Flower detail Calochortus albusBaldwin, B. G., D. H. Goldman, D. J. Keil, R. Patterson, T. J. Rosatti, and D. H. Wilken, editors. 2012. "The Jepson Manual: vascular plants of California", second edition. University of California press, Berkeley. . pp 1380Gerritsen, Mary E. and Ron Parsons, 2007. "Calochortus : Mariposa lilies and their relatives", Timber Press. . pp 47-51Munz, Philip A. "A Flora of Southern California", copyright University of California Press, Ltd. 1974. . pp 920-923Carol Bornstein, David Fross, Bart O'Brien 2007. "California Native Plants for the Garden", Cachuma Press. (paperback) (hardcover). pp 211-212Spellenberg, Richard. "National Audubon Society Field Guide to Wildflowers: Western Region" copyright 2001 Chanticleer Press, Inc. Punlished by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc. First published 1979, second edition published 2001, eighth printing 2010. pp 575-576Parsons, Mary Elizabeth "The Wild Flowers of California", illustrated by Margaret Warriner Buck. Published by Cunningham, Curtiss & Welch, San Francisco 1912. Copyright William Doxey 1897, copyright Mary Elizabeth Parsons 1902, 1906. (no ISBN for this edition) pp 56-57Emery, Dara E. "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants", 6th edition (printed 2011). Copyright 1988 Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. . pp 43The Plant List: http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-301627 is a species in the genus Calochortus in the family Liliaceae. It is also known by the common names fairy lantern, white fairy lantern, pink fairy lantern, lantern of the fairies, globe lily, white globe lily, white globe-tulip, alabaster tulip, Indian bells, satin bells, snowy lily-bell, and snow drops.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
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 Calochortus albus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens4
Marker genes3
GenBank sequences3
eDNA detections2
Countries1
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.
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plant barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualCalochortus albus 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 = 20 n = 10
Ploidydiploid inferred
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 201×CCDB · eflora
CCDB · eflora
n 101×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — CAVE, M.S. 1970. Chromosomes of California Liliaceae. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 57: 1-58.
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 accuracy90% within 1 km
≤100 m 5 947≤1 km 855≤10 km 416>10 km 347
7 565 georeferenced · 2 040 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor9 605
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 accuracy55% within 1 km
≤100 m 24≤1 km 264≤10 km 223>10 km 8
519 georeferenced · 327 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence846
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 52 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Santa Barbara, US
94
San Diego, US
79
Claremont, US
70
Riverside, US
65
US
52
Pullman, US
42
Davis, US
41
San Luis Obispo, US
41
Ashland, US
36
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
36
Turlock, US
18
Irvine, US
17
Arcata, US
15
CASlocation not on record
14
Long Beach, US
13
Santa Cruz, US
12
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record
11
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
11
Los Angeles, US
10
Northridge, US
8
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
7
Angwin, US
7
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
6
EL PASO, US
4
Fredericton Stock Culture Collectionlocation not on record
4
San Bernardino, US
3
Madison, US
3
San Jose, US
3
South Kensington, GB
3
Bloomington, US
2
Saint Louis, US
2
Corvallis, US
2
AUAlocation not on record
2
Logan, US
2
Boise, US
2
Wuzhou, CN
2
Auckland, NZ
1
Tampa, US
1
Henderson, US
1
Chapel Hill, US
1
WTUlocation not on record
1
San Diego Natural History Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Davenport, US
1
Moscow, US
1
Portland, US
1
San Diego Natural History Museumlocation not on record
1
Bangkok, TH
1
Phoenix, US
1
Flagstaff, US
1
Chicago, US
1
Vancouver, CA
1
Denver, US
1
52 institutions · 755 of 846 vouchered records shown · 91 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA2 detections
Where the DNA of Calochortus albus 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 found2
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 2 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
Oak Woodland/Chaparral with Quercus agrifoli…
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 median14.9 °C 14.9–14.9
Seasonal swing summer↔winter12.6 °C
Max temp (day)20.8 °C
Min temp (night)9.80 °C
Precipitation20.8 mm/mo
Air humidity58.8 %
Moisture balance-107 mm/mo
Vapour deficit701 Pa
Wind speed2.10 m/s
Cloud cover31.0 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · 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.
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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility10 452 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
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