Chylismia cardiophylla

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Onagraceae/Chylismia

At a glance

Occurrence records873

Data sources10

Biological traits10

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections1

Sources10 archives

Databases and archives Chylismia cardiophylla's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility873 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page6 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 & distributionGBIF873 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 14

01Narrative

Chylismia cardiophylla is a species of evening primrose known by the common name heartleaf suncup. It is native to the deserts of northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States, where it grows in sandy and rocky areas in the desert scrub. It is an annual or perennial herb approaching one meter in maximum height, taking the form of a single erect stem or a low bushy plant. The leaves are up to about 5 centimeters long and are oval or roughly heart-shaped, with rippling or dully toothed edges. The nodding inflorescence is a dense bunch of flowers, each individual cup-shaped bloom on a stout pedicel. The flowers are yellow or cream-colored with petals 3 to 12 millimeters long, and generally remain closed during the day. The fruit is a capsule 2 to 5 centimeters long.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Life cycle & reproduction3

Life formannual

Life spanannual

Raunkiær life formtherophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment6

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

05DNA & barcoding2 specimens

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 Chylismia cardiophylla has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

Marker genes2

eDNA detections1

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★rbcLa★ITS2

plant barcodefungal barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Chylismia cardiophylla 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 = 14 n = 7

Ploidydiploid inferred

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

n 77×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · Cave1958 · CCDB · Cave1962

CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — RAVEN, P.H. 1969. A revision of the genus Camissonia (Onagraceae). Contrib. U.S. Nat. Herb. 37(5): 161-396.

CCDB · Cave1958 — Lewis et al. 1958

CCDB · Cave1962 — Kurabayashi et al. 1962; Raven 1962b

CCDB · Cave1962 — Raven 1962b

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 type873 records

Wild obs. + sensor806

Museum / vouchered67

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 236 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 accuracy90% within 1 km

≤100 m 454≤1 km 54≤10 km 40>10 km 16

564 georeferenced · 242 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor806

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 accuracy63% within 1 km

≤100 m 9≤1 km 8≤10 km 10

27 georeferenced · 40 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence67

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 institutions11 of 15 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	25
Riverside, US	12
US	4
Saint Louis, US	4
Claremont, US	3
Davis, US	3
Los Angeles, US	3
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record	3
ASUlocation not on record	3
San Jose, US	2
Flagstaff, US	1
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record	1
Mexico City, MX	1
San Luis Obispo, US	1
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record	1

15 institutions · 67 of 67 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Chylismia cardiophylla was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found1

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

Talus

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median18.2 °C 18.2–18.2

Seasonal swing summer↔winter19.5 °C

Max temp (day)24.5 °C

Min temp (night)11.5 °C

Precipitation29.0 mm/mo

Air humidity47.2 %

Moisture balance-110 mm/mo

Vapour deficit1,108 Pa

Wind speed3.50 m/s

Cloud cover31.8 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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