was used as a food source and in medicinal practices from prehistoric times with potential research and medical applications going forward.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology15
Life cycle & reproduction13
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment9
Physiology & chemistry7
Other traits1
Compounds documented for Nuphar lutea across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds5 739 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| α-D-galactose | 39,500 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| Potassium | 553 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| Sugars | 430 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| D-Mannose | 430 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| Phosphorus | 229 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| (Z,Z)-9,12-Octadecadienoic acid | 139 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| alpha-Tocopherol | 35.64 mg/100g | FooDB |
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 Nuphar lutea 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 Nuphar lutea 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 3416×GoaT · DTOL Flowering Plants Estimates Kew · GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · slov-fl +10
n 171×CCDB · book-ipcn73-74
n 341×CCDB · book-ipcn75-78
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 type203 824 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 institutions87 of 168 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 | 3 045 |
| Helsinki, FI | 562 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 336 |
| LDlocation not on record | 242 |
| Olocation not on record | 219 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 205 |
| Uppsala, SE | 167 |
| Bergen, NO | 120 |
| Oulu, FI | 93 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 84 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 74 |
| Turku, FI | 67 |
| Jyväskylä, FI | 65 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 61 |
| Brussel, BE | 56 |
| Trondheim, NO | 52 |
| Kuopio, FI | 50 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 36 |
| Salzburg, AT | 36 |
| Bern, CH | 35 |
| Irkutsk State Universitylocation not on record | 35 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 35 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 34 |
| LfUlocation not on record | 34 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 31 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 31 |
| Metsähallituslocation not on record | 28 |
| Tampere, FI | 26 |
| South Kensington, GB | 25 |
| Tallinn, EE | 20 |
| Uniwersytet Warszawskilocation not on record | 20 |
| Miami, US | 19 |
| Porvoo, FI | 18 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 17 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 17 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 16 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 16 |
| Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswaldlocation not on record | 16 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 15 |
| Williamsburg, US | 14 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 12 |
| Görlitz, DE | 12 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 10 |
| Tartu, EE | 9 |
| Tacoma, US | 9 |
| TUR-Alocation not on record | 8 |
| Philadelphia, US | 8 |
| Berlin, DE | 8 |
| Montréal, CA | 7 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 7 |
| No collectionlocation not on record | 7 |
| MAlocation not on record | 7 |
| Tuscaloosa, US | 7 |
| University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record | 7 |
| Québec, CA | 7 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 6 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 6 |
| UGentlocation not on record | 6 |
| DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record | 6 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 6 |
| Fort Worth, US | 5 |
| Tilburg, NL | 5 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 5 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 5 |
| Paris, FR | 5 |
| Instituto de Ecología Aplicada, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipaslocation not on record | 5 |
| Uniwersytet Jagiellońskilocation not on record | 5 |
| Saint Louis, US | 4 |
| Badajoz, ES | 4 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 4 |
| Auckland, NZ | 4 |
| Vitoria, ES | 4 |
| China Agricultural Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| Kandalaksha State Nature Reservelocation not on record | 4 |
| Mlocation not on record | 4 |
| Bronx, US | 4 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| Durham, US | 3 |
| PrivatHerblocation not on record | 3 |
| Bourges, FR | 3 |
| Lord Fairfax Community Collegelocation not on record | 3 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 3 |
| US | 3 |
| Bangkok, TH | 3 |
| The Tula Region State Institution of Culture "Tula Museum Association"location not on record | 3 |
| Wlocation not on record | 3 |
| University of Gdansk, Dept. of Plant Taxonomy & Nature Conservationlocation not on record | 3 |
| Finnish Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 3 |
| Salamanca, ES | 3 |
| FLADlocation not on record | 3 |
| National Museum Waleslocation not on record | 3 |
| Millersville, US | 3 |
| Tall Timbers Research Stationlocation not on record | 3 |
| Bozeman, US | 2 |
| Tula State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Toronto, CA | 2 |
| Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisienlocation not on record | 2 |
| Jackson, US | 2 |
| Forssa, FI | 2 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 2 |
| València, ES | 2 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 2 |
| Tula State Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Canberra, AU | 2 |
| University of Hulllocation not on record | 2 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 2 |
| US | 2 |
| nbflocation not on record | 2 |
| Vancouver, CA | 2 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 2 |
| Phoenix, US | 2 |
| EL PASO, US | 2 |
| Kew, GB | 2 |
| Rovaniemi, FI | 2 |
| New Haven, US | 2 |
| Tampa, US | 2 |
| Taipei, TW | 2 |
| Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record | 2 |
| AUAlocation not on record | 1 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 1 |
| Tromso University Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Glarus, CH | 1 |
| Burlington, US | 1 |
| Namur, BE | 1 |
| Musée des Confluenceslocation not on record | 1 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 1 |
| Monastir, TN | 1 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 1 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 1 |
| NO DISPONIBLElocation not on record | 1 |
| Göteborg, SE | 1 |
| Missoula, US | 1 |
| PRClocation not on record | 1 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| St. Paul, US | 1 |
| Armidale, AU | 1 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| Moscow, US | 1 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 1 |
| Royal Botanic Gardens, Kewlocation not on record | 1 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 1 |
| UnBlocation not on record | 1 |
| ZRC-SAZUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Samara National Research Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| The State Museum-Preserve "The Kulikovo pole"location not on record | 1 |
| NMBU:MINAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Conway, US | 1 |
| Nijmegen, NL | 1 |
| Norfolk, US | 1 |
| Dublin, IE | 1 |
| Ivano-Frankove, UA | 1 |
| Conway, US | 1 |
| Emporia, US | 1 |
| Rishon Le Zion, IL | 1 |
| Xiamen, CN | 1 |
| San Angelo, US | 1 |
| Urumqi, CN | 1 |
| GAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 1 |
| Zürich, CH | 1 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 1 |
| Knoxville, US | 1 |
| Barcelona, ES | 1 |
| Sion, CH | 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 Nuphar lutea 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.