Argemone ochroleuca is a species of prickly poppy, a flowering plant commonly known as pale Mexican prickly poppy or Mexican poppy. It is native to Mexico and is also an introduced weed in many temperate and tropical regions of the world. It can grow up to in height and has a sticky yellow sap.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Argemone ochroleuca across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
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 Argemone ochroleuca has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens9
Marker genes4
GenBank sequences9
eDNA detections4
Countries3
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ 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.
★matK3★rbcL5★rbcLa★ITS1
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualArgemone ochroleuca 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.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Bir, S. S. & M. Sidhu. 1980. Cyto-palynological studies on weed flora of cultivable lands of Patiala district (Punjab). J. Palynol. 16: 85–105.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Bir, S. S. & M. Sidhu. 1980. Cyto-palynological studies on weed flora of cultivable lands of Patiala district (Punjab). J. Palynol. 16: 85–105.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Trivedi, M. P. & R. N. Trivedi. 1992. Chromosomal behaviour in weeds. Glimpses Cytogenet. India 3: 188–198.
CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 — Koul et al. 1976a
n 142×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · Cave1959
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Koshy, J. K. & P. M. Mathew. 1988. Cytological studies in a few species of the Papaveraceae from south India. Cytologia 53: 647–652.
CCDB · Cave1959 — Ernst 1959
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy89% within 1 km
≤100 m 2 963≤1 km 798≤10 km 308>10 km 143
4 212 georeferenced · 1 613 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor5 825
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 accuracy94% within 1 km
≤100 m 315≤1 km 21≤10 km 21>10 km 1
358 georeferenced · 312 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence670
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 institutions46 of 64 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Durango, MX
107
Mexico City, MX
73
Mexico City, MX
48
Anchorage, US
46
Chapingo, MX
41
Christchurch, NZ
33
Saint Louis, US
29
San Diego, US
25
Juriquilla, MX
24
Riverside, US
22
Kensington, AU
18
Guasave, MX
14
Armidale, AU
13
Tlalnepantla, MX
13
Ciudad de México, MX
12
ASUlocation not on record
10
GB
10
Smithfield, AU
9
Auckland, NZ
9
Puebla, MX
9
La Paz, MX
9
Mexico City, MX
8
Hermosillo, MX
7
Kew, GB
7
Toluca, MX
6
Autlán de Navarro, MX
5
Giardini Botanici Hanburylocation not on record
4
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
3
Pretoria, ZA
3
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
3
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbariumlocation not on record
2
Stellenbosch University, DST- NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biologylocation not on record
2
Mexico City, MX
2
Lubbock, US
2
Chicago, US
2
Mount Annan, AU
2
Brisbane, AU
2
Centro Cultural Santo Domingolocation not on record
2
Mazatlán, MX
2
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
2
Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Moreloslocation not on record
2
Pullman, US
1
Universidad Autónoma de Nayaritlocation not on record
1
MEXUlocation not on record
1
Clemson, US
1
Arizona State University Biocollectionslocation not on record
1
Tepatitlán de Morelos, MX
1
Palmerston, AU
1
Palmerston North, NZ
1
Albuquerque, US
1
Canberra, AU
1
BGPAlocation not on record
1
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record
1
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
1
Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Región Xalapalocation not on record
1
Cape Town, ZA
1
Zacatecas, MX
1
T. M. Bhagalpur Universitylocation not on record
1
Mexico City, MX
1
EL PASO, US
1
MAlocation not on record
1
Tampa, US
1
Wollongong, AU
1
Culiacán, MX
1
64 institutions · 665 of 670 vouchered records shown · 5 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA4 detections
Where the DNA of Argemone ochroleuca 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 found4
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 4 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
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.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median18.6 °C 17.6–20.0
Seasonal swing summer↔winter10.8 °C
Max temp (day)25.8 °C 24.5–26.5
Min temp (night)11.5 °C 10.9–13.1
Precipitation24.1 mm/mo 15.9–61.3
Air humidity52.0 % 48.3–55.0
Moisture balance-93.5 mm/mo -121–-72.9
Vapour deficit1,075 Pa 904–1,171
Wind speed2.30 m/s 1.90–3.10
Cloud cover13.8 % 9.50–16.1
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 4 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility6 512 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics9 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