Hypoxis hirsuta
(L.) Coville · speciesAt a glance
Sources10 archives
Databases and archives Hypoxis hirsuta's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility13 182 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI8 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics15 specimens↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Hypoxis hirsuta (common goldstar, common star-grass, eastern yellow stargrass, yellow star grass) is an ornamental plant in the family Hypoxidaceae. Sometimes this plant is placed in the family Amaryllidaceae or the family Liliaceae. The species is native to the United States, Canada, and the State of Tamaulipas in northeastern Mexico.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesEspejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1996). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(6): 1-116. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F..Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology5
Life cycle & reproduction27
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment24
Physiology & chemistry21
Uses & economy12
Other traits6
Compounds documented for Hypoxis hirsuta across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Documented compounds1 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nyasicoside | present | LOTUS |
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 Hypoxis hirsuta 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 Hypoxis hirsuta 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.
2n 282×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
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 type13 182 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.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions95 of 145 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Philadelphia, US | 247 |
| St. Paul, US | 220 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 208 |
| Madison, US | 158 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 144 |
| Bangkok, TH | 77 |
| Bloomington, US | 70 |
| Fort Worth, US | 68 |
| International Salmonella Centre (W.H.O.)location not on record | 65 |
| Bronx, US | 63 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 57 |
| Austin, US | 55 |
| Saint Louis, US | 54 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 46 |
| Williamsburg, US | 45 |
| Tuscaloosa, US | 44 |
| James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record | 43 |
| New Haven, US | 40 |
| College Park, US | 35 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 30 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 27 |
| University of New Hampshirelocation not on record | 24 |
| Appalachian State Universitylocation not on record | 23 |
| Chicago, US | 21 |
| Knoxville, US | 21 |
| Millersville, US | 20 |
| Mount Berry, US | 20 |
| Jackson, US | 19 |
| DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record | 18 |
| Green Bay, US | 18 |
| Pittsburg, US | 18 |
| Burlington, US | 17 |
| Allentown, US | 16 |
| Norfolk, US | 14 |
| Chadron, US | 14 |
| WINlocation not on record | 13 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 12 |
| Mississippi State, US | 12 |
| Clemson, US | 11 |
| Dekalb, US | 11 |
| Lincoln, US | 11 |
| Tampa, US | 11 |
| Lord Fairfax Community Collegelocation not on record | 10 |
| University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record | 10 |
| Fayetteville, US | 10 |
| Morgantown, US | 9 |
| US | 9 |
| Waverly, US | 9 |
| Columbia, US | 9 |
| Jurica-Suchy Nature Museumlocation not on record | 9 |
| Kingston, US | 8 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 8 |
| GAlocation not on record | 8 |
| Little Rock, US | 7 |
| Henderson State Universitylocation not on record | 7 |
| GB | 7 |
| Denton, US | 7 |
| Logan, US | 7 |
| Staten Island, US | 6 |
| Asheville, US | 6 |
| University of Wisconsinlocation not on record | 6 |
| Edmonton, CA | 5 |
| Miami, US | 5 |
| Davenport, US | 5 |
| Richmond, US | 5 |
| Brookings, US | 5 |
| Western Carolina Universitylocation not on record | 5 |
| US | 5 |
| Conway, US | 5 |
| Flagstaff, US | 5 |
| Johnson City, US | 4 |
| Philadelphia, US | 4 |
| Auckland, NZ | 4 |
| Whitewater, US | 4 |
| China Agricultural Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| AUAlocation not on record | 4 |
| Fairfax, US | 4 |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record | 4 |
| Northridge, US | 4 |
| Lubbock, US | 4 |
| Emporia, US | 4 |
| University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Ciudad de México, MX | 3 |
| DOI/NPS, Selma to Montgomery National Historic Traillocation not on record | 3 |
| Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record | 3 |
| Cambridge, US | 3 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 3 |
| Mount Pleasant, US | 3 |
| Riverside, US | 3 |
| Hudson, US | 3 |
| Conway, US | 3 |
| Tempe, US | 2 |
| Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 2 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 2 |
| Mohonk Preservelocation not on record | 2 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 2 |
| DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record | 2 |
| Denver, US | 2 |
| Smithsonian Institutionlocation not on record | 2 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 2 |
| Turlock, US | 2 |
| Durham, US | 2 |
| Mexico City, MX | 2 |
| Fredericksburg, US | 2 |
| LPMMBHlocation not on record | 2 |
| Chicago, US | 2 |
| EL PASO, US | 2 |
| Taipei, TW | 1 |
| Macomb, US | 1 |
| Minot State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Black Rock Forest Consortiumlocation not on record | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 1 |
| Wlocation not on record | 1 |
| LDlocation not on record | 1 |
| Moscow, US | 1 |
| Toronto, CA | 1 |
| Saint John, CA | 1 |
| Russellville, US | 1 |
| Pullman, US | 1 |
| MILlocation not on record | 1 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 1 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 1 |
| Boise, US | 1 |
| Ypsilanti, US | 1 |
| West Virginia Wesleyan Collegelocation not on record | 1 |
| Washington, US | 1 |
| Dresden, DE | 1 |
| Beijing, CN | 1 |
| San Angelo, US | 1 |
| Claremont, US | 1 |
| Maryland Department of Natural Resourceslocation not on record | 1 |
| Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preservelocation not on record | 1 |
| Weber State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record | 1 |
| Keene State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Oswego, US | 1 |
| TSMITHlocation not on record | 1 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Jefferson City, US | 1 |
| Kirksville, US | 1 |
| Vancouver, CA | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
Where the DNA of Hypoxis hirsuta 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.