Calochortus plummerae

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Liliales/Liliaceae/Calochortus

At a glance

Occurrence records2 098

Data sources8

Biological traits10

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources8 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 098 records↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

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 & distributionGBIF2 098 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB · NCBI≈1.7 Gbp

01Narrative

At Mount Wilson, San Gabriel Mountains, California. Calochortus plummerae is a species of mariposa lily known by the common name Plummer's mariposa lily. It is endemic to Southern California where it is found along the coast, inland hills, and some Transverse Ranges and Peninsular Ranges.California Native Plant Society—CNPS Inventory Plant Detail: 'Calochortus plummerae. Retrieved 9 February 2013.Calflora taxon report, University of Calilfornia @ Berkeley, Calochortus plummerae. Retrieved 9 February 2013. It is a member of the chaparral, grasslands, and lower montane coniferous forest plant communities. The species is named in honor of American botanist Sara Plummer Lemmon (1836 – 1923).Greene, Edward Lee 1890. Pittonia 2(8A): 70–71

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 & environment6

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

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 plummerae has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB · NCBI

The complete instruction manual Calochortus plummerae 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≈1 737 992 766 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 plummerae1.74 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

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 = 18 n = 9

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome records18–182n range18median18mode5records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 185×CCDB · eflora · CCDB · book-fedorov

CCDB · eflora

CCDB · book-fedorov — Newton 1927

CCDB · book-fedorov — Beiil 1939

CCDB · book-fedorov — Btirr.>Jl (Cave 1941)

CCDB · book-fedorov — Beal. Ownbey

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=0.299 ↗

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 type2 098 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 790

Museum / vouchered308

Origin

Native92

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO2 588 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 accuracy81% within 1 km

≤100 m 943≤1 km 159≤10 km 88>10 km 165

1 355 georeferenced · 435 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 790

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 accuracy54% within 1 km

≤100 m 10≤1 km 52≤10 km 48>10 km 5

115 georeferenced · 193 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence308

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 institutions12 of 17 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Riverside, US	106
Claremont, US	99
CASlocation not on record	19
Santa Barbara, US	14
Los Angeles, US	13
Pullman, US	9
Irvine, US	6
San Diego, US	6
San Bernardino, US	5
Davis, US	3
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record	3
US	2
Fredericton Stock Culture Collectionlocation not on record	1
Logan, US	1
Chapel Hill, US	1
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record	1
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record	1

17 institutions · 290 of 308 vouchered records shown · 18 without an institution code

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Calochortus plummerae

At a glance

Sources8 archives

Life cycle & reproduction3

Diet & foraging1

Habitat & environment6

At a glance

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Record type2 098 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions12 of 17 geolocated

Record type2 098 records