Victoria cruziana

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Nymphaeales/Nymphaeaceae/Victoria

At a glance

Occurrence records174

Data sources9

Biological traits13

DNA specimens6

eDNA detections6

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Victoria cruziana's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility174 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI6 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 specimens↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

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

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

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 & measurements3 literature sources13 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS1 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF174 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries6 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD6 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT4 Gbp

01Narrative

Victoria cruziana est une espèce de plantes à fleurs de la famille des Nymphaeaceae. C'est un nénuphar tropical géant originaire d'Amérique du Sud. Partie intégrante de l'écosystème riche des zones humides du Pantanal et des Étangs de l'Iberá, il s'intègre dans les réservoirs et couvre de vastes zones d'eau stagnante.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Life cycle & reproduction3

Life formhydroperennial

Life spanperennial

Lifeform raunkiaer detailedhydrophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment9

Aquaticaquatic

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max500 m

Elevation min0 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: herb · TRY: Aquatic

Habitat GIFTVegetação Aquática

Woodinessnon-woody

03Chemical composition1 compounds

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

Compound class profile1 class

Anthocyanidins1

Documented compounds1 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Class	Amount	Source

05DNA & barcoding6 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 Victoria cruziana has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens6

Marker genes4

eDNA detections6

Countries1

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★rbcL★ITS★ITS2

plant barcodefungal barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT

The complete instruction manual Victoria cruziana 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 size3 987 794 999 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 Victoria cruziana3.99 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

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 = 24 n = 12

Ploidy2× diploid · measured

Chromosome records24–242n range24median24mode8records

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

2n 248×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-fedorov +2

GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database — ↗

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Okada, H. & M. TAMURA. 1981. Karyomorphological study on the Nymphaeales. J. Jap. Bot. 56: 367–375.

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Wei, P. h., W. p. Chen & R. y. Chen. 1994. Study on the karyotype analysis of Nymphaeaceae and its taxonomic position. Acta Phytotax. Sin. 32(4): 293–300.

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Diao. 2006. Nuclear DNA C-values in 12 species in Nymphaeales. Caryologia 59: 25–30.

CCDB · book-fedorov — Langlet, SBderberg 1927

CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants — Heitz 1932

CCDB · kew — Diao Y, Chen L, Yang GX, Zhou MQ, Song YC, Hu ZL, Liu JY. 2006. Nuclear DNA C-values in 12 species in Nymphaeales. Caryologia 59: 25-30.

n 121×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71

CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — LEPPER, L. 1970. Beitrage zur Chromosomenzahlen-Dokumentation. Wiss. z. Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Math.-Naturwiss. Reihe 19: 369-376.

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

diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database

GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-scale

PloiDB · family-scale — chromEvol; reliability=0.904 ↗

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.

Assembly levelChromosome

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type174 records

Wild obs. + sensor146

Museum / vouchered26

Cultivated / captive2

Origin

Introduced1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO428 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 accuracy85% within 1 km

≤100 m 45≤1 km 50≤10 km 15>10 km 2

112 georeferenced · 34 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor146

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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤1 km 1

1 georeferenced · 25 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence26

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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

Coordinate accuracy50% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤10 km 1

2 georeferenced

Open the mapnot free-living2

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 institutions6 of 8 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Saint Louis, US	5
Corrientes, AR	5
San Isidro, AR	5
Stockholm, SE	2
Berlin, DE	2
Minia, EG	2
UNESP, Campus São José Rio Prêtolocation not on record	1
LDlocation not on record	1

8 institutions · 23 of 26 vouchered records shown · 3 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 DNA6 detections

Where the DNA of Victoria cruziana 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 found6

Studies independent surveys1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 6 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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