Calochortus fimbriatus

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Liliales/Liliaceae/Calochortus

At a glance

Occurrence records743

Data sources6

Biological traits10

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Calochortus fimbriatus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility743 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources10 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF743 records

Genome at a glanceNCBI≈1.6 Gbp

01Narrative

Calochortus fimbriatus is a California species of flowering plant in the lily family known by the common name late-blooming mariposa lily. It is native to the coastal mountain ranges of southern Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and northern Ventura counties, where it is a member of the chaparral flora. This species is listed as "rare, threatened or endangered in California and elsewhere" and "fairly endangered in California" (CNPS: 1B.2).California Native Plant Society Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Life cycle & reproduction3

Life formbulbous geophyte

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formcryptophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment5

Climatetemperate

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

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 fimbriatus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceNCBI

The complete instruction manual Calochortus fimbriatus 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 size≈1 604 232 634 bp assembly estimate

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 Calochortus fimbriatus1.6 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.

Assembly levelScaffold

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type743 records

Wild obs. + sensor682

Museum / vouchered60

Cultivated / captive1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 496 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 1>10 km 681

682 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor682

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 accuracy74% within 1 km

≤100 m 3≤1 km 28≤10 km 11

42 georeferenced · 18 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence60

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤1 km 1

1 georeferenced

Open the mapnot free-living1

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 institutions8 of 8 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	38
US	7
San Luis Obispo, US	7
Pullman, US	3
Riverside, US	2
Claremont, US	1
San Diego, US	1
Los Angeles, US	1

8 institutions · 60 of 60 vouchered records shown

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

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