Delphinium gypsophilum

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Delphinium

At a glance

Occurrence records392

Data sources8

Biological traits9

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections2

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Delphinium gypsophilum's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility392 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

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 sources9 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF392 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 16

01Narrative

Delphinium gypsophilum is a species of larkspur known by the common name Pinoche Creek larkspur. It is endemic to California, where it grows throughout the central part of the state in woodland and grassland. This wildflower generally reaches between one half and one meter in height. Its pale whitish-green stem is topped with cylindrical inflorescences of up to 30 flowers on short pedicels. The flowers are chalk-white, sometimes drying to a faint blue. Occasional individuals bear pink or light blue flowers. The spur is one to one and a half centimeters long.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life formperennial

Life spanperennial

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment6

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatetemperate

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 Delphinium gypsophilum has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

Marker genes1

eDNA detections2

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.

★ITS

fungal barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Delphinium gypsophilum 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 = 16 n = 8

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome records16–322n range16median16mode7records

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

2n 164×CCDB · eflora · CCDB · book-fedorov · CCDB · DCDB-2016

CCDB · eflora

CCDB · book-fedorov — Lagro 1961

CCDB · DCDB-2016 — Koontz, J. A. & P. S. Soltis. 2001. Polyploidy and segregation analyses in Delphinium gypsophilum (Ranunculaceae). Madroño 48(2): 90–97.

CCDB · DCDB-2016 — Lewis, H., C. Epling, G. A. L. Mehlquist & C. G. Wyckoff. 1951. Chromosome number of californian Delphiniums and their geographical ocurrence. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 38: 101-117.

2n 322×CCDB · DCDB-2016

CCDB · DCDB-2016 — Koontz, J. A. & P. S. Soltis. 2001. Polyploidy and segregation analyses in Delphinium gypsophilum (Ranunculaceae). Madroño 48(2): 90–97.

2n 241×CCDB · DCDB-2016

CCDB · DCDB-2016 — Koontz, J. A. & P. S. Soltis. 2001. Polyploidy and segregation analyses in Delphinium gypsophilum (Ranunculaceae). Madroño 48(2): 90–97.

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 type392 records

Wild obs. + sensor103

Museum / vouchered289

Origin

Native25

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO788 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 accuracy85% within 1 km

≤100 m 56≤1 km 8≤10 km 3>10 km 8

75 georeferenced · 28 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor103

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 2≤1 km 117≤10 km 59>10 km 12

190 georeferenced · 99 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence289

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 institutions18 of 22 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Los Angeles, US	88
Davis, US	34
Claremont, US	29
San Luis Obispo, US	25
Riverside, US	16
Pullman, US	14
Turlock, US	9
Santa Barbara, US	8
CASlocation not on record	6
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record	6
Long Beach, US	5
US	4
Northridge, US	3
San Diego, US	3
Arcata, US	2
Fullerton, US	2
Santa Cruz, US	2
Angwin, US	2
Mexico City, MX	1
Wuzhou, CN	1
Fredericton Stock Culture Collectionlocation not on record	1
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record	1

22 institutions · 262 of 289 vouchered records shown · 27 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Delphinium gypsophilum 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 found2

Studies independent surveys1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

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.

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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