Seseli libanotis
(L.) W.D.J.Koch · speciesAt a glance
Sources12 archives
Databases and archives Seseli libanotis's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation8 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility22 123 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI11 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics22 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↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Seseli libanotis, also known by the common names moon carrot, mountain stone-parsley, or säfferot, is a species of herb in the genus Seseli of the carrot family, Apiaceae. It is native to Eurasia, throughout which it is widespread.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology8
Life cycle & reproduction10
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment6
Physiology & chemistry4
Other traits1
Compounds documented for Seseli libanotis across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile1 class
Documented compounds2 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ((8S,9R)-8-(2-Acetyloxypropan-2-Yl)-2-Oxo-8,9-Dihydrofuro(2,3-H)Chromen-9-Yl) (Z)-2-Methylbut-2-Enoate | present | LOTUS | |
| [(8S,9S)-8-(2-acetyloxypropan-2-yl)-2-oxo-8,9-dihydrofuro[2,3-h]chromen-9-yl] 3-methylbut-2-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 Seseli libanotis 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 Seseli libanotis 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 2227×CCDB · slov-fl · CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · fl-europaea +8
2n 446×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · CromoCat 2015
2n 184×CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · book-fedorov · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants +1
2n 262×CCDB · book-indian_vol1 · CCDB · CromoCat 2015
2n 201×CCDB · CromoCat 2015
n 1113×CCDB · iapt · CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl +2
n 221×CCDB · CromoCat 2015
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 type22 123 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 institutions51 of 118 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 577 |
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 338 |
| LDlocation not on record | 170 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 120 |
| Olocation not on record | 118 |
| South Kensington, GB | 101 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 86 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 77 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 77 |
| Turku, FI | 68 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 63 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 53 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 47 |
| Bern, CH | 41 |
| TUR-Alocation not on record | 33 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 33 |
| MAlocation not on record | 32 |
| Trondheim, NO | 30 |
| BClocation not on record | 25 |
| Tartu, EE | 25 |
| Uppsala, SE | 24 |
| Vitoria, ES | 23 |
| SWlocation not on record | 22 |
| Oulu, FI | 21 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 20 |
| Bergen, NO | 18 |
| Salzburg, AT | 17 |
| Zürich, CH | 17 |
| Wlocation not on record | 15 |
| Zürich, CH | 15 |
| Barcelona, ES | 13 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 11 |
| BMlocation not on record | 11 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 10 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 9 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 8 |
| València, ES | 8 |
| LIVlocation not on record | 8 |
| SZUlocation not on record | 7 |
| Jyväskylä, FI | 7 |
| Mlocation not on record | 7 |
| Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswaldlocation not on record | 7 |
| Gijón, ES | 7 |
| Tallinn, EE | 7 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 6 |
| Helsinki, FI | 6 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 6 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 6 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 6 |
| Paris, FR | 5 |
| Görlitz, DE | 5 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 5 |
| Berlin, DE | 5 |
| Cambridge University Herbariumlocation not on record | 4 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 4 |
| The State Museum-Preserve "The Kulikovo pole"location not on record | 4 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 4 |
| H-Wolflocation not on record | 4 |
| Salamanca, ES | 4 |
| Tula State Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| Dresden, DE | 4 |
| Bourges, FR | 4 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 4 |
| Porvoo, FI | 4 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 4 |
| Kew, GB | 4 |
| LfUlocation not on record | 3 |
| National Museum Waleslocation not on record | 3 |
| Namur, BE | 3 |
| Finnish Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 3 |
| Pamplona, ES | 3 |
| Madrid, ES | 3 |
| Prioksko-Terrasnyi Biosphere Reservelocation not on record | 3 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 3 |
| BM|CGElocation not on record | 3 |
| Sion, CH | 2 |
| Fribourg, CH | 2 |
| IPSlocation not on record | 2 |
| Granada, ES | 2 |
| SNSNMClocation not on record | 2 |
| CGE|LIVlocation not on record | 2 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 2 |
| Sant Julià de Lòria, AD | 2 |
| Denver, US | 2 |
| Québec, CA | 2 |
| Saffron Walden Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tula State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 1 |
| Dhaka, BD | 1 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 1 |
| Saint Louis, US | 1 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 1 |
| Jaén, ES | 1 |
| Arequipa, PE | 1 |
| Tromso University Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| OLAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Alicante, ES | 1 |
| John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 1 |
| Kuopio, FI | 1 |
| Holmesdale Natural History Club Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universität Erlangen-Nürnberglocation not on record | 1 |
| YRKlocation not on record | 1 |
| Podgorica, ME | 1 |
| CGE|K|NWHlocation not on record | 1 |
| CGE|Klocation not on record | 1 |
| K|RTElocation not on record | 1 |
| NMWlocation not on record | 1 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 1 |
| H-Adlerlocation not on record | 1 |
| Xiamen, CN | 1 |
| BM|Klocation not on record | 1 |
| nbflocation not on record | 1 |
| Philadelphia, US | 1 |
| Royal Botanic Gardens, Kewlocation not on record | 1 |
| Davis, US | 1 |
| Brussel, BE | 1 |
| Montréal, CA | 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 Seseli libanotis 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.