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 pringlei has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
06Genome at a glanceNCBI
The complete instruction manualCalochortus pringlei 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≈1 457 976 918 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 pringlei1.46 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.
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy60% within 1 km
≤100 m 2≤1 km 1≤10 km 1>10 km 1
5 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor6
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 accuracy84% within 1 km
≤100 m 32≤1 km 4≤10 km 6>10 km 1
43 georeferenced · 17 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence60
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 21 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Durango, MX
17
Ciudad de México, MX
7
Mexico City, MX
4
Ciudad de México, MX
4
Toluca, MX
3
Mexico City, MX
3
Ashland, US
3
Chapel Hill, US
2
Kew, GB
2
Pullman, US
2
Austin, US
2
Saint Louis, US
2
La Paz, MX
1
Austin, US
1
Chapingo, MX
1
Ann Arbor, US
1
Guasave, MX
1
Giardini Botanici Hanburylocation not on record
1
South Kensington, GB
1
Madison, US
1
MEXUlocation not on record
1
21 institutions · 60 of 60 vouchered records shown
