Urceolina amazonica

(Linden ex Planch.) Christenh. & Byng · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Urceolina

At a glance

Occurrence records119

Data sources7

Biological traits10

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections3

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Urceolina amazonica's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation7 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility119 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome ~11.96 Gbp↗

On this page6 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources10 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS · NPASS20 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF119 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries3 detections

Genome at a glanceGoaT12 Gbp

01Narrative

Eucharis amazonica is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to Peru. It is cultivated as an ornamental in many countries and naturalized in Venezuela, Mexico, the West Indies, Ascension Island, Sri Lanka, Fiji, the Solomon Islands and the Society Islands.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesEncyclopedia of Life entry The English name Amazon lily is used for this species, but is also used for the genus Eucharis as a whole (and for other genera). An evergreen bulbous perennial, Eucharis amazonica grows to 75 cm tall by 50 cm broad, with long narrow dark leaves and umbels of fragrant white flowers. The stamens are fused into a single cup.Planchon, Jules Émile. 1857. Journal Général d'Horticulture 12: 69–70, f. 1216.Alan W. Meerow and Bijan Dehgan, "Re-Establishment and Lectotypification of Eucharis amazonica Linden ex Planchon (Amaryllidaceae)", Taxon, Vol. 33, No. 3 (Aug., 1984), pp. 416-422.J Van Bragt, W Luiten, PA Sprenkels, CJ Keijzer, "Flower formation in Eucharis amazonica Linden ex Planchon", Acta Hort. (ISHS) 177:157-164, 1986. In cultivation it is often confused with the hybrid Eucharis × grandiflora. As it is not hardy, it requires a sheltered spot with a protective winter mulch in colder areas. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Eucharis Amazonica flowers and buds.jpg|<Center>Flowers and buds</Center> Eucharis grandiflora 02.jpg|<Center>Flowers and buds</Center> Eucharis grandiflora 03.jpg|<Center>Flowers</Center>

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Life cycle & reproduction3

Life formbulbous geophyte

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formcryptophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment6

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

03Chemical composition20 compounds

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

Compound class profile5 classes

Amarylidaceae alkaloids9

Amarylidaceae alkaloids $ Isoquinoline alkaloids4

Isoquinoline alkaloids3

Flavones2

Amarylidaceae alkaloids $ Indolizidine alkaloids1

Documented compounds20 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(+)-Vittatine	present	LOTUS
(-)-8-Demethylmaritidine	present	LOTUS
(-)-Galantamine	present	LOTUS
(1S,13R,16S,18S)-18-methoxy-15-methyl-5,7,12-trioxa-15-azapentacyclo[11.7.0.01,16.02,10.04,8]icosa-2,4(8),9,19-tetraen-13-ol	present	LOTUS
(1S,13S,16R,18S)-18-methoxy-15-methyl-5,7,12-trioxa-15-azapentacyclo[11.7.0.01,16.02,10.04,8]icosa-2,4(8),9,19-tetraen-13-ol	present	LOTUS
(1S,13S,16S,18S)-18-methoxy-15-methyl-5,7,12-trioxa-15-azapentacyclo[11.7.0.01,16.02,10.04,8]icosa-2,4(8),9,19-tetraen-11-one	present	LOTUS
(5alpha,11S,13beta,19alpha)-1,2-Didehydro-3beta-methoxycrinan-11-ol	present	LOTUS
3-Epimacronine	present	LOTUS
4,5,6-Trimethoxy-9-azatetracyclo[7.6.1.02,7.012,16]hexadeca-1(15),2,4,6,12(16),13-hexaen-8-one	present	LOTUS
Apohaemanthamine	present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcoding3 eDNA hits

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 Urceolina amazonica has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

eDNA detections3

06Genome at a glanceGoaT

The complete instruction manual Urceolina amazonica 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

Genome size11 959 542 857 bp

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).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

THIS GENOME Urceolina amazonica11.96 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type119 records

Wild obs. + sensor113

Museum / vouchered5

Cultivated / captive1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO416 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 accuracy82% within 1 km

≤100 m 55≤1 km 20≤10 km 8>10 km 8

91 georeferenced · 22 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor113

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 · 5 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence5

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 1

1 georeferenced

Open the mapnot free-living1

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 institutions2 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
Jataí / Setor Industrial, BR	2
Brasília, BR	2

2 institutions · 4 of 5 vouchered records shown · 1 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 DNA3 detections

Where the DNA of Urceolina amazonica 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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