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NarrativeWikipediaarticle
Traits & measurements4 literature sources95 traits
Chemical compositionLOTUS19 compounds
Occurrence & distributionGBIF3 307 records
Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 28
01Narrative
Argemone polyanthemos growing beside a trail in Boulder, CO in the Southwestern USA. Argemone polyanthemos, the crested pricklypoppy, is an annual plant with yellow sap and showy white flowers in the poppy family (Papaveraceae).Sonoran Desert Wildflowers, Richard Spellenberg, 2nd ed., 2012, It can be found in areas with dry soil in most of the North American southwest. Because of its prickly defenses, and acrid taste from its poisons, grazing animals tend to avoid it, so it increases in numbers compared to other plants in grazed areas.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Argemone polyanthemos 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 polyanthemos has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualArgemone polyanthemos 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.
Chromosomes2n = 28 n = 14
Ploidydiploid inferred
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 281×CCDB · eflora
CCDB · eflora
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 accuracy87% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 463≤1 km 319≤10 km 170>10 km 103
2 055 georeferenced · 466 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor2 521
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 accuracy39% within 1 km
≤100 m 50≤1 km 139≤10 km 226>10 km 70
485 georeferenced · 301 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence786
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 institutions41 of 54 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Wuzhou, CN
230
Chadron, US
69
Bronx, US
56
Denver, US
54
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
48
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
46
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
32
Fort Worth, US
24
Spearfish, US
24
Emporia, US
24
EL PASO, US
21
Lubbock, US
20
Lincoln, US
18
Austin, US
10
Albuquerque, US
7
BAYLUlocation not on record
7
Brookings, US
7
Saint Louis, US
7
Tempe, US
6
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
6
Bozeman, US
5
Tampa, US
5
Flagstaff, US
5
Stephenville, US
4
ASUlocation not on record
4
Bloomington, US
4
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
4
US
3
Pittsburg, US
3
Missoula, US
3
Columbia, US
2
Durango, US
2
Phoenix, US
2
Logan, US
1
Dekalb, US
1
Davis, US
1
USFSlocation not on record
1
Arizona Western Collegelocation not on record
1
San Luis Obispo, US
1
San Angelo, US
1
University of South Dakotalocation not on record
1
Riyadh Municipalitylocation not on record
1
Waverly, US
1
Grand Junction, US
1
Chapel Hill, US
1
Pocatello, US
1
Boise, US
1
Cheney, US
1
Burlington, US
1
Mexico City, MX
1
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
1
FLASlocation not on record
1
Beijing, CN
1
Denton, US
1
54 institutions · 783 of 786 vouchered records shown · 3 without an institution code
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility3 307 records↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype