Phoenix reclinata
Jacq. · speciesAt a glance
Sources15 archives
Databases and archives Phoenix reclinata's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation10 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility4 653 records↗
OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System19 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI11 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics17 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
Tree of SexTree of Sex Consortiumgenome & 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.
Phoenix reclinata (reclinata - Latin, reclining), the wild date palm or Senegal date palm, is a species of flowering plant in the palm family native to tropical Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. It is also reportedly naturalized in Florida, Puerto Rico, Bermuda and the Leeward Islands. The plants are found from sea level to 3000 m, in rain forest clearings, monsoonal forests and rocky mountainsides.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology16
Life cycle & reproduction8
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment11
Physiology & chemistry2
Other traits6
Compounds documented for Phoenix reclinata across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile1 class
Documented compounds2 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (2R,3R,4R,5R,6S)-2-[[(2S,3R,4R,5S)-3,4-dihydroxy-5-[(2R,3S,4S,5R,6R)-4-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[[(1S,2S,4S,6S,7S,8R,9S,12S,13R,16S)-6-methoxy-7,9,13-trimethyl-6-[(3R)-3-methyl-4-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxybutyl]-5-oxapentacyclo[10.8.0.02,9.04,8.013,18]icos-18-en-16-yl]oxy]-5-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-3-yl]oxyoxolan-2-yl]methoxy]-6-methyloxane-3,4,5-triol | present | LOTUS | |
| (2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-2-[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6S)-4,5-dihydroxy-6-[(2R,3S,4S,5R,6R)-4-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[[(1S,2S,4S,7S,8R,9S,12S,13R,16S)-6-methoxy-7,9,13-trimethyl-6-[(3R)-3-methyl-4-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxybutyl]-5-oxapentacyclo[10.8.0.02,9.04,8.013,18]icos-18-en-16-yl]oxy]-5-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-3-yl]oxy-2-methyloxan-3-yl]oxy-6-methyloxane-3,4,5-triol | 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 Phoenix reclinata 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 Phoenix reclinata 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 366×CCDB · book-indian_vol2 · CCDB · eflora · CCDB · book-fedorov +2
n 182×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · TreeOfSex · plant
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 type4 672 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 institutions35 of 88 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Saint Louis, US | 81 |
| Kew, GB | 66 |
| Pretoria, ZA | 47 |
| Tampa, US | 41 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 40 |
| Durban, ZA | 36 |
| Miami, US | 23 |
| Arusha, TZ | 22 |
| LBVlocation not on record | 22 |
| LSF/FSA/UAClocation not on record | 21 |
| Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropicallocation not on record | 16 |
| WAGlocation not on record | 15 |
| HNBlocation not on record | 15 |
| Herbier National du Gabonlocation not on record | 15 |
| Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 11 |
| Plocation not on record | 11 |
| DSMlocation not on record | 11 |
| Xiamen, CN | 10 |
| Yaoundé, CM | 10 |
| Bronx, US | 8 |
| Auckland, NZ | 7 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 6 |
| Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique / Institut de l'environnement et de recherches agricoleslocation not on record | 6 |
| Uppsala, SE | 6 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 6 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 5 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 4 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 4 |
| Universität Göttingenlocation not on record | 4 |
| Paris, FR | 4 |
| Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza (PBZT)location not on record | 4 |
| Austin, US | 4 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 4 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 3 |
| Anton de Kom University of Surinamelocation not on record | 3 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 3 |
| BRLUlocation not on record | 3 |
| Canberra, AU | 3 |
| Beijing, CN | 3 |
| IPHAMETRAlocation not on record | 3 |
| North Carolina Zoological Parklocation not on record | 3 |
| Leiden University Medical Centerlocation not on record | 3 |
| Berlin, DE | 3 |
| Brussels, BE | 3 |
| CNF-UFHBlocation not on record | 3 |
| University of Johannesburg, Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnologylocation not on record | 2 |
| Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoirelocation not on record | 2 |
| Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV | 2 |
| Honolulu, US | 2 |
| Zürich, CH | 2 |
| Stockholm, SE | 2 |
| Eduardo Mondlane Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 2 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 2 |
| TAFORI-LSRClocation not on record | 2 |
| MHUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Botanic Gardenlocation not on record | 1 |
| HUAlocation not on record | 1 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 1 |
| Forestry Research Institute of Nigerialocation not on record | 1 |
| Addis Ababa, ET | 1 |
| FTlocation not on record | 1 |
| Centre National de Floristique - Université Félix HOUPHOUËT-BOIGNYlocation not on record | 1 |
| Texas A&M Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Institute for Agricultural Research of Mozambiquelocation not on record | 1 |
| Glocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Hamburglocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Oxfordlocation not on record | 1 |
| Institut de Recherche Agronomique de Guinée (IRAG)location not on record | 1 |
| Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, United States National Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Aarhus, DK | 1 |
| Durango, MX | 1 |
| Irvine, US | 1 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 1 |
| Centre National des Semences Forestièreslocation not on record | 1 |
| Centre National d'Application des Recherches Pharmaceutiques (CNARP)location not on record | 1 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Pondicherry, IN | 1 |
| San Angelo, US | 1 |
| EAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Armidale, AU | 1 |
| LNBG$location not on record | 1 |
| MSB-3054location not on record | 1 |
| USP-IBlocation not on record | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| University of Johannesburglocation not on record | 1 |
| Clocation not on record | 1 |
| Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation 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 Phoenix reclinata 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.