Datura wrightii
Regel · speciesAt a glance
Sources14 archives
Databases and archives Datura wrightii's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility32 074 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
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↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Datura wrightii, commonly known as sacred datura, is a poisonous perennial plant species and ornamental flower of the family Solanaceae native to the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It is sometimes used as a hallucinogen due to its psychoactive alkaloids. D. wrightii is classified as an anticholinergic deliriant.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology17
Life cycle & reproduction7
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment10
Physiology & chemistry4
Compounds documented for Datura wrightii across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds48 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-Vittatine | present | NPASS | |
| (1R,11S,13R,15S,18R)-15-methoxy-5,7-dioxa-12-azapentacyclo[10.5.2.01,13.02,10.04,8]nonadeca-2,4(8),9,16-tetraene-11,18-diol | present | NPASS | |
| (1R,13R,15S,18R)-15-methoxy-5,7-dioxa-12-azapentacyclo[10.5.2.01,13.02,10.04,8]nonadeca-2,4(8),9,16-tetraen-18-ol | present | NPASS | |
| (1R,13R,15S,18R)-5,7-dioxa-12-azapentacyclo[10.5.2.01,13.02,10.04,8]nonadeca-2,4(8),9,16-tetraene-15,18-diol | present | NPASS | |
| (1R,13S,15R)-5,7-dioxa-12-azapentacyclo[10.5.2.01,13.02,10.04,8]nonadeca-2,4(8),9,16-tetraen-15-ol | present | NPASS | |
| (1S,11R,13R,16R,18S)-11-ethoxy-18-methoxy-5,7,12-trioxa-15-azapentacyclo[11.7.0.01,16.02,10.04,8]icosa-2,4(8),9,19-tetraene | present | NPASS | |
| (1S,11R,13R,16S,18S)-11-ethoxy-18-methoxy-5,7,12-trioxa-15-azapentacyclo[11.7.0.01,16.02,10.04,8]icosa-2,4(8),9,19-tetraene | present | NPASS | |
| (1S,11S,13R,16R,18S)-11-ethoxy-18-methoxy-5,7,12-trioxa-15-azapentacyclo[11.7.0.01,16.02,10.04,8]icosa-2,4(8),9,19-tetraene | present | NPASS | |
| (1S,11S,13R,16S,18R)-11-ethoxy-18-methoxy-15-methyl-5,7,12-trioxa-15-azapentacyclo[11.7.0.01,16.02,10.04,8]icosa-2,4(8),9,19-tetraene | present | NPASS | |
| (1S,11S,13R,16S,18S)-11-ethoxy-18-methoxy-5,7,12-trioxa-15-azapentacyclo[11.7.0.01,16.02,10.04,8]icosa-2,4(8),9,19-tetraene | present | NPASS |
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 Datura wrightii has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ 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.
The complete instruction manual Datura wrightii 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
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).
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.
2n 242×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
n 121×CCDB · solan
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
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.
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type32 074 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
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.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions89 of 133 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 | 300 |
| Claremont, US | 192 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 158 |
| Riverside, US | 148 |
| Flagstaff, US | 101 |
| Bronx, US | 81 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 79 |
| Phoenix, US | 73 |
| EL PASO, US | 50 |
| US | 38 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 33 |
| Fort Worth, US | 31 |
| Logan, US | 30 |
| Adelaide, AU | 29 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 26 |
| Mexico City, MX | 26 |
| Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record | 26 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 25 |
| Albuquerque, US | 24 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 24 |
| Davis, US | 22 |
| Austin, US | 22 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 21 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 21 |
| Pullman, US | 20 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 19 |
| Irvine, US | 18 |
| Los Angeles, US | 17 |
| Bloomington, US | 14 |
| Odawara, JP | 12 |
| Fredericton Stock Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 12 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 12 |
| Arcata, US | 12 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 12 |
| Bando, JP | 11 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 11 |
| Hermosillo, MX | 11 |
| Northridge, US | 10 |
| Saint Louis, US | 10 |
| CASlocation not on record | 9 |
| Kensington, AU | 8 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 8 |
| Corvallis, US | 8 |
| Shinshu Universitylocation not on record | 8 |
| Canberra, AU | 8 |
| Barcelona, ES | 7 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 7 |
| Turlock, US | 6 |
| Guasave, MX | 6 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 6 |
| Denver, US | 6 |
| Provo, US | 5 |
| US | 5 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 5 |
| Durango, MX | 5 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 5 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 5 |
| Long Beach, US | 5 |
| Orem, US | 5 |
| USFSlocation not on record | 4 |
| Durango, US | 4 |
| University of New Hampshirelocation not on record | 3 |
| San Angelo, US | 3 |
| San Francisco, US | 3 |
| Pittsburg, US | 3 |
| Auckland, NZ | 3 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 3 |
| Calabar, NG | 3 |
| LDlocation not on record | 3 |
| Arizona State University Biocollectionslocation not on record | 3 |
| GB | 3 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 3 |
| Lubbock, US | 2 |
| Chapingo, MX | 2 |
| Vancouver, CA | 2 |
| Boise, US | 2 |
| Instituto de Ecología Aplicada, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipaslocation not on record | 2 |
| Osaka, JP | 2 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 2 |
| San Jose, US | 2 |
| Chadron, US | 2 |
| JP | 2 |
| Sagamihara, JP | 2 |
| San Bernardino, US | 2 |
| Toyama, JP | 2 |
| DULlocation not on record | 2 |
| Santa Cruz, US | 2 |
| Parthenon Tama History Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Wlocation not on record | 2 |
| The University of Arizonalocation not on record | 2 |
| South Kensington, GB | 2 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| Taipei, TW | 1 |
| Salzburg, AT | 1 |
| Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record | 1 |
| Otaru, JP | 1 |
| Ensenada, MX | 1 |
| Catalina Island Conservancylocation not on record | 1 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 1 |
| La Paz, MX | 1 |
| San Diego Natural History Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalitionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Dekalb, US | 1 |
| MAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Madrid, ES | 1 |
| Bureau of Land Managementlocation not on record | 1 |
| Pocatello, US | 1 |
| Brisbane, AU | 1 |
| Kew, GB | 1 |
| Tacoma, US | 1 |
| Stockholm, SE | 1 |
| Tampa, US | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| Tomioka, JP | 1 |
| Mérida, MX | 1 |
| València, ES | 1 |
| Springfield, US | 1 |
| Burlington, US | 1 |
| IDElocation not on record | 1 |
| Akita Prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Facultad de Zootecnia y Ecología, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahualocation not on record | 1 |
| Arizona Western Collegelocation not on record | 1 |
| Madison, US | 1 |
| Grand Junction, US | 1 |
| H-Hohlalocation not on record | 1 |
| Fullerton, US | 1 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Armidale, AU | 1 |
| Montréal, CA | 1 |
| Palmerston, AU | 1 |
| Smithfield, AU | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Datura wrightii 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
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
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.