Compounds documented for Argemone platyceras 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 platyceras has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
Marker genes1
GenBank sequences1
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.
★ITS1
fungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT
The complete instruction manualArgemone platyceras 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 size586 800 000 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
THIS GENOME Argemone platyceras0.59 Gb
HUMAN3.2 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.
CCDB · kew — Bennett MD, Smith JB. 1976. Nuclear DNA amounts in angiosperms. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences 274: 227-274.
n 143×CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 · CCDB · book-ipcn73-74
CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 — Malik & Mary 1976
CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 — MALIK, C.P., & I.S. GROVER. 1973. The genus Argemone I. Cytogenetic relationships between diploid species. Genetica 44: 55-70.
CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 — MALIK, C.P., & I.S. GROVER. 1974. The genus Argemone. I. Cytogenet relationships between diploid species. Genetica 44: 55-70.
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 accuracy77% within 1 km
≤100 m 194≤1 km 111≤10 km 45>10 km 47
397 georeferenced · 201 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor598
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 accuracy82% within 1 km
≤100 m 192≤1 km 13≤10 km 35>10 km 10
250 georeferenced · 118 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence368
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 institutions36 of 52 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Mexico City, MX
85
Durango, MX
83
Mexico City, MX
32
Puebla, MX
30
Lubbock, US
14
Austin, US
14
EL PASO, US
11
Saint Louis, US
10
ASUlocation not on record
7
GB
6
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
5
Bronx, US
4
Austin, US
4
Denton, US
4
Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Región Xalapalocation not on record
4
Phoenix, US
3
Provo, US
3
Riverside, US
3
LDlocation not on record
2
Chapingo, MX
2
Tapachula, MX
2
Irvine, US
2
Mexico City, MX
2
Waverly, US
2
Tlalnepantla, MX
2
Claremont, US
2
Chicago, US
1
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record
1
Yangling, CN
1
Millersville, US
1
Logan, US
1
Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Moreloslocation not on record
1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
1
MeiseBGlocation not on record
1
Guasave, MX
1
Miami, US
1
Hermosillo, MX
1
Auckland, NZ
1
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
1
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
1
Henderson, US
1
Davenport, US
1
Christchurch, NZ
1
Carter County Museumlocation not on record
1
Giardini Botanici Hanburylocation not on record
1
Ciudad de México, MX
1
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
1
NO DISPONIBLElocation not on record
1
Durango, US
1
Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Méxicolocation not on record
1
Flagstaff, US
1
CASlocation not on record
1
52 institutions · 364 of 368 vouchered records shown · 4 without an institution code
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility969 records↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
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
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗