Sinapis alba
speciesAt a glance
Sources17 archives
Databases and archives Sinapis alba's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation18 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility42 528 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI24 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics32 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
dukesphytochemcompounds
FooDBThe Metabolomics Innovation Centrecompounds↗
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↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
White mustard seeds (right) compared with rice seeds (left) White mustard (Sinapis alba) is an annual plant of the family Brassicaceae. It is sometimes also referred to as Brassica alba or B. hirta. Grown for its seeds, used to make the condiment mustard, as fodder crop, or as a green manure, it is now widespread worldwide, although it probably originated in the Mediterranean region.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology23
Life cycle & reproduction17
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment14
Physiology & chemistry5
Other traits4
Compounds documented for Sinapis alba across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds5 910 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARBOHYDRATES | 373,858 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| FAT | 312,364 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| PROTEIN | 276,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| ERUCIC-ACID | 117,064 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| FIBER | 103,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| WATER | 75,700 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| OLEIC-ACID | 65,356 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| GLUTAMIC-ACID | 53,275 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| ASH | 49,280 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| GADOLEIC-ACID | 29,407 ppm | DukesPhytochem |
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 Sinapis alba 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 Sinapis alba 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 2484×GoaT · DTOL Flowering Plants Estimates Kew · CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · nw-europe-fl +14
n 1212×CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn72 +2
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
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.
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 type42 528 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 institutions117 of 209 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| LDlocation not on record | 189 |
| Helsinki, FI | 184 |
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 151 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 92 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 81 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 77 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 74 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 69 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 60 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 56 |
| Olocation not on record | 54 |
| Oulu, FI | 50 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 42 |
| Bergen, NO | 31 |
| Bern, CH | 31 |
| MAlocation not on record | 31 |
| Salzburg, AT | 28 |
| Uppsala, SE | 23 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 22 |
| Rishon Le Zion, IL | 20 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 20 |
| Turku, FI | 19 |
| BClocation not on record | 19 |
| South Kensington, GB | 19 |
| Trondheim, NO | 19 |
| Berlin, DE | 17 |
| Görlitz, DE | 17 |
| Dresden, DE | 17 |
| Odawara, JP | 16 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 15 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 15 |
| DAOlocation not on record | 15 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 14 |
| Paris, FR | 13 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 13 |
| POL003location not on record | 12 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 12 |
| Brussel, BE | 12 |
| TUR-Alocation not on record | 12 |
| Ischia Marine Centrelocation not on record | 12 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 11 |
| Uniwersytet Warszawskilocation not on record | 11 |
| Tartu, EE | 11 |
| Alicante, ES | 10 |
| Philadelphia, US | 10 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 9 |
| Tallinn, EE | 9 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 9 |
| Bronx, US | 9 |
| València, ES | 9 |
| Salamanca, ES | 9 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 8 |
| Tilburg, NL | 8 |
| IDElocation not on record | 8 |
| Wlocation not on record | 8 |
| Mlocation not on record | 7 |
| Jyväskylä, FI | 7 |
| Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswaldlocation not on record | 7 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 7 |
| Chiba, JP | 7 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 7 |
| Zürich, CH | 7 |
| NMBU:MINAlocation not on record | 6 |
| ROM007location not on record | 6 |
| UniKSlocation not on record | 6 |
| Davis, US | 6 |
| Porvoo, FI | 6 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 6 |
| KIRMlocation not on record | 6 |
| Zürich, CH | 6 |
| Canberra, AU | 6 |
| ESP003location not on record | 5 |
| Tula State Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical Universitylocation not on record | 5 |
| Garðabær, IS | 5 |
| Tomioka, JP | 5 |
| Tsukuba, JP | 5 |
| BSBIlocation not on record | 5 |
| Tokushima, JP | 5 |
| SZUlocation not on record | 5 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 5 |
| GMBAlocation not on record | 5 |
| Claremont, US | 5 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 5 |
| Hobart, AU | 5 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 5 |
| Emporia, US | 4 |
| Madison, US | 4 |
| Bourges, FR | 4 |
| Mexico City, MX | 4 |
| Córdoba, ES | 4 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 4 |
| Kuopio, FI | 4 |
| Barcelona, ES | 3 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 3 |
| Nijmegen, NL | 3 |
| SXTCMlocation not on record | 3 |
| Kochi, JP | 3 |
| Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistanlocation not on record | 3 |
| Mississippi State, US | 3 |
| Beijing, CN | 3 |
| Stockholm, SE | 3 |
| Kensington, AU | 3 |
| Saint Louis, US | 3 |
| Vancouver, CA | 3 |
| CASlocation not on record | 3 |
| Burlington, US | 3 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 3 |
| Bratislava, SK | 3 |
| Pullman, US | 3 |
| Adelaide, AU | 3 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 3 |
| Forssa, FI | 3 |
| University of New Hampshirelocation not on record | 3 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 3 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Riverside, US | 3 |
| National Museum Waleslocation not on record | 3 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 2 |
| Kew, GB | 2 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 2 |
| Brisbane, AU | 2 |
| 2 | |
| Sanda, JP | 2 |
| Bloomington, US | 2 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 2 |
| Toronto, CA | 2 |
| Pretoria, ZA | 2 |
| Shinshu Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Madrid, ES | 2 |
| Urumqi, CN | 2 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 2 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 2 |
| OLAlocation not on record | 2 |
| San Diego, US | 2 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 2 |
| Missoula, US | 2 |
| Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record | 2 |
| JBCLMlocation not on record | 2 |
| Tampa, US | 2 |
| Badajoz, ES | 2 |
| Auckland, NZ | 2 |
| University of Patraslocation not on record | 1 |
| Institute of Applied Ecology, Academia Sinicalocation not on record | 1 |
| WINlocation not on record | 1 |
| College Park, US | 1 |
| Northridge, US | 1 |
| Los Angeles, US | 1 |
| Whitehorse, CA | 1 |
| Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record | 1 |
| Jaén, ES | 1 |
| Chadron, US | 1 |
| Hudson, US | 1 |
| Salvador, BR | 1 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 1 |
| ROM023location not on record | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 1 |
| Zhejiang Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 1 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 1 |
| Saint John, CA | 1 |
| Banyoles, ES | 1 |
| Tromso University Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Millersville, US | 1 |
| UFMSlocation not on record | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| UChlocation not on record | 1 |
| Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, AR | 1 |
| Glarus, CH | 1 |
| Kawasaki Shi Tama Ku, JP | 1 |
| Wellington, NZ | 1 |
| MHNAIXlocation not on record | 1 |
| B.A. Bennett Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Henry Brockhouse Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 1 |
| Vitoria, ES | 1 |
| UFOPlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 1 |
| Uniwersytet Opolskilocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record | 1 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 1 |
| Albuquerque, US | 1 |
| Lincoln, US | 1 |
| Durham, US | 1 |
| Cape Town, ZA | 1 |
| St. Paul, US | 1 |
| Montréal, CA | 1 |
| Pocatello, US | 1 |
| UNESP-ISlocation not on record | 1 |
| PUC-RSlocation not on record | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| Xiamen, CN | 1 |
| Göteborg, SE | 1 |
| Sevilla, ES | 1 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 1 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 1 |
| Turlock, US | 1 |
| CJBNlocation not on record | 1 |
| Fort Worth, US | 1 |
| Chengdu, CN | 1 |
| Uniwersytet Jagiellońskilocation not on record | 1 |
| San Diego Natural History Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Corvallis, US | 1 |
| Kunming, CN | 1 |
| H-Lippertlocation not on record | 1 |
| Phoenix, US | 1 |
| QVMAGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Granada, ES | 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 Sinapis alba 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?
Measured at samplingin-field
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.