Clarkia cylindrica

(Jeps.) F.H.Lewis & M.E.Lewis · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Onagraceae/Clarkia

At a glance

Occurrence records759

Data sources9

Biological traits14

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Clarkia cylindrica's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility759 records↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & 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 sources14 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF759 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT1.3 Gbp

01Narrative

Clarkia cylindrica is a species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the common name speckled fairyfan, or speckled clarkia. It is endemic to California, where it grows in the chaparral, oak woodlands, and grasslands of the southern California Coast Ranges, western Transverse Ranges, and southern Sierra Nevada foothills.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPTRYGIFT

Size & morphology3

Seed mass0.202 mg

Seed mass max0.328 mg

Seed mass min0.139 mg

Life cycle & reproduction3

Life formannual

Life spanannual

Raunkiær life formtherophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment6

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatetemperate

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

Physiology & chemistry1

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

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 Clarkia cylindrica has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT

The complete instruction manual Clarkia cylindrica 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 size1 271 400 000 bp

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 Clarkia cylindrica1.27 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

Ploidy2× diploid · measured

Chromosome records18–182n range18median18mode4records

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

2n 184×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · book-fedorov · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants +1

GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database — ↗

CCDB · book-fedorov — HAkansson 1941,

CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants

CCDB · kew — Narayan RKI. (pers. comm. 1978)

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

diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database

GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=0.901 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type759 records

Wild obs. + sensor487

Museum / vouchered272

Origin

Native41

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 740 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 301≤1 km 33≤10 km 23>10 km 15

372 georeferenced · 115 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor487

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 accuracy51% within 1 km

≤100 m 9≤1 km 62≤10 km 65>10 km 2

138 georeferenced · 134 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence272

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 institutions23 of 28 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	60
Claremont, US	42
San Luis Obispo, US	36
Los Angeles, US	18
Davis, US	18
San Diego, US	11
Northridge, US	10
US	10
Santa Barbara, US	8
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record	7
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record	6
Arcata, US	6
Irvine, US	5
Turlock, US	4
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record	4
EL PASO, US	3
Angwin, US	3
Santa Cruz, US	3
Long Beach, US	2
San Jose, US	2
CASlocation not on record	1
Logan, US	1
Dekalb, US	1
Provo, US	1
San Bernardino, US	1
Vancouver, CA	1
Bloomington, US	1
ASUlocation not on record	1

28 institutions · 266 of 272 vouchered records shown · 6 without an institution code

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