Solandra maxima is a flowering plant in the Solanaceae family. It is also known as cup of gold vine, golden chalice vine, or Hawaiian lily, is a vigorous vine which is endemic to Mexico and Central America. It has very large yellow flowers and glossy leaves. Funchal: Botanical garden
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Solandra maxima across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
🍽 Used in cooking
Compound class profile2 classes
Tropane alkaloids1
Simple cyclic polyketides1
Documented compounds2 total
Compound
Class
Amount
Source
(3R)-3-acetyl-6-methylpyran-2,4-dione
present
LOTUS
05DNA & barcoding2 specimens
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 Solandra maxima has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens2
Marker genes3
GenBank sequences7
eDNA detections2
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.
★matK3★rbcL3★ITS1
plant barcodefungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 431 records
Wild obs. + sensor1 121
Museum / vouchered305
Cultivated / captive3
Other2
Origin
Native4
Introduced5
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO3 492 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy89% within 1 km
≤100 m 636≤1 km 134≤10 km 48>10 km 50
868 georeferenced · 253 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 121
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 accuracy90% within 1 km
≤100 m 107≤1 km 11≤10 km 12>10 km 1
131 georeferenced · 174 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence305
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 3 records without
Open the mapnot free-living3
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 institutions39 of 62 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Saint Louis, US
51
Mexico City, MX
46
Durango, MX
45
Bronx, US
13
Auckland, NZ
11
Autlán de Navarro, MX
10
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
8
BISHlocation not on record
7
Honolulu, US
7
León, NI
7
Austin, US
7
South Kensington, GB
6
Riverside, US
6
Durban, ZA
5
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
5
Juriquilla, MX
4
Paris, FR
4
Mount Annan, AU
3
Ciudad de México, MX
3
Mérida, MX
3
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
3
Canberra, AU
3
Kew, GB
2
Smithfield, AU
2
Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record
2
Tapachula, MX
2
Austin, US
2
MeiseBGlocation not on record
1
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
1
Cape Town, ZA
1
Hobart, AU
1
JBRJlocation not on record
1
San Diego, US
1
Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabascolocation not on record
1
Chapingo, MX
1
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
1
Mexico City, MX
1
CASlocation not on record
1
BClocation not on record
1
MEXUlocation not on record
1
Giardini Botanici Hanburylocation not on record
1
Claremont, US
1
Córdoba, AR
1
Jardín Botánico José Celestino Mutis (JBBJCM)location not on record
1
Sociedad para el Estudio de los Recursos Bióticos de Oaxaca, A. C.location not on record
1
Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigacion para el Desarrollo Integral Regional Unidad Oaxacalocation not on record
1
Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Región Xalapalocation not on record
1
Northridge, US
1
WTUlocation not on record
1
València, ES
1
Gump Stationlocation not on record
1
Rotorua, NZ
1
San José, CR
1
Brisbane, AU
1
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
1
Loja, EC
1
University of Zhejianglocation not on record
1
Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record
1
Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV
1
Cambridge, US
1
EL PASO, US
1
BDBClocation not on record
1
62 institutions · 302 of 305 vouchered records shown · 3 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA2 detections
Where the DNA of Solandra maxima 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 found2
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 2 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
Humid temperate forest
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 median16.2 °C 16.2–16.2
Seasonal swing summer↔winter3.60 °C
Max temp (day)20.9 °C
Min temp (night)10.7 °C
Precipitation186 mm/mo
Air humidity67.5 %
Moisture balance76.6 mm/mo
Vapour deficit596 Pa
Wind speed1.70 m/s
Cloud cover30.9 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · 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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 431 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗