Collinsia heterophylla, known as purple Chinese houses or innocence, is a flowering plant native to California and the Peninsular Ranges in northern Baja California.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
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 Collinsia heterophylla has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens32
Marker genes4
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections28
Countries1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
Collinsia heterophylla voucher PCR89 small subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; internal transcribed spacer 1 and 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, complete sequence; and internal transcribed spacer 2, partial sequence
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.
★matK8★rbcLa★ITS2★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT
The complete instruction manualCollinsia heterophylla 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 size2 298 300 000 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 Collinsia heterophylla2.3 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.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Greenlee, J. K. & K. S. Rai. 1986. Interspecific hybridization and karyotype analysis in two species in the genus Collinsia. Cytologia 51: 631–636.
CCDB · kew — Greilhuber J. 1988. "Self-tanning" - a new and important source of stoichiometric error in cytophotometric determination of nuclear DNA content in plants. Plant Systematics and Evolution 158: 87-96.
n 72×CCDB · book-ipcn65 · CCDB · Cave1957
CCDB · book-ipcn65 — Garber 1965
CCDB · Cave1957 — Soriano
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
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 3 409≤1 km 600≤10 km 279>10 km 169
4 457 georeferenced · 1 420 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor5 877
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 accuracy57% within 1 km
≤100 m 80≤1 km 426≤10 km 363>10 km 16
885 georeferenced · 658 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 543
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 institutions46 of 59 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Claremont, US
189
San Diego, US
168
Riverside, US
161
Santa Barbara, US
143
San Luis Obispo, US
84
Davis, US
69
Arcata, US
47
US
47
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
35
Turlock, US
32
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
30
Angwin, US
29
Los Angeles, US
22
Irvine, US
21
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record
17
ASUlocation not on record
15
CASlocation not on record
13
Santa Cruz, US
12
EL PASO, US
11
Northridge, US
11
San Jose, US
9
Long Beach, US
8
Ensenada, MX
7
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
6
Phoenix, US
5
Wuzhou, CN
5
Provo, US
4
Fredericton Stock Culture Collectionlocation not on record
4
Nijmegen, NL
4
LDlocation not on record
3
Bronx, US
3
San Francisco, US
3
Bloomington, US
3
Mexico City, MX
3
Boise, US
3
Flagstaff, US
3
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
3
Bangkok, TH
2
Moscow, US
2
Mexico City, MX
2
Oskarshamn, SE
2
San Bernardino, US
1
Brussel, BE
1
WTUlocation not on record
1
San Diego Natural History Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Kew, GB
1
Kuopio, FI
1
Arizona State University Biocollectionslocation not on record
1
Chadron, US
1
Saint Louis, US
1
UC Berkeley, Blue Oak Ranch Reservelocation not on record
1
Taipei, TW
1
Pittsburg, US
1
La Paz, MX
1
Mississippi State, US
1
Vancouver, CA
1
Pocatello, US
1
Burlington, US
1
Denver, US
1
59 institutions · 1 258 of 1 543 vouchered records shown · 285 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA28 detections
Where the DNA of Collinsia heterophylla 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 found28
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 28 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
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 median22.8 °C 22.4–23.2
Seasonal swing summer↔winter13.1 °C
Max temp (day)30.5 °C 29.6–31.3
Min temp (night)16.9 °C
Precipitation5.80 mm/mo 4.00–7.60
Air humidity52.7 % 48.8–56.7
Moisture balance-176 mm/mo -184–-169
Vapour deficit1,317 Pa 1,174–1,461
Wind speed1.90 m/s 1.40–2.40
Cloud cover14.9 % 14.4–15.5
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 detection points · 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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility7 420 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI28 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics32 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
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↗