Hymenocallis coronaria

(Leconte) Kunth · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Hymenocallis

At a glance

Occurrence records302

Data sources6

Biological traits10

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Hymenocallis coronaria's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility302 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources10 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF302 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 44

01Narrative

Hymenocallis coronaria, commonly known as the Cahaba lily, shoal lily, or shoals spider-lily, is an aquatic, perennial flowering plant species of the genus Hymenocallis. It is endemic to the Southeastern United States, being found only in Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and parts of North Carolina.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesBiota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map Within Alabama, it is known as the Cahaba lily; elsewhere it is known as the Shoal lily or Shoals spider-lily.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Life cycle & reproduction3

Life formbulbous geophyte

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formcryptophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment6

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

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 Hymenocallis coronaria has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Hymenocallis coronaria 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 = 44 n = 22

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome records44–442n range44median44mode3records

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

2n 443×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · eflora

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Smith, G. L. 1990. Cytotaxonomic studies on Hymenocallis coronaria (Le Conte) Kunth in South Carolina piedmont river systems. ASB Bull. 37: 98.

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Flory, W. S. 1976. Distribution, chromosome numbers and types of various species and taxa of Hymenocallis. Nucleus 19: 204–227.

CCDB · eflora

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 type302 records

Wild obs. + sensor289

Museum / vouchered13

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO412 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 accuracy73% within 1 km

≤100 m 151≤1 km 37≤10 km 12>10 km 58

258 georeferenced · 31 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor289

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 accuracy75% within 1 km

≤1 km 3≤10 km 1

4 georeferenced · 9 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence13

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 institutions4 of 4 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Bronx, US	9
Wuzhou, CN	1
Knoxville, US	1
Columbia, US	1

4 institutions · 12 of 13 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

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