Spiranthes sinensis
(Pers.) Ames · speciesAt a glance
Sources14 archives
Databases and archives Spiranthes sinensis's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation8 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility5 294 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI24 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics24 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↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Spiranthes sinensis, commonly known as the Chinese spiranthes, is a species of orchid occurring in eastern and southeastern Asia.Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames, Digital Flora of Taiwan Spiranthes sinensis was long thought to be a species complex, and more than 30 names have been synonymized under it; recent molecular and morphological data found that the complex was composed of six distinct species. 'True' S. sinensis sensu stricto is glabrous, blooms in the spring, and has pale blush-pink flowers. This species had formerly been thought to occur throughout Asia and Australia, it is actually restricted to southeast Asia, eastern East Asia, and southern Japan. The other species to be recognized out of this species complex are Spiranthes australis, Spiranthes flexuosa, Spiranthes maokensis, Spiranthes sunii, and Spiranthes suishanensis. Spiranthes sinensis
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology8
Life cycle & reproduction12
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment15
Physiology & chemistry2
Other traits1
Compounds documented for Spiranthes sinensis across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds43 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1R,11S,13S,17R,27S,28E,33S,35S,36S,38E)-28,38-di(ethylidene)-8,14,24,30-tetrazaundecacyclo[25.5.2.211,14.11,26.110,17.02,7.013,17.018,23.030,33.08,35.024,36]octatriaconta-2,4,6,9,18,20,22,25-octaene | present | NPASS | |
| (1S,9S,10E,11S,12E,17R)-12-ethylidene-10-(hydroxymethylidene)-8,14-diazapentacyclo[9.5.2.01,9.02,7.014,17]octadeca-2,4,6-trien-17-ol | present | NPASS | |
| (2S)-2-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)-7-methoxy-2,3,4,5-tetrahydronaphtho[2,1-e][1]benzofuran-9-ol | present | LOTUS | |
| (2S)-6-[(4-hydroxyphenyl)methyl]-2-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)-7-methoxy-2,3,4,5-tetrahydronaphtho[2,1-e][1]benzofuran-9-ol | present | LOTUS | |
| (3R,5S,8S,10R,13R,14S,17R)-17-[(2R)-4-[(1R)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl]butan-2-yl]-4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-2,3,5,6,7,8,12,15,16,17-decahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol | present | LOTUS | |
| (3R,5S,8S,10R,13R,14S,17R)-17-[(2S)-4-[(1R)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl]butan-2-yl]-4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-2,3,5,6,7,8,12,15,16,17-decahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol | present | LOTUS | |
| 3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5R)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-5,7-dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-8-[(4-hydroxyphenyl)methyl]chromen-4-one | present | LOTUS | |
| 4-(Methoxymethyl)phenol | present | LOTUS | |
| 4-[3-[3-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)propoxy]propyl]phenol | present | LOTUS | |
| 4-Ethoxymethylphenol | 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 Spiranthes sinensis 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 Spiranthes sinensis 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 3020×CCDB · iapt · CCDB · new-zealand · CCDB · book-ipcn65 +6
2n 244×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · book-indian_vol2 · CCDB · book-fedorov
2n 203×CCDB · book-indian_vol2 · CCDB · book-fedorov · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants
2n 601×CCDB · book-indian_vol2
n 302×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78
n 121×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Record type5 294 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 institutions64 of 117 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Beijing, CN | 447 |
| Kunming, CN | 204 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 185 |
| Chengdu, CN | 178 |
| Chengdu, CN | 104 |
| South Kensington, GB | 89 |
| Nagatoro-machi, Chichibu-gun, JP | 81 |
| Yangling, CN | 66 |
| Institute of Applied Ecology, Academia Sinicalocation not on record | 59 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 42 |
| Seoul, KR | 42 |
| Nanjing, CN | 40 |
| Canberra, AU | 39 |
| Taipei, TW | 36 |
| Guilin, CN | 30 |
| KIRMlocation not on record | 30 |
| Xining, CN | 27 |
| Taipei, TW | 25 |
| Lanzhou, CN | 24 |
| Nishihara, JP | 24 |
| KR | 22 |
| Zhengzhou, CN | 20 |
| GMBAlocation not on record | 20 |
| FJIDClocation not on record | 20 |
| Saint Louis, US | 17 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 16 |
| Taipei, TW | 16 |
| Xian, CN | 15 |
| Jiangxi College of Educationlocation not on record | 14 |
| Hangzhou, CN | 14 |
| ENTClocation not on record | 13 |
| Paris, FR | 13 |
| Wellington, NZ | 12 |
| Herbarium of the Department of Botany, University of Tokyolocation not on record | 11 |
| JP | 10 |
| Inner Mongolia Universitylocation not on record | 10 |
| Nishihara, JP | 10 |
| Batemans Bay, AU | 9 |
| Nanchong, CN | 9 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 9 |
| Odawara, JP | 9 |
| Institute of the biological problems of the North FEB RASlocation not on record | 9 |
| Bronx, US | 9 |
| WNNUlocation not on record | 9 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 9 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 9 |
| Changsha, CN | 8 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 8 |
| Guiyang, CN | 8 |
| Kushiro City Museumlocation not on record | 8 |
| Brisbane, AU | 7 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 7 |
| Zhejiang Universitylocation not on record | 6 |
| 黔东南州民族医药研究所标本室location not on record | 6 |
| Nanjing, CN | 6 |
| Shanxi Institute of Biologylocation not on record | 6 |
| Tsukuba, JP | 6 |
| SXTCMlocation not on record | 6 |
| Xiamen, CN | 6 |
| Wuhan, CN | 6 |
| Fujian Institute of Subtropical Botanylocation not on record | 5 |
| Tampa, US | 5 |
| Zhejiang Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 5 |
| TAIElocation not on record | 5 |
| Zhuzhou, CN | 5 |
| Kyoto Universitylocation not on record | 5 |
| Plocation not on record | 5 |
| Nagasaki University - Fisherieslocation not on record | 5 |
| Ischia Marine Centrelocation not on record | 4 |
| Chongqing Natural History Museumlocation not on record | 4 |
| Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Scienceslocation not on record | 4 |
| Burlington, US | 4 |
| Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologialocation not on record | 4 |
| Peking Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| IWEP FEB RASlocation not on record | 4 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 4 |
| Xinxiang, CN | 3 |
| Madison, US | 3 |
| Shanxi Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 3 |
| Hebei Normal Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Angwin, US | 2 |
| Iwate Prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Chiba, JP | 2 |
| KNAMlocation not on record | 2 |
| LDlocation not on record | 2 |
| Stockholm, SE | 2 |
| Logan, US | 2 |
| Forest Survey and Design Institute, Forestry Administrative Bureau of Daxinganlinglocation not on record | 2 |
| Nagano City, JP | 2 |
| Kochi, JP | 2 |
| DMZ botanic gardenlocation not on record | 2 |
| Central China Normal Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Awka, NG | 2 |
| Tianjin Natural History Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Yunnan Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Cambridge, US | 1 |
| Lanzhou Institute of Desert Research, Academia Sinicalocation not on record | 1 |
| nlocation not on record | 1 |
| Pondicherry, IN | 1 |
| Capital Normal Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 1 |
| Wuhan, CN | 1 |
| Kensington, AU | 1 |
| Kagoshima, JP | 1 |
| NSMKlocation not on record | 1 |
| Zürich, CH | 1 |
| Wlocation not on record | 1 |
| Toyota city nature sanctuarylocation not on record | 1 |
| Guangxi Institute of Traditional Medical and Pharmaceutical Scienceslocation not on record | 1 |
| Shanghai, CN | 1 |
| Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| TNMlocation not on record | 1 |
| KIWElocation not on record | 1 |
| Toyama, JP | 1 |
| Honolulu, US | 1 |
| QVMAGlocation not on record | 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 Spiranthes sinensis 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.