Justicia spicigera (Mexican honeysuckle, firecracker bush, moyotle, moyotli, mohintli, muicle, trompetilla, yaxan, or ych-kaan in Mayan) is an evergreen shrub with tubular orange flowers.Justicia spicigera: University of Arizona Pima County Cooperative Extension The species is native to Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Justicia spicigera across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
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 Justicia spicigera 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 manualJusticia spicigera 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 = 28 n = 14
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 281×CCDB · book-indian_vol1
CCDB · book-indian_vol1 — Grant, W.F. 1955
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type875 records
Wild obs. + sensor471
Museum / vouchered404
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO2 332 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 accuracy90% within 1 km
≤100 m 236≤1 km 38≤10 km 23>10 km 9
306 georeferenced · 165 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor471
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 accuracy90% within 1 km
≤100 m 177≤1 km 10≤10 km 17>10 km 3
207 georeferenced · 197 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence404
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 institutions45 of 60 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Durango, MX
84
Saint Louis, US
51
Mexico City, MX
40
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
13
Kew, GB
11
Chapingo, MX
11
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
10
Mexico City, MX
10
Puebla, MX
10
Mérida, MX
10
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
8
León, NI
8
Guatemala, GT
8
Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Moreloslocation not on record
8
San Francisco, US
7
Austin, US
7
Tampa, US
6
Ann Arbor, US
6
Juriquilla, MX
5
Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabascolocation not on record
5
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
5
Mexico City, MX
4
Mérida, MX
4
Guatemala City, GT
4
Miami, US
3
Honolulu, US
3
St. Augustine, TT
3
ASUlocation not on record
3
Phoenix, US
3
Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Región Xalapalocation not on record
3
Tapachula, MX
3
South Kensington, GB
3
Centro Cultural Santo Domingolocation not on record
3
BISHlocation not on record
3
Chicago, US
2
San José, CR
2
Bronx, US
2
Autlán de Navarro, MX
2
Mexico City, MX
2
Toluca, MX
2
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record
2
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
1
Minister of Sustainable Development, Climate Change & Solid Waste Managementlocation not on record
1
Brisbane, AU
1
San Luis Potosí, MX
1
TAFORI-LSRClocation not on record
1
Denver, US
1
Berlin, DE
1
San Francisco de Campeche, MX
1
MAlocation not on record
1
Uppsala, SE
1
Austin, US
1
Edinburgh, GB
1
Flagstaff, US
1
CASlocation not on record
1
Zacatecas, MX
1
San Diego, US
1
Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV
1
Morelia, MX
1
Giardini Botanici Hanburylocation not on record
1
60 institutions · 398 of 404 vouchered records shown · 6 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA2 detections
Where the DNA of Justicia spicigera 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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility875 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗
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↗
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗