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NarrativeWikipediaarticle
Traits & measurements3 literature sources10 traits
Occurrence & distributionGBIF898 records
Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 18
01Narrative
Calochortus ambiguus, the Arizona mariposa lily or doubting mariposa lily, is a perennial plant in the lily family (liliaceae) that grows at higher elevations of the Sonoran Desert regions of Arizona, western New Mexico, southern Utah, and Sonora.Sonoran Desert Wildflowers, Richard Spellenberg, 2nd ed., 2012, Calochortus ambiguus is a bulb-forming herb. Flowers are white or very pale lavender, with a green center and reddish-purple anthers.Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 139 Calochortus ambiguus (M. E. Jones) Ownbey, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27: 505. 1940.Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
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 ambiguus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualCalochortus ambiguus 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.
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy85% within 1 km
≤100 m 377≤1 km 70≤10 km 43>10 km 36
526 georeferenced · 131 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor657
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 accuracy56% within 1 km
≤100 m 22≤1 km 31≤10 km 37>10 km 4
94 georeferenced · 147 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence241
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 institutions19 of 25 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
76
Flagstaff, US
57
Phoenix, US
29
Albuquerque, US
16
Pullman, US
14
Bronx, US
12
Riverside, US
9
Bangkok, TH
3
Claremont, US
3
Tampa, US
3
EL PASO, US
2
Santa Barbara, US
2
Chapel Hill, US
2
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
2
Logan, US
1
Austin, US
1
San Luis Obispo, US
1
USFSlocation not on record
1
Hermosillo, MX
1
The University of Arizonalocation not on record
1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
1
BAYLUlocation not on record
1
Denver, US
1
Mexico City, MX
1
Madison, US
1
25 institutions · 241 of 241 vouchered records shown
