Pistacia chinensis
Bunge · speciesAt a glance
Sources14 archives
Databases and archives Pistacia chinensis's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility8 941 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI11 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics13 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 & 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.
Pistacia chinensis, the Chinese pistache (), is a small to medium-sized tree in the genus Pistacia in the cashew family Anacardiaceae, native to central and western China. This species is planted as a street tree in temperate areas worldwide due to its attractive fruit and autumn foliage.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology14
Life cycle & reproduction10
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment13
Physiology & chemistry9
Other traits3
Compounds documented for Pistacia chinensis across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds142 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (-)-Sandaracopimaric acid | present | NPASS | |
| (1aS,4aS,7aS,7bR)-1,1,7-trimethyl-4-methylidene-2,3,4a,5,6,7,7a,7b-octahydro-1aH-cyclopropa[e]azulene | present | LOTUS | |
| (2R,3S)-2-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)-3,5,7-Trihydroxy-2,3-Dihydrochromen-4-One | present | NPASS | |
| (2S,4aS,10aR)-2,6-dihydroxy-1,1,4a-trimethyl-7-propan-2-yl-3,4,10,10a-tetrahydro-2H-phenanthren-9-one | present | NPASS | |
| (3R)-8-hydroxy-3-methyl-1-oxo-3,4-dihydroisochromene-5-carbaldehyde | present | NPASS | |
| (3R,4S)-7-hydroxy-3-[(3S,4S)-7-hydroxy-4-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-oxo-3,4-dihydrochromen-3-yl]-4-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3,4-dihydrochromen-2-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (3S)-8-hydroxy-3-methyl-1-oxo-isochromane-5-carboxylic acid | present | NPASS | |
| (3S,4S)-7-hydroxy-3-[(3S,4S)-7-hydroxy-4-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-oxo-3,4-dihydrochromen-3-yl]-4-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3,4-dihydrochromen-2-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (5R)-5-hydroxy-4-methoxy-5-prop-1-en-2-ylfuran-2-one | present | NPASS | |
| (7R)-7-Hydroxylariciresinol | 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 Pistacia chinensis 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 Pistacia chinensis 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 241×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
2n 301×CCDB · book-indian_vol1
n 152×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 type8 941 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 institutions79 of 129 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Beijing, CN | 383 |
| Yangling, CN | 115 |
| Kunming, CN | 112 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 97 |
| Nanjing, CN | 94 |
| Chengdu, CN | 67 |
| Zhengzhou, CN | 55 |
| National Museum of Natural Sciencelocation not on record | 47 |
| Guilin, CN | 41 |
| Chengdu, CN | 41 |
| Wuhan, CN | 39 |
| Taipei, TW | 31 |
| Central China Normal Universitylocation not on record | 30 |
| Seoul, KR | 26 |
| Institute for Agricultural Bacteriology and Fermentation Biologylocation not on record | 25 |
| Lanzhou, CN | 24 |
| TAIElocation not on record | 20 |
| WNNUlocation not on record | 19 |
| Anhui Normal Universitylocation not on record | 18 |
| Taipei, TW | 18 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 16 |
| Guizhou Forestry Schoollocation not on record | 15 |
| Armidale, AU | 15 |
| Xining, CN | 14 |
| Austin, US | 13 |
| Taipei, TW | 13 |
| Xian, CN | 12 |
| Bangkok, TH | 12 |
| Canberra, AU | 12 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 11 |
| Nanjing, CN | 10 |
| Riverside, US | 10 |
| Hangzhou, CN | 10 |
| Wuhan, CN | 10 |
| Changsha, CN | 10 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 9 |
| Guiyang, CN | 9 |
| Nagasaki University - Fisherieslocation not on record | 9 |
| Xinxiang, CN | 9 |
| Xiamen, CN | 8 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 8 |
| Zhuzhou, CN | 8 |
| Yunnan Universitylocation not on record | 8 |
| Xian, CN | 8 |
| Guiyang, CN | 8 |
| Saint Louis, US | 8 |
| SCAUlocation not on record | 7 |
| FFPRIlocation not on record | 7 |
| Shanghai, CN | 7 |
| Shanghai, CN | 7 |
| Philadelphia, US | 6 |
| Nanjing, CN | 6 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 6 |
| GZFlocation not on record | 6 |
| Bronx, US | 6 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 5 |
| San Diego, US | 5 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 5 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 5 |
| Fort Worth, US | 5 |
| Jishou Universitylocation not on record | 5 |
| Guangxi Institute of Traditional Medical and Pharmaceutical Scienceslocation not on record | 4 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 4 |
| LDlocation not on record | 4 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 4 |
| Brisbane, AU | 4 |
| Nanchong, CN | 4 |
| Chongqing Natural History Museumlocation not on record | 4 |
| Claremont, US | 3 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 3 |
| Turlock, US | 3 |
| Odawara, JP | 3 |
| College Park, US | 3 |
| Bando, JP | 3 |
| Auckland, NZ | 3 |
| Jiangxi College of Educationlocation not on record | 3 |
| Beijing Normal Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Zhejiang Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Zhejiang Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 3 |
| Chengdu, CN | 3 |
| Shanxi Institute of Biologylocation not on record | 3 |
| Southwest Forestry Collegelocation not on record | 3 |
| CASlocation not on record | 3 |
| Flagstaff, US | 3 |
| FJFClocation not on record | 3 |
| J. Rusek Collectionlocation not on record | 3 |
| “Manash Kozybayev North Kazakhstan University" NPLClocation not on record | 2 |
| Clemson, US | 2 |
| Davis, US | 2 |
| Beijing Natural History Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| China Agricultural Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Jackson, US | 2 |
| NSW Dept of Planning, Industry and Environmentlocation not on record | 2 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 2 |
| Strecker Museum, Baylor Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Irvine, US | 2 |
| Peking Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Tampa, US | 2 |
| Fujian Institute of Subtropical Botanylocation not on record | 2 |
| Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Scienceslocation not on record | 2 |
| Awka, NG | 1 |
| Pullman, US | 1 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Vancouver, CA | 1 |
| Provo, US | 1 |
| Nanyue Arboretumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Rotorua, NZ | 1 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Kochi, JP | 1 |
| FJIDClocation not on record | 1 |
| South China Normal Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| Mérida, MX | 1 |
| Moscow, US | 1 |
| Herbarium of South China Botanical Gardenlocation not on record | 1 |
| Hebei Normal Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Northridge, US | 1 |
| Henderson State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| San Diego Natural History Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tuscaloosa, US | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| Kew, GB | 1 |
| Columbia, US | 1 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 1 |
| Denver, US | 1 |
| Phoenix, US | 1 |
| Muzaffarabad, PK | 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 Pistacia chinensis 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.