Sonchus fruticosus

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Sonchus

At a glance

Occurrence records605

Data sources8

Biological traits5

DNA specimens3

eDNA detections3

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Sonchus fruticosus's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility605 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page7 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources5 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS7 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF605 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries3 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD3 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 18

01Narrative

Sonchus fruticosus est une plante à fleurs de la famille des Asteraceae endémique à l'île de Madère.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesTRYGIFT

Size & morphology1

Plant height1.9 m

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life spanannual

⚠ sources differ — TRY: annual · GIFT: perennial

Lifespan years4 years

Habitat & environment2

Growth formtree

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: tree · TRY: e N

Woodinessnon-woody

03Chemical composition7 compounds

Compounds documented for Sonchus fruticosus across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile2 classes

Flavones5

Simple coumarins2

Documented compounds7 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(3S,4S,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[5-hydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-4-oxochromen-7-yl]oxyoxane-2-carboxylic acid	present	LOTUS
Aesculetin	present	LOTUS
Apiumetrin	present	LOTUS
Luteolin 7-glucoside	present	LOTUS
Luteolin 7-glucuronide	present	LOTUS
Luteolin rutinoside	present	LOTUS
Scopoletin	present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcoding3 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 Sonchus fruticosus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens3

Marker genes1

eDNA detections3

Marker genes sequenced

★ 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.

★matK

plant barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Sonchus fruticosus 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.

Chromosomes2n = 18 n = 9

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome records18–182n range18median18mode2records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 182×CCDB · book-fedorov

CCDB · book-fedorov — Stebbins et al. 1953

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type605 records

Wild obs. + sensor598

Museum / vouchered7

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO432 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 accuracy86% within 1 km

≤100 m 251≤1 km 72≤10 km 33>10 km 18

374 georeferenced · 224 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor598

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 accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 7 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence7

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 institutions1 of 2 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
South Kensington, GB	6
ISAlocation not on record	1

2 institutions · 7 of 7 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA3 detections

Where the DNA of Sonchus fruticosus 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 found3

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 3 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

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.

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.

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