Polygonatum humile
Fisch. ex Maxim. · speciesAt a glance
Sources10 archives
Databases and archives Polygonatum humile's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 684 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI14 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics14 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
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.
Polygonatum humile, the dwarf Solomon's-seal, is a species of plant in the family Asparagaceae. The plant is said to possess scars on the rhizome that resemble the ancient Hebrew seal of King Solomon. This is a perennial species of the genus Polygonatum native to China, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Mongolia and parts of Russia.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology11
Life cycle & reproduction5
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment10
Other traits1
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 Polygonatum humile 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 Polygonatum humile 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 2016×CCDB · iapt · CCDB · book-ipcn65 · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl +5
2n 221×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
2n 301×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
2n 361×CCDB · iapt
n 201×CCDB · iapt
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Record type1 684 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 institutions24 of 72 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Institute of Applied Ecology, Academia Sinicalocation not on record | 71 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 44 |
| Shinshu Universitylocation not on record | 33 |
| KIRMlocation not on record | 29 |
| Beijing, CN | 29 |
| Bando, JP | 28 |
| Nagano City, JP | 26 |
| Northeastern Forestry Universitylocation not on record | 18 |
| Kushiro City Museumlocation not on record | 17 |
| KR | 17 |
| Tsukuba, JP | 11 |
| Inner Mongolia Universitylocation not on record | 10 |
| Kyoto Universitylocation not on record | 10 |
| Irkutsk State Universitylocation not on record | 8 |
| Herbarium of the Department of Botany, University of Tokyolocation not on record | 8 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 8 |
| Otaru, JP | 7 |
| 东北师范大学自然博物馆location not on record | 7 |
| Omachi Alpine Museumlocation not on record | 5 |
| Nanjing, CN | 5 |
| Forest Survey and Design Institute, Forestry Administrative Bureau of Daxinganlinglocation not on record | 5 |
| Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologialocation not on record | 5 |
| JMSlocation not on record | 4 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 4 |
| Toyama, JP | 4 |
| Yangling, CN | 4 |
| ENTClocation not on record | 4 |
| SIHUlocation not on record | 3 |
| Guilin, CN | 3 |
| Fukushima Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Jiangxi College of Educationlocation not on record | 3 |
| Ischia Marine Centrelocation not on record | 2 |
| DMZ botanic gardenlocation not on record | 2 |
| Sendai, JP | 2 |
| Hokkaido University Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Nishihara, JP | 2 |
| Akita Prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| JP | 2 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 2 |
| J. Rusek Collectionlocation not on record | 2 |
| Zhengzhou, CN | 2 |
| ifplocation not on record | 2 |
| Kunming, CN | 1 |
| Peking Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Iwate Prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Shenyang Agricultural Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| DNSMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Korea National Arboretumlocation not on record | 1 |
| WNNUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Denver, US | 1 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Kiritappu Wetland National Trustlocation not on record | 1 |
| Dresden, DE | 1 |
| Gifu prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Sapporo, JP | 1 |
| Elocation not on record | 1 |
| Taipei, TW | 1 |
| Capital Normal Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Port Elizabeth Museum (Bayworld)location not on record | 1 |
| Sugadaira Research Station, Mountain Science Center, University of Tsukubalocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 1 |
| Shanxi Institute of Biologylocation not on record | 1 |
| KIWElocation not on record | 1 |
| Nishihara, JP | 1 |
| Hebei Normal Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Plocation not on record | 1 |
| Bangkok, TH | 1 |
| Sanda, JP | 1 |
| LDlocation not on record | 1 |
| Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Scienceslocation not on record | 1 |
| IWEP FEB RASlocation not on record | 1 |
| Kew, GB | 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 Polygonatum humile 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.