Turnera subulata
J.E.Sm. · speciesAt a glance
Sources13 archives
Databases and archives Turnera subulata's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation7 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility5 441 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
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
Tree of SexTree of Sex Consortiumgenome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Turnera subulata is a species of flowering plant in the passionflower family known by the common names white buttercup, sulphur alder, politician's flower, dark-eyed turnera,Yim, E. What’s up, buttercup? New Straits Times (Malaysia). April 28, 2012. and white alder.Turnera subulata. US Forest Service. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER) Despite its names, it is not related to the buttercups or the alders. It is native to Central and South America, from Panama south to Brazil. It is well known in many other places as an introduced species, such as Malaysia, Indonesia, several other Pacific Islands, the Caribbean, and Florida in the United States. It is commonly cultivated as a garden flower.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology7
Life cycle & reproduction2
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment12
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 Turnera subulata 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 Turnera subulata 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 2010×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · croinout · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl +2
2n 106×GoaT · Tree of Sex Database · GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · croinout +3
2n 401×CCDB · iapt
diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
polyploid 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 type5 441 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.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions44 of 110 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| UNIVASFlocation not on record | 105 |
| Universidade Federal do Maranhãolocation not on record | 63 |
| Masindi, UG | 57 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 53 |
| Bronx, US | 50 |
| Chaguaramas, TT | 46 |
| Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologialocation not on record | 45 |
| Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Nortelocation not on record | 42 |
| UFPElocation not on record | 39 |
| Saint Louis, US | 39 |
| Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)location not on record | 38 |
| Chicago, US | 36 |
| Universidade Federal do Ceara, Departamento de Biologialocation not on record | 35 |
| UFERSAlocation not on record | 33 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 27 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 23 |
| Empresa Pernambucana de Pesquisa Agropecuária, IPAlocation not on record | 21 |
| UFRPElocation not on record | 20 |
| Feira de Santana, BR | 20 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 18 |
| Kew, GB | 16 |
| Salvador, BR | 16 |
| UEMAlocation not on record | 16 |
| CPATSAlocation not on record | 13 |
| HACAMlocation not on record | 12 |
| Canberra, AU | 11 |
| URCAlocation not on record | 9 |
| Cenargenlocation not on record | 9 |
| Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record | 9 |
| Brisbane, AU | 9 |
| UFBAlocation not on record | 9 |
| IECOSlocation not on record | 8 |
| Porto Alegre, BR | 8 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk, UA | 8 |
| UFPIlocation not on record | 7 |
| UnBlocation not on record | 7 |
| CEPLAClocation not on record | 7 |
| Smithfield, AU | 6 |
| Brasília, BR | 6 |
| Blumenau, BR | 6 |
| Brasília, BR | 5 |
| IPA/SPlocation not on record | 5 |
| Corrientes, AR | 5 |
| Palmerston, AU | 5 |
| UFESlocation not on record | 4 |
| Tampa, US | 4 |
| Universidade Paulistalocation not on record | 4 |
| Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record | 4 |
| USP-IBlocation not on record | 4 |
| UEMlocation not on record | 4 |
| Jataí / Setor Industrial, BR | 4 |
| Federal University of Espírito Santolocation not on record | 3 |
| UTFPR-SLlocation not on record | 3 |
| Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sullocation not on record | 3 |
| Institut fur Allgemeine Mikrobiologielocation not on record | 3 |
| Fortaleza, BR | 3 |
| Ilhéus, BR | 3 |
| UNICAMPlocation not on record | 3 |
| Puerto Ayora, EC | 3 |
| Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record | 3 |
| Foz do Iguaçu, BR | 3 |
| Pondicherry, IN | 3 |
| CUVClocation not on record | 2 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 2 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 2 |
| Santarém, BR | 2 |
| Bogotá, D.C., CO | 2 |
| Universidad del Valle (UV)location not on record | 2 |
| UTFPR-CPlocation not on record | 2 |
| HUAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Johnson City, US | 2 |
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO | 2 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 2 |
| Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record | 2 |
| UNESP-IBILCElocation not on record | 2 |
| Cruz das Almas, BR | 2 |
| UFMSlocation not on record | 2 |
| UNIVILLElocation not on record | 2 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 2 |
| Santiago de Cali, CO | 2 |
| Campo Grande, BR | 2 |
| Uppsala, SE | 1 |
| Instituto do Meio Ambientelocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record | 1 |
| UFAClocation not on record | 1 |
| Jardín Botánico de Cartagena "Guillermo Piñeres" (JBC)location not on record | 1 |
| Universidade Federal do Espírito Santolocation not on record | 1 |
| EL PASO, US | 1 |
| Davis, US | 1 |
| QCNElocation not on record | 1 |
| La Paz, BO | 1 |
| Ural Federal University "B. N. Yeltsin"location not on record | 1 |
| CEPEC, CEPLAC e Universidade Federal do Sul da Bahialocation not on record | 1 |
| UFSClocation not on record | 1 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 1 |
| HUENFlocation not on record | 1 |
| TAIElocation not on record | 1 |
| Bloomington, US | 1 |
| Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV | 1 |
| FPMZBlocation not on record | 1 |
| UFMGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Cochabamba, BO | 1 |
| Berlin, DE | 1 |
| León, NI | 1 |
| Teresina, BR | 1 |
| Campo Mourão, BR | 1 |
| Centro de Pesquisas Agropecuarias do Tropico Umidolocation not on record | 1 |
| UEGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Cuiabá, BR | 1 |
| UFSCarlocation not on record | 1 |
Where the DNA of Turnera subulata 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?
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.