Hymenocallis palmeri

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Hymenocallis

At a glance

Occurrence records443

Data sources6

Biological traits10

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility443 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

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 sources10 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF443 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 48

01Narrative

Hymenocallis palmeri is a plant in the family Amaryllidaceae.Sereno Watson, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences 14: 301. 1879, Hymenocallis palmeri. Common name is Alligator-lily. It is endemic to Florida, found in cypress swamps, wet meadows, open pine woodlands and wet roadsides.Flora of North America vol 26, p 291. Hymenocallis palmeri produces egg-shaped bulbs up to 4 cm across. Leaves are bluish green, up to 65 cm long and 10 mm across. Umbels have only 1 or 2 flowers, if 2 then opening one at a time. Flowers are erect, funnel-shaped, white with a greenish eye in the center and teeth along the margins of the staminal corona. Seeds are green, egg-shaped, up to 20 mm in diameter.Sereno Watson, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences 14: 301. 1879, Hymenocallis humilis.

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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 palmeri has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Hymenocallis palmeri 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 = 48 n = 24

Ploidydiploid inferred

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

2n 481×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Flory, W. S. 1975. Chromosome numbers for several species of Hymenocallis. Pl. Life 31: 56–63.

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 type443 records

Wild obs. + sensor389

Museum / vouchered54

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 096 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 accuracy84% within 1 km

≤100 m 223≤1 km 59≤10 km 20>10 km 33

335 georeferenced · 54 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor389

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 accuracy17% within 1 km

≤1 km 2≤10 km 3>10 km 7

12 georeferenced · 42 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence54

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 institutions9 of 12 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Tampa, US	32
Miami, US	10
Bronx, US	2
Bloomington, US	2
Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record	1
Xiamen, CN	1
University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record	1
Wuzhou, CN	1
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record	1
Saint Louis, US	1
Bangkok, TH	1
Burlington, US	1

12 institutions · 54 of 54 vouchered records shown

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