Sesbania punicea
(Cav.) Benth. · speciesAt a glance
Sources13 archives
Databases and archives Sesbania punicea's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility4 890 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI15 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics16 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↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Sesbania punicea (Spanish gold, rattlebox, or scarlet sesban) is an ornamental shrub with reddish-orange flowers. It has deciduous leaves and grows to a height of 15 feet (4.5 m). This plant has a high demand for water, and thrives in swamps or wet areas. It requires a mildly acidic soil, with a pH between 6.1 and 6.5.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology5
Life cycle & reproduction4
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment10
Physiology & chemistry1
Compounds documented for Sesbania punicea across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds159 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-alpha-Thujene | present | NPASS | |
| (+)-trans-Sabinene hydrate | present | NPASS | |
| (-)-alpha-Pinene | present | NPASS | |
| (-)-Linalool | present | NPASS | |
| (-)-trans-Carveol | present | NPASS | |
| (1R)-4-[(1E,3E,5E,7E,9E,11E,13E,15E,17E)-18-[(1R,4S,6R)-4-hydroxy-2,2,6-trimethylcyclohexyl]-3,7,12,16-tetramethyloctadeca-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaenyl]-3,5,5-trimethylcyclohex-3-en-1-ol | present | NPASS | |
| (1R,2R,7S,10R,13R,14R,16S,19R,20S)-19-[(2R)-2-hydroxy-5-oxo-2H-furan-3-yl]-9,9,13,20-tetramethyl-4,8,15,18-tetraoxahexacyclo[11.9.0.02,7.02,10.014,16.014,20]docosane-5,12,17-trione | present | NPASS | |
| (1R,2R,7S,10S,13R,14R,16S,19S,20S)-19-(furan-3-yl)-9,9,13,20-tetramethyl-4,8,15,18-tetraoxahexacyclo[11.9.0.02,7.02,10.014,16.014,20]docosane-5,12,17-trione | present | NPASS | |
| (1R,3S,6S)-6-[(3E,5E,7E,9E,11E,13E,15E,17E)-18-[(4R)-4-hydroxy-2,6,6-trimethylcyclohexen-1-yl]-3,7,12,16-tetramethyloctadeca-3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-octaenyl]-1,5,5-trimethyl-7-oxabicyclo[4.1.0]heptan-3-ol | present | NPASS | |
| (1S,2R,4S)-1-[(1E,3E,5E,7E,9E,11E,13E,15E)-16-[(2R,6S,7aR)-6-hydroxy-4,4,7a-trimethyl-2,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1-benzofuran-2-yl]-3,7,12-trimethylheptadeca-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15-octaenyl]-2,6,6-trimethylcyclohexane-1,2,4-triol | 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 Sesbania punicea 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 Sesbania punicea 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 123×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-fedorov · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants
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 type4 890 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.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions67 of 128 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Porto Alegre, BR | 78 |
| Tampa, US | 77 |
| Pretoria, ZA | 69 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 58 |
| Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record | 53 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 52 |
| Bronx, US | 38 |
| Bangkok, TH | 24 |
| San Isidro, AR | 22 |
| Jackson, US | 20 |
| Saint Louis, US | 19 |
| Durban, ZA | 19 |
| Cape Town, ZA | 17 |
| Blumenau, BR | 17 |
| Chicago, US | 16 |
| Corrientes, AR | 15 |
| Tuscaloosa, US | 13 |
| University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record | 12 |
| Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sullocation not on record | 12 |
| Miami, US | 12 |
| Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record | 11 |
| Davis, US | 10 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 9 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 8 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 8 |
| AUAlocation not on record | 8 |
| UNESClocation not on record | 8 |
| Paleontological Collectionlocation not on record | 7 |
| Mississippi State, US | 7 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 7 |
| Criciúma, BR | 7 |
| UTFPR-CPlocation not on record | 7 |
| Córdoba, AR | 6 |
| LDlocation not on record | 6 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 6 |
| Tall Timbers Research Stationlocation not on record | 6 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 6 |
| Knoxville, US | 6 |
| Cascavel, BR | 5 |
| Riverside, US | 5 |
| Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paranálocation not on record | 5 |
| Campo Mourão, BR | 5 |
| PUC-RSlocation not on record | 5 |
| Clemson, US | 4 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 4 |
| Austin, US | 4 |
| Lake Charles, US | 4 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 4 |
| GAlocation not on record | 4 |
| UNESP-FCAlocation not on record | 3 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 3 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 3 |
| Little Rock, US | 3 |
| US | 3 |
| Pelotas, BR | 3 |
| Dekalb, US | 3 |
| Castelar, AR | 3 |
| EL PASO, US | 3 |
| Provo, US | 3 |
| Maringá, BR | 3 |
| Badajoz, ES | 3 |
| UFSMlocation not on record | 3 |
| Museo naturalistico del Frignano Ferruccio Minghellilocation not on record | 3 |
| FUVATESlocation not on record | 3 |
| UFSClocation not on record | 2 |
| Armidale, AU | 2 |
| Flagstaff, US | 2 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk, UA | 2 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 2 |
| USP-IBlocation not on record | 2 |
| University of Johannesburglocation not on record | 2 |
| San Diego, US | 2 |
| UFMSlocation not on record | 2 |
| UNIVILLElocation not on record | 2 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 2 |
| UFPRlocation not on record | 2 |
| Minia, EG | 2 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 2 |
| UTFPR-DVlocation not on record | 2 |
| San Angelo, US | 2 |
| MAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Cenargenlocation not on record | 2 |
| Santa Maria, BR | 2 |
| Columbia, US | 2 |
| Phoenix, US | 2 |
| Boise, US | 2 |
| Stellenbosch University, DST- NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biologylocation not on record | 2 |
| Burlington, US | 2 |
| James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record | 2 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 2 |
| UFESlocation not on record | 1 |
| UDESC-CAVlocation not on record | 1 |
| South Kensington, GB | 1 |
| South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Norfolk, US | 1 |
| Universidad Nacional de Misiones- CONICETlocation not on record | 1 |
| Kew, GB | 1 |
| Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record | 1 |
| LNBG$location not on record | 1 |
| Brasília, BR | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record | 1 |
| Cruz das Almas, BR | 1 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 1 |
| Irvine, US | 1 |
| Madison, US | 1 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 1 |
| GHPG$location not on record | 1 |
| San Diego Natural History Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Foz do Iguaçu, BR | 1 |
| University of Cape Town, Bolus Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Federal University of Espírito Santolocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidade Federal de Santa Catarinalocation not on record | 1 |
| Auckland, NZ | 1 |
| CASlocation not on record | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| Corvallis, US | 1 |
| Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record | 1 |
| Jaén, ES | 1 |
| Hobart, AU | 1 |
| Fort Worth, US | 1 |
| Philadelphia, US | 1 |
| Claremont, US | 1 |
| Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record | 1 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paranálocation not on record | 1 |
| Centro de Pesquisas Agropecuarias do Tropico Umidolocation not on record | 1 |
| Londrina, BR | 1 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
Where the DNA of Sesbania punicea 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.