Compounds documented for Psychotria serpens across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
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 Psychotria serpens has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens15
Marker genes5
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections9
Countries2
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.
★COI-5P★rbcL8★ITS2★ITS2trnH-psbA
animal barcodeplant barcodefungal barcodemarker
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualPsychotria serpens 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.
Chromosomes2n = 22 n = 11
Ploidydiploid inferred
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 221×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — HSU, C.-C. 1968. Preliminary chromosome studies on the vascular plants of Taiwan (II). Taiwania No. 14: 11-27.
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy84% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 201≤1 km 311≤10 km 186>10 km 103
1 801 georeferenced · 820 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor2 621
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 accuracy73% within 1 km
≤100 m 8≤1 km 3≤10 km 3>10 km 1
15 georeferenced · 1 245 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 260
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 institutions44 of 66 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Nishihara, JP
227
Taipei, TW
148
Guangzhou, CN
134
Taipei, TW
121
Beijing, CN
75
National Museum of Natural Sciencelocation not on record
47
Taipei, TW
42
Guilin, CN
38
Saint Louis, US
37
Odawara, JP
29
Paris, FR
25
Tsukuba, JP
25
Guangzhou, CN
22
Nishihara, JP
19
TAIElocation not on record
19
Kunming, CN
15
Nanjing, CN
13
Nagano City, JP
12
Chiba, JP
12
Xiamen, CN
12
FJIDClocation not on record
9
Guangxi Institute of Traditional Medical and Pharmaceutical Scienceslocation not on record
8
Hangzhou, CN
8
Toyama, JP
8
Changsha, CN
7
Chengdu, CN
7
South China Normal Universitylocation not on record
6
Central China Normal Universitylocation not on record
6
Kew, GB
5
Forestry and Forest Products Research Institutelocation not on record
5
Sendai, JP
5
FFPRIlocation not on record
5
Kagoshima, JP
5
Edinburgh, GB
5
Wuhan, CN
4
Wuhan, CN
4
MeiseBGlocation not on record
4
Shenzhen, CN
4
Stockholm, SE
3
Bronx, US
3
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
2
Angwin, US
2
National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record
2
Berlin, DE
2
Zhuzhou, CN
2
Institute for Agricultural Bacteriology and Fermentation Biologylocation not on record
2
Yangling, CN
2
Hanshan Normal Universitylocation not on record
2
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
2
Seoul, KR
2
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Academia Sinicalocation not on record
2
WNNUlocation not on record
2
KOMlocation not on record
1
Herbarium of the Kyushu University Museum (FU)location not on record
1
J.F.Oberlin Universitylocation not on record
1
Ann Arbor, US
1
Cincinnati, US
1
Minia, EG
1
黔东南州民族医药研究所标本室location not on record
1
Shanghai, CN
1
Zhejiang Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
1
Sanda, JP
1
Kochi, JP
1
Burlington, US
1
South Kensington, GB
1
Herbarium of South China Botanical Gardenlocation not on record
1
66 institutions · 1 221 of 1 260 vouchered records shown · 39 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA9 detections
Where the DNA of Psychotria serpens 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 found9
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 9 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 countries0
Shrublands on hillsides
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 median18.0 °C 11.4–25.8
Seasonal swing summer↔winter12.6 °C
Max temp (day)19.1 °C 13.2–27.1
Min temp (night)16.8 °C 8.90–23.8
Precipitation240 mm/mo 175–432
Air humidity58.8 % 57.7–67.7
Moisture balance120 mm/mo
Vapour deficit872 Pa 566–1,078
Wind speed4.90 m/s
Cloud cover44.4 % 38.4–55.7
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 7 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.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility3 890 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI9 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics15 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