Pelargonium zonale
(L.) L'Hér. · speciesAt a glance
Sources11 archives
Databases and archives Pelargonium zonale's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 131 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
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.
Pelargonium zonale is a species of Pelargonium native to southern Africa in the western regions of the Cape Provinces, in the geranium family. It is one of the parents of the widely cultivated plant Pelargonium × hortorum, often called "geranium", "zonal geranium" or "zonal pelargonium".
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology7
Life cycle & reproduction7
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment11
Physiology & chemistry2
Other traits2
Compounds documented for Pelargonium zonale across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds71 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[(3R,5R)-1,7-bis(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5-hydroxyheptan-3-yl]oxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol | present | NPASS | |
| (2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[(3R,5R)-1-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5-hydroxy-7-(4-hydroxyphenyl)heptan-3-yl]oxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol | present | NPASS | |
| (2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[(3R,5R)-5-hydroxy-1,7-bis(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)heptan-3-yl]oxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol | present | NPASS | |
| (2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[(3R,5R)-5-hydroxy-1,7-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)heptan-3-yl]oxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol | present | NPASS | |
| (2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[(3R,5R)-5-hydroxy-1-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-7-(4-hydroxyphenyl)heptan-3-yl]oxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol | present | NPASS | |
| (2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[(3R,5R)-7-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5-hydroxy-1-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)heptan-3-yl]oxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol | present | NPASS | |
| (2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[(3R,5R)-7-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5-hydroxy-1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)heptan-3-yl]oxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol | present | NPASS | |
| (2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[[(2R,3S,4S,5R,6R)-5-[(2S,3R,4R,5S,6R)-3,4-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-6-[(2S,3R,6R)-6-[(3S,8S,9S,10R,13R,14S,17R)-10,13-dimethyl-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl]-2,3-dimethylheptoxy]-3,4-dihydroxyoxan-2-yl]methoxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol | present | NPASS | |
| (2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[[(3S,8S,9S,10R,13R,14S,17R)-17-[(2R,5R,6S)-7-[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-6-[[(2R,3R,4R,5S,6R)-3,4-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]-3,5-dihydroxy-4-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-5,6-dimethylheptan-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-yl]oxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol | present | NPASS | |
| (2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[[(3S,8S,9S,10R,13R,14S,17R)-17-[(2R,5R,6S)-7-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3-[(2S,3R,4R,5S,6R)-3,4-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-5,6-dimethylheptan-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-yl]oxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol | 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 Pelargonium zonale 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 Pelargonium zonale 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 186×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 +2
2n 362×CCDB · book-indian_vol1 · CCDB · book-fedorov
2n 101×CCDB · book-ipcn75-78
2n 151×CCDB · book-ipcn75-78
n 95×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78
n 151×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Record type1 131 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 institutions20 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 |
|---|---|
| Pretoria, ZA | 91 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 11 |
| Durban, ZA | 8 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 6 |
| Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record | 6 |
| Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record | 6 |
| Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record | 6 |
| Puebla, MX | 6 |
| Henry Brockhouse Collectionlocation not on record | 5 |
| UTPLlocation not on record | 5 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 5 |
| València, ES | 4 |
| Saint Louis, US | 4 |
| Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record | 3 |
| Juriquilla, MX | 3 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 2 |
| Wuhan, CN | 2 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| MAlocation not on record | 2 |
| LDlocation not on record | 2 |
| Mexico City, MX | 2 |
| Kew, GB | 2 |
| Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Salvador, BR | 2 |
| Durango, MX | 2 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 2 |
| Brock University (BU)location not on record | 1 |
| MSB-3054location not on record | 1 |
| Mlocation not on record | 1 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tampa, US | 1 |
| Parkville, AU | 1 |
| Miami, US | 1 |
| Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record | 1 |
| MEDELlocation not on record | 1 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 1 |
| Maringá, BR | 1 |
| MEXUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Loja, EC | 1 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| LNBG$location not on record | 1 |
| PUC-RSlocation not on record | 1 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 1 |
| Firenze, IT | 1 |
| Hobart, AU | 1 |
| South African National Biodiversity Institutelocation not on record | 1 |
| Long Beach, US | 1 |
| MeiseBGlocation 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 Pelargonium zonale 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.