Castilleja grisea

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Castilleja

At a glance

Occurrence records251

Data sources7

Biological traits6

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Castilleja grisea's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility251 records↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & 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 sources6 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF251 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 24

01Narrative

Castilleja grisea is a rare species of Indian paintbrush known by the common name San Clemente Island Indian paintbrush. It is endemic to San Clemente Island, one of the Channel Islands of California. San Clemente Island is owned by the US Navy so the Navy is involved in a management program to recover this species.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life formsubshrub or shrub

Life spanperennial

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteobligatory

Habitat & environment3

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Growth form detailedforb

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 Castilleja grisea has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Castilleja grisea 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 = 24 n = 12

Ploidydiploid inferred

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

n 121×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71

CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — HECKARD, L.R. 1968. Chromosome numbers and polyploidy in Castilleja (Scrophulariaceae). Brittonia 20: 212-226.

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

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type251 records

Wild obs. + sensor209

Museum / vouchered42

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO508 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 209

209 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor209

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 accuracy82% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 13≤10 km 1>10 km 2

17 georeferenced · 25 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence42

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 institutions4 of 6 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
San Diego, US	13
Santa Barbara, US	12
Claremont, US	5
Riverside, US	4
WTUlocation not on record	2
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record	1

6 institutions · 37 of 42 vouchered records shown · 5 without an institution code

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