Calliandra eriophylla
Benth. · speciesAt a glance
Sources13 archives
Databases and archives Calliandra eriophylla's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility4 574 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 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
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Calliandra eriophylla, commonly known as fairy duster, is a low spreading shrub which is native to deserts and arid grasslands in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico. The flowers, which appear between late winter and late spring, have dense clusters of pale to deep pink stamens and are about 5 cm wide. The shrub is usually between 20 and high and has bipinnate leaves. Alternative common names for this species include mock mesquite and mesquitella.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology4
Life cycle & reproduction24
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment25
Physiology & chemistry22
Uses & economy15
Other traits7
Compounds documented for Calliandra eriophylla across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds19 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (2E,4E)-N-Isobutyl-6-(2-thienyl)hexa-2,4-dienamide | present | NPASS | |
| (2R,4R)-4-hydroxypiperidin-1-ium-2-carboxylate | present | LOTUS | |
| (2S,4R,5R)-4,5-dihydroxypiperidine-2-carboxylic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (2S,4R,5S)-4,5-dihydroxypiperidine-2-carboxylic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (2S,4S)-4-Hydroxypiperidine-2-carboxylic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (2S,4S,5R)-4,5-dihydroxypiperidine-2-carboxylic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (2S,4S,5S)-4,5-dihydroxypiperidine-2-carboxylic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| 2-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-Dihydroxy-3-((2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-Trihydroxy-6-(Hydroxymethyl)Oxan-2-yl)Oxy-Chromen-4-one | present | NPASS | |
| 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5-hydroxy-7-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxychromen-4-one | present | NPASS | |
| 5-Hydroxypipecolic acid, cis- | present | LOTUS |
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 Calliandra eriophylla has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ 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.
The complete instruction manual Calliandra eriophylla 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.
2n 161×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Record type4 574 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
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.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions64 of 89 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| ASUlocation not on record | 200 |
| Mexico City, MX | 130 |
| Phoenix, US | 87 |
| Durango, MX | 69 |
| Riverside, US | 69 |
| Claremont, US | 63 |
| San Diego, US | 50 |
| Juriquilla, MX | 49 |
| Austin, US | 43 |
| Guasave, MX | 39 |
| Saint Louis, US | 37 |
| Flagstaff, US | 35 |
| Bronx, US | 23 |
| Hermosillo, MX | 23 |
| Zacatecas, MX | 22 |
| CASlocation not on record | 19 |
| EL PASO, US | 18 |
| Chapingo, MX | 13 |
| Ciudad de México, MX | 12 |
| Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Moreloslocation not on record | 10 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 10 |
| Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record | 9 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 9 |
| La Paz, MX | 9 |
| Albuquerque, US | 8 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 8 |
| Kew, GB | 7 |
| Autlán de Navarro, MX | 7 |
| Giardini Botanici Hanburylocation not on record | 6 |
| Arcata, US | 5 |
| Henderson, US | 5 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 5 |
| Bloomington, US | 4 |
| MEXUlocation not on record | 4 |
| Davis, US | 4 |
| Angwin, US | 3 |
| Emporia, US | 3 |
| Long Beach, US | 3 |
| Bangkok, TH | 3 |
| Boise, US | 3 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 3 |
| Clemson, US | 3 |
| San Angelo, US | 3 |
| Sociedad para el Estudio de los Recursos Bióticos de Oaxaca, A. C.location not on record | 3 |
| Fort Worth, US | 3 |
| Tampa, US | 3 |
| Mexico City, MX | 3 |
| Facultad de Zootecnia y Ecología, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahualocation not on record | 2 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 2 |
| Tlalnepantla, MX | 2 |
| Denver, US | 2 |
| US | 2 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 2 |
| DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record | 2 |
| Culiacán, MX | 2 |
| Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record | 2 |
| Pullman, US | 2 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 2 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 2 |
| The University of Arizonalocation not on record | 2 |
| Northridge, US | 1 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 1 |
| Mississippi State, US | 1 |
| Moscow, US | 1 |
| Lubbock, US | 1 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 1 |
| Arizona Western Collegelocation not on record | 1 |
| San Francisco, US | 1 |
| University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record | 1 |
| San Diego Natural History Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Pocatello, US | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| Logan, US | 1 |
| Tempe, US | 1 |
| Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Méxicolocation not on record | 1 |
| New Haven, US | 1 |
| Waverly, US | 1 |
| Ensenada, MX | 1 |
| USFSlocation not on record | 1 |
| Durango, US | 1 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 1 |
| Mérida, MX | 1 |
| Denton, US | 1 |
| San Jose, US | 1 |
| Fredericton Stock Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| San Luis Potosí, MX | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| Paris, FR | 1 |
| Provo, US | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Calliandra eriophylla 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
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
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.