Taxus baccata
speciesAt a glance
Sources15 archives
Databases and archives Taxus baccata's data was compiled from.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility195 847 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI73 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics85 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↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
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.
L'If commun ou If à baies est une espèce de conifères non résineux, de la famille des Taxacées. Très longévif et poussant lentement, c’est un arbre qui se prête bien à la taille. Il fait partie des plantes toxiques. Devenu rares, les ifs sont protégés au titre d'habitat prioritaire en Europe. Un peuplement d'ifs est une ivaie. Les ivaies sont parfois ripicoles, et certaines étaient ou sont encore des bois sacrés.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology20
Life cycle & reproduction36
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment31
Physiology & chemistry27
Uses & economy15
Other traits8
Compounds documented for Taxus baccata across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds327 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-lariciresinol | present | LOTUS | |
| (+)-Rhododendrol | present | LOTUS | |
| (+)-Secoisolariciresinol | present | LOTUS | |
| (+)-Yunnanxane | present | LOTUS | |
| (-)-3-Demethylisolariciresinol | present | LOTUS | |
| (-)-Hibalactone; (-)-Savinin; NSC 150442;Savinine;Hibalactone | present | LOTUS | |
| (-)-Matairesinol | present | LOTUS | |
| (1,2,9,10-Tetrahydroxy-8,12,15,15-tetramethyl-4-methylidene-13-oxo-5-tricyclo[9.3.1.03,8]pentadec-11-enyl) 3-phenylprop-2-enoate | present | LOTUS | |
| (10-Acetyloxy-2,7,13-trihydroxy-4,14,15,15-tetramethyl-3-oxo-5-tricyclo[9.3.1.14,8]hexadeca-1(14),8-dienyl) acetate | present | LOTUS | |
| (10-Acetyloxy-2,9-dihydroxy-8,12,15,15-tetramethyl-4-methylidene-13-oxo-5-tricyclo[9.3.1.03,8]pentadec-11-enyl) 3-(dimethylamino)-3-phenylpropanoate | 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 Taxus baccata 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 Taxus baccata 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 2415×GoaT · DTOL Flowering Plants Estimates Kew · GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · slov-fl +6
diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-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 solid bar is the fossil range: the span between the oldest and the youngest fossil that palaeontologists have assigned to Taxus baccata. Above itBeside it, each dot is one dated fossil find — few enough to count, so they are drawn individually rather than as a graph.
Record type195 851 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 institutions109 of 199 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 512 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 452 |
| Olocation not on record | 367 |
| LDlocation not on record | 290 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 231 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 227 |
| Helsinki, FI | 216 |
| Salzburg, AT | 214 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 198 |
| Paris, FR | 194 |
| Uppsala, SE | 181 |
| H-Wolflocation not on record | 149 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 147 |
| Bergen, NO | 135 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 135 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 131 |
| University of Silesia in Katowicelocation not on record | 108 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 102 |
| Wlocation not on record | 96 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 95 |
| MAlocation not on record | 84 |
| València, ES | 77 |
| Vitoria, ES | 63 |
| Turku, FI | 54 |
| Trondheim, NO | 52 |
| Kew, GB | 49 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 45 |
| Barcelona, ES | 43 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 43 |
| Zürich, CH | 41 |
| Bern, CH | 37 |
| Tartu, EE | 36 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 35 |
| San Sebastián, ES | 31 |
| South Kensington, GB | 31 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 30 |
| LfUlocation not on record | 29 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 29 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 25 |
| Zürich, CH | 24 |
| Oulu, FI | 24 |
| Bronx, US | 24 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 22 |
| Philadelphia, US | 22 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 21 |
| Tallinn, EE | 20 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 20 |
| Kuopio, FI | 19 |
| BClocation not on record | 19 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 18 |
| Auckland, NZ | 17 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 14 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 14 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 13 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 12 |
| Rotorua, NZ | 12 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 12 |
| Alicante, ES | 12 |
| College Park, US | 12 |
| Görlitz, DE | 11 |
| Madrid, ES | 11 |
| Salamanca, ES | 10 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 9 |
| Granada, ES | 9 |
| TUR-Alocation not on record | 9 |
| Jyväskylä, FI | 9 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 9 |
| ISAlocation not on record | 8 |
| Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowielocation not on record | 8 |
| Tampere, FI | 8 |
| Uniwersytet Jagiellońskilocation not on record | 7 |
| Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswaldlocation not on record | 7 |
| Corvallis, US | 7 |
| Saint Louis, US | 7 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 7 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 6 |
| Millersville, US | 6 |
| IFR-DNFlocation not on record | 6 |
| Mlocation not on record | 6 |
| SZUlocation not on record | 6 |
| NMBU:MINAlocation not on record | 5 |
| Sion, CH | 5 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 5 |
| Pamplona, ES | 5 |
| FFPRIlocation not on record | 5 |
| University of New Hampshirelocation not on record | 5 |
| Phyletisches Museum Jenalocation not on record | 5 |
| Badajoz, ES | 5 |
| Tilburg, NL | 5 |
| Dresden, DE | 4 |
| National Museum Waleslocation not on record | 4 |
| New Haven, US | 4 |
| Denver, US | 4 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 4 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 4 |
| Sevilla, ES | 4 |
| Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| JBSlocation not on record | 4 |
| Hobart, AU | 4 |
| Uniwersytet Opolskilocation not on record | 4 |
| Berlin, DE | 3 |
| BioFokuslocation not on record | 3 |
| Armidale, AU | 3 |
| Porvoo, FI | 3 |
| Durham, US | 3 |
| OLAlocation not on record | 3 |
| Madrid, ES | 3 |
| Philadelphia, US | 3 |
| UIBlocation not on record | 3 |
| Finnish Museum of Natural History, Botanical Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Stockholm, SE | 3 |
| Podgorica, ME | 3 |
| PRClocation not on record | 3 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 3 |
| University of Gdansk, Dept. of Plant Taxonomy & Nature Conservationlocation not on record | 3 |
| Logan, US | 3 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 3 |
| San Francisco, US | 2 |
| Vancouver, CA | 2 |
| Stockholm, SE | 2 |
| Uniwersytet Warszawskilocation not on record | 2 |
| Santiago de Compostela, ES | 2 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 2 |
| Macomb, US | 2 |
| UoB-IBlocation not on record | 2 |
| Museo della Bonifica di San Donà di Piavelocation not on record | 2 |
| Smithfield, AU | 2 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 2 |
| Bangkok, TH | 2 |
| Pullman, US | 2 |
| Wellington, NZ | 2 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Winterthur, CH | 2 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 2 |
| Glarus, CH | 2 |
| Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record | 2 |
| Davis, US | 2 |
| Canberra, AU | 2 |
| PrivatHerblocation not on record | 2 |
| UEMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| Flagstaff, US | 1 |
| Victoria, CA | 1 |
| Irvine, US | 1 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 1 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 1 |
| Fredericksburg, US | 1 |
| Ivano-Frankove, UA | 1 |
| San Angelo, US | 1 |
| No collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 1 |
| Mississippi State, US | 1 |
| Western Carolina Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Boise, US | 1 |
| Portland, US | 1 |
| Richmond, US | 1 |
| Bourges, FR | 1 |
| Coimbra, PT | 1 |
| Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record | 1 |
| Davenport, US | 1 |
| Staten Island, US | 1 |
| Minia, EG | 1 |
| Salvador, BR | 1 |
| Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record | 1 |
| Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Appalachian State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Göteborg, SE | 1 |
| Fulda, DE | 1 |
| Bothell, US | 1 |
| Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghlocation not on record | 1 |
| Cochabamba, BO | 1 |
| Lausanne, CH | 1 |
| La Paz, BO | 1 |
| China Agricultural Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| Riverside, US | 1 |
| Boumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Sede di Via Giorgio La Pira del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze | Via Giorgio La Pira headquarter of the Natural History Museum in Florencelocation not on record | 1 |
| James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record | 1 |
| Obihiro Centennial City Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Qarshi Botanical Gardenlocation not on record | 1 |
| ER-Gaucklocation not on record | 1 |
| Pamplona, ES | 1 |
| Banyoles, ES | 1 |
| Québec, CA | 1 |
| TAFORI-LSRClocation not on record | 1 |
| Namur, BE | 1 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 1 |
| H-Schuhwlocation not on record | 1 |
| San Diego, US | 1 |
| Herb. BBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 1 |
| Tampa, US | 1 |
| Fribourg, CH | 1 |
| Dekalb, US | 1 |
| Musée des Confluenceslocation 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 Taxus baccata 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.