Sciadopitys verticillata
(Thunb.) Siebold & Zucc. · speciesAt a glance
Sources12 archives
Databases and archives Sciadopitys verticillata's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation16 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility617 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI16 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics21 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↗
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Sciadopitys verticillata, the ' or Japanese umbrella-pine, is a unique conifer endemic to Japan. It is the sole member of the family Sciadopityaceae and genus Sciadopitys, a living fossil with no close relatives. The oldest fossils of Sciadopitys are from the Late Cretaceous of Japan, and the genus was widespread in Laurasia during most of the Cenozoic, especially in Europe until the Pliocene.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology4
Life cycle & reproduction4
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment6
Physiology & chemistry2
Compounds documented for Sciadopitys verticillata across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds79 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-Verticillol | present | LOTUS | |
| (1R,2S,6R,7S)-2-[2-(furan-3-yl)-2-oxoethyl]-7-methyl-3-methylidene-9-oxatricyclo[5.3.3.01,6]tridecan-8-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (1S,2R,6S,8S,10R,13S)-8-[(2R)-2-hydroxy-5-oxo-2H-furan-4-yl]-13-methyl-5-methylidene-9,11-dioxatetracyclo[8.6.0.01,6.02,13]hexadecan-12-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (1S,2R,6S,8S,10R,13S)-8-[(2S)-2-hydroxy-5-oxo-2H-furan-3-yl]-13-methyl-5-methylidene-9,11-dioxatetracyclo[8.6.0.01,6.02,13]hexadecan-12-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (1S,2R,6S,8S,10S,13S)-8-(furan-3-yl)-13-methyl-5-methylidene-9,11-dioxatetracyclo[8.6.0.01,6.02,13]hexadecan-12-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (1S,2S,6R,7R)-2-[2-(furan-3-yl)-2-oxoethyl]-7-methyl-3-methylidene-9-oxatricyclo[5.3.3.01,6]tridecan-8-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (1S,2S,6R,7S)-2-[2-(furan-3-yl)-2-oxoethyl]-7-methyl-3-methylidene-9-oxatricyclo[5.3.3.01,6]tridecan-8-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (1S,2S,6S,8S,10R,13S)-8-(furan-3-yl)-13-methyl-5-methylidene-9,11-dioxatetracyclo[8.6.0.01,6.02,13]hexadecan-12-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (2-Hydroxy-3-icosa-5,11,14-trienoyloxypropyl) icosa-5,11,14-trienoate | present | LOTUS | |
| (2-Hydroxy-3-octadec-11-enoyloxypropyl) octadec-11-enoate | 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 Sciadopitys verticillata 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 Sciadopitys verticillata 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
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).
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 204×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 +1
diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
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 periods (Jurassic, Cretaceous…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. The dashed rules marked ✦ are the five great mass extinctions. 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 type617 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 institutions54 of 84 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Gifu prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 35 |
| Tsukuba, JP | 27 |
| Sanda, JP | 21 |
| Kochi, JP | 18 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 11 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 11 |
| Philadelphia, US | 10 |
| Bronx, US | 9 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 9 |
| Rotorua, NZ | 8 |
| Sendai, JP | 7 |
| Auckland, NZ | 7 |
| Akita Prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 6 |
| Central China Normal Universitylocation not on record | 6 |
| FFPRIlocation not on record | 6 |
| Zhuzhou, CN | 5 |
| Shinshu Universitylocation not on record | 5 |
| LDlocation not on record | 5 |
| Beijing, CN | 5 |
| Kew, GB | 5 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 5 |
| University of New Hampshirelocation not on record | 4 |
| Bando, JP | 4 |
| MAlocation not on record | 4 |
| New Haven, US | 4 |
| Nagano City, JP | 4 |
| Corvallis, US | 4 |
| Pullman, US | 4 |
| Nishihara, JP | 4 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 4 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 4 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 3 |
| College Park, US | 3 |
| Chiba, JP | 3 |
| Guilin, CN | 3 |
| Odawara, JP | 3 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 3 |
| Otaru, JP | 2 |
| JP | 2 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 2 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 2 |
| Bothell, US | 2 |
| Nanjing, CN | 2 |
| Nanjing, CN | 2 |
| Nanjing, CN | 2 |
| Zhejiang Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Saint Louis, US | 2 |
| Wellington, NZ | 2 |
| Omachi Alpine Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Mohonk Preservelocation not on record | 1 |
| Santiago de Compostela, ES | 1 |
| Moscow, US | 1 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 1 |
| PRClocation not on record | 1 |
| Pretoria, ZA | 1 |
| BSBIlocation not on record | 1 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 1 |
| Bangkok, TH | 1 |
| Denver, US | 1 |
| Vancouver, CA | 1 |
| Podgorica, ME | 1 |
| Angwin, US | 1 |
| KOMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 1 |
| Bloomington, US | 1 |
| Logan, US | 1 |
| Columbia, US | 1 |
| Millersville, US | 1 |
| KNAMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Zhengzhou, CN | 1 |
| Wuhan, CN | 1 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 1 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tilburg, NL | 1 |
| Victoria, CA | 1 |
| Yangling, CN | 1 |
| Peking Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| KURAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Burlington, US | 1 |
| Forestry and Forest Products Research Institutelocation not on record | 1 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 1 |
| Knoxville, US | 1 |
| Fort Worth, US | 1 |
| Wlocation 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 Sciadopitys verticillata 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.