Pentas lanceolata
(Forssk.) Deflers · speciesAt a glance
Sources11 archives
Databases and archives Pentas lanceolata's data was compiled from.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 747 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI6 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics8 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.
Le Pentas lanceolata ou Penta lancéolé, Bouquet d'étoiles, Étoile égyptienne est une espèce de plantes à fleurs de la famille Rubiaceae du genre Pentas, originaire du nord-est de l'Afrique en zone tropicale. Le penta lancéolé est cultivé comme plante ornementale en zone tropicale et en zone tempérée.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology5
Life cycle & reproduction3
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment9
Compounds documented for Pentas lanceolata across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile3 classes
Documented compounds9 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-Hydroxy-2-methyl-3-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[(3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl)oxymethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxyanthracene-9,10-dione | present | LOTUS | |
| 1-Methoxy-2-methyl-3-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[(3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl)oxymethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxyanthracene-9,10-dione | present | LOTUS | |
| 3-Hydroxy-1-methoxy-2-(methoxymethyl)-4a,9a-dihydroanthracene-9,10-dione | present | LOTUS | |
| 5-Methoxy-6,7-Methylenedioxycoumarin | present | NPASS | |
| Asperuloside | present | LOTUS | |
| Asperulosidic Acid | present | LOTUS | |
| methyl (1S,2S,4S,5R,6S,7S)-4'-[(R)-hydroxy-(4-hydroxyphenyl)methyl]-5'-oxo-7-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyspiro[3,8-dioxatricyclo[4.4.0.02,4]dec-9-ene-5,2'-furan]-10-carboxylate | present | LOTUS | |
| methyl (1S,2S,4S,5R,6S,7S)-5-formyl-5-hydroxy-7-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-3,8-dioxatricyclo[4.4.0.02,4]dec-9-ene-10-carboxylate | present | LOTUS | |
| methyl (1S,4aS,7R,7aS)-4'-[(R)-hydroxy-(4-hydroxyphenyl)methyl]-5'-oxo-1-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyspiro[4a,7a-dihydro-1H-cyclopenta[c]pyran-7,2'-furan]-4-carboxylate | 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 Pentas lanceolata 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 Pentas lanceolata 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 209×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants
2n 228×CCDB · book-indian_vol1 · CCDB · book-fedorov · CCDB · Cave1958 +1
n 105×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 · CCDB · Cave1962
n 115×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · Cave1958 · CCDB · Cave1963
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Record type1 747 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 institutions48 of 98 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 94 |
| Kew, GB | 38 |
| Saint Louis, US | 25 |
| Stockholm, SE | 15 |
| MAlocation not on record | 15 |
| Bronx, US | 13 |
| Baroda, IN | 13 |
| University of the Philippines Los Baños Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 12 |
| Tampa, US | 10 |
| Honolulu, US | 10 |
| Berlin, DE | 9 |
| WAGlocation not on record | 8 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 6 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 6 |
| Uppsala, SE | 6 |
| Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 6 |
| Miami, US | 5 |
| Paris, FR | 5 |
| Durango, MX | 5 |
| Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record | 4 |
| BISHlocation not on record | 4 |
| Beijing, CN | 4 |
| Brisbane, AU | 4 |
| Auckland, NZ | 4 |
| University of Dar es Salaamlocation not on record | 4 |
| Wlocation not on record | 3 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 3 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 3 |
| Clocation not on record | 3 |
| Denver, US | 3 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 3 |
| València, ES | 2 |
| Pondicherry, IN | 2 |
| Henry Brockhouse Collectionlocation not on record | 2 |
| Instituto de Ecología Aplicada, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipaslocation not on record | 2 |
| Austin, US | 2 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 2 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 2 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 2 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record | 2 |
| Fort Worth, US | 2 |
| Addis Ababa, ET | 2 |
| UnBlocation not on record | 2 |
| EAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Université de Strasbourglocation not on record | 2 |
| Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record | 2 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 2 |
| University of Oxfordlocation not on record | 2 |
| Vancouver, CA | 1 |
| Smithfield, AU | 1 |
| CEPLAClocation not on record | 1 |
| Salamanca, ES | 1 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 1 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Logan, US | 1 |
| Alicante, ES | 1 |
| CNF-UFHBlocation not on record | 1 |
| Millersville, US | 1 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 1 |
| Université du Lomélocation not on record | 1 |
| Seychelles National Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Boise, US | 1 |
| Salvador, BR | 1 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad de Nariño (UdeNar)location not on record | 1 |
| DSMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Haramaya Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Vitoria, ES | 1 |
| Goucher Collegelocation not on record | 1 |
| UFMGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Qarshi Botanical Gardenlocation not on record | 1 |
| Alexandria Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Glocation not on record | 1 |
| San José, CR | 1 |
| Rotorua, NZ | 1 |
| UNICAMPlocation not on record | 1 |
| Puerto Ayora, EC | 1 |
| Arusha, TZ | 1 |
| Pretoria, ZA | 1 |
| Managua, NI | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| FFPRIlocation not on record | 1 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 1 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 1 |
| HUENFlocation not on record | 1 |
| Granada, ES | 1 |
| Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidade Federal de Goiáslocation not on record | 1 |
| Madrid, ES | 1 |
| Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV | 1 |
| Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| FUNEDlocation not on record | 1 |
| Knoxville, US | 1 |
| Barcelona, ES | 1 |
| Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Pamplona, ES | 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 Pentas lanceolata 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.