Prunus campanulata is a species of cherry native to Japan, Taiwan, southern and eastern China (Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Hunan, Fujian, and Zhejiang), and Vietnam. It is a large shrub or small tree, growing tall. It is widely grown as an ornamental tree, and a symbol of Nago in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan. It is variously known in English as the Taiwan cherry, Formosan cherry, or bellflower cherry. It was described in 1883 by Carl Johann Maximowicz.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
⚠ sources differ — GIFT: tree · AusTraits: shrub tree
Woodinesswoody
Physiology & chemistry1
Photosynthetic pathwayC3
Other traits1
Plant support typefree-standing
03Chemical composition4 compounds
Compounds documented for Prunus campanulata across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile1 class
Flavanones4
Documented compounds4 total
Compound
Class
Amount
Source
(+)-Eriodictyol
present
LOTUS
(R)-naringenin
present
LOTUS
3',4',5,7-Tetrahydroxyflavanone
present
LOTUS
Naringenin fructoside
present
LOTUS
05DNA & barcoding13 specimens
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 Prunus campanulata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens13
Marker genes3
GenBank sequences7
eDNA detections8
Countries1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ 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.
★matK1★rbcL6★ITS
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT · NCBI
The complete instruction manualPrunus campanulata 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.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Genome size≈266 226 404 bp assembly estimate
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
THIS GENOME Prunus campanulata0.27 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
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.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Oginuma, K. 1987. Karyomorphological studies on Prunus in Japan. J. Sci. Hiroshima Univ., Ser. B, Div. 2, Bot. 21: 1–66.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Oginuma, K. 1989. Karyomorphological studies on some species of Japanese Prunus. Pp. 131--134 in D. Hong (editor), Plant Chromosome Research 1987.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Iwatsubo, Y., T. Kawasaki & N. Naruhashi. 2002. Chromosome numbers of 193 cultivated taxa of Prunus. J. Phytogeogr. Taxon. 50: 21–34.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Iwatsubo, Y., Y. Sengi & N. Naruhashi. 2004. Chromosome numbers of 36 cultivated taxa of Prunus subg. Cerasus in Japan. J. Phytogeogr. Taxon. 52: 73–76.
CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants — Okabe 1928
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Assembly levelComplete Genome
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 208 records
Wild obs. + sensor851
Museum / vouchered284
Cultivated / captive3
Other70
Origin
Native21
Introduced11
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO2 740 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy92% within 1 km
≤100 m 461≤1 km 102≤10 km 27>10 km 21
611 georeferenced · 240 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor851
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.
Coordinate accuracy87% within 1 km
≤100 m 24≤1 km 17≤10 km 5>10 km 1
47 georeferenced · 237 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence284
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 3 records without
Open the mapnot free-living3
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions36 of 54 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Taipei, TW
39
Christchurch, NZ
26
Taipei, TW
25
Auckland, NZ
23
National Museum of Natural Sciencelocation not on record
14
Taipei, TW
13
TAIElocation not on record
12
Odawara, JP
10
Rotorua, NZ
9
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
7
Santa Barbara, US
6
Xiamen, CN
6
Mount Annan, AU
6
Nanjing, CN
5
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
4
Herbarium of South China Botanical Gardenlocation not on record
4
Nagasaki University - Fisherieslocation not on record
4
Saint Louis, US
4
Institute for Agricultural Bacteriology and Fermentation Biologylocation not on record
3
Museo naturalistico del Frignano Ferruccio Minghellilocation not on record
3
Nishihara, JP
3
Bangkok, TH
3
Beijing, CN
3
Nanjing, CN
3
Nishihara, JP
3
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
2
Cascavel, BR
2
Canberra, AU
2
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
2
Minia, EG
2
Guangzhou, CN
2
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
2
Uniwersytet Jagiellońskilocation not on record
2
Chiba, JP
2
Wuhan, CN
2
Armidale, AU
2
Nagatoro-machi, Chichibu-gun, JP
2
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
2
Beijing, CN
1
Pretoria, ZA
1
UFPRlocation not on record
1
UTFPR-CPlocation not on record
1
Adelaide, AU
1
Guilin, CN
1
Kagoshima, JP
1
Guangxi Agricultural Universitylocation not on record
1
FJFClocation not on record
1
Tokushima, JP
1
Honolulu, US
1
Tampa, US
1
CPATSAlocation not on record
1
Riverside, US
1
Northridge, US
1
Flagstaff, US
1
54 institutions · 280 of 284 vouchered records shown · 4 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA8 detections
Where the DNA of Prunus campanulata 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
Detections DNA found8
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 8 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median24.7 °C 18.1–25.7
Seasonal swing summer↔winter19.5 °C
Max temp (day)27.8 °C 21.7–28.4
Min temp (night)20.5 °C 13.3–21.5
Precipitation254 mm/mo 183–279
Air humidity66.3 % 65.2–69.1
Moisture balance96.1 mm/mo 73.6–145
Vapour deficit1,019 Pa 761–1,070
Wind speed2.80 m/s 2.00–3.60
Cloud cover45.9 % 40.5–51.9
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 4 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation10 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 208 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI8 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics13 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↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗