⚠ sources differ — GIFT: herb · TRY: Subshrub, Forb/herb
Woodinessnon-woody
03Chemical composition19 compounds
Compounds documented for Palafoxia arida 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 Palafoxia arida has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens6
Marker genes5
GenBank sequences5
eDNA detections4
Countries1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ 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.
★matK2★rbcL1★rbcLa★ITS2★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualPalafoxia arida 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 = 24 n = 12
Ploidydiploid inferred
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 241×CCDB · eflora
CCDB · eflora
n 127×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Gallagher, M. L. & B. D. Parfitt. 1982. In IOPB chromosome number reports LXXVII. Taxon 31: 761–762.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Turner, B. L. & M. I. Morris. 1975. New taxa of Palafoxia (Asteraceae: Helenieae). Madroño 23: 79–80.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Turner, B. L. & M. I. Morris. 1976. Systematics of Palafoxia (Asteraceae: Helenicae). Rhodora 78: 567–628.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Strother, J. L. 1976a. Chromosome studies in Compositae. Amer. J. Bot. 63: 247–250.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Keil, D. J. & D. J. Pinkava. 1976. Chromosome counts and taxonomic notes for Compositae from the United States and Mexico. Amer. J. Bot. 63: 1393–1403.
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy92% within 1 km
≤100 m 2 319≤1 km 253≤10 km 121>10 km 113
2 806 georeferenced · 1 351 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor4 157
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 accuracy60% within 1 km
≤100 m 215≤1 km 171≤10 km 227>10 km 32
645 georeferenced · 801 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 446
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 institutions43 of 58 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Claremont, US
262
San Diego, US
240
Riverside, US
210
ASUlocation not on record
110
Phoenix, US
59
Flagstaff, US
46
Bronx, US
41
Austin, US
38
CASlocation not on record
35
Mexico City, MX
31
Davis, US
29
Santa Barbara, US
24
US
23
San Luis Obispo, US
18
Pullman, US
18
Hermosillo, MX
17
Irvine, US
15
San Francisco, US
12
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record
11
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
11
Arcata, US
11
Ensenada, MX
10
Logan, US
10
Arizona State University Biocollectionslocation not on record
9
EL PASO, US
8
Henderson, US
6
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
6
Provo, US
6
Arizona Western Collegelocation not on record
6
Northridge, US
5
Los Angeles, US
5
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
4
Moscow, US
4
Saint Louis, US
4
San Juan College School of Science Math & Engineeringlocation not on record
3
Wuzhou, CN
3
Fort Worth, US
2
Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalitionlocation not on record
2
San Jose, US
2
Orem, US
2
University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record
2
South Kensington, GB
2
Pocatello, US
2
Kew, GB
1
Albuquerque, US
1
Long Beach, US
1
San Diego Natural History Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Zapopan, MX
1
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
1
La Paz, MX
1
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
1
Mississippi State, US
1
The University of Arizonalocation not on record
1
Taipei, TW
1
Burlington, US
1
Boise, US
1
Austin, US
1
Chadron, US
1
58 institutions · 1 379 of 1 446 vouchered records shown · 67 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA4 detections
Where the DNA of Palafoxia arida 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 found4
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 4 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
Sand dunes area
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.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median16.7 °C 16.7–16.7
Seasonal swing summer↔winter20.0 °C
Max temp (day)21.9 °C
Min temp (night)11.1 °C
Precipitation26.8 mm/mo
Air humidity46.4 %
Moisture balance-78.3 mm/mo
Vapour deficit1,020 Pa
Wind speed3.70 m/s
Cloud cover35.7 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
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 Foundation2 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility5 630 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗