Psoralea argophylla (common name silverleaf Indian breadroot) is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. The species is native to the central United States, as well as the three Canadian prairie provinces, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. Psoralea argophylla grows naturally on forb, and it grows perennially.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
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 Pediomelum argophyllum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens10
Marker genes4
eDNA detections8
Countries2
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.
★matK★rbcL★rbcLa★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualPediomelum argophyllum 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.
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 222×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · Cave1957
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Love, A. & D. Love. 1982. In: A Löve (ed.), IOPB chromosome number reports LXXV. Taxon 31(2): 344–360.
CCDB · Cave1957 — Ledingham
n 111×CCDB · Cannon, 2015
CCDB · Cannon, 2015 — L?ve, A. & D. L?ve, 1982
07Deep time~1.21 Ma lineage
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
DNA clock origin1.21 Ma TimeTree
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.
DNA clock origin
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type2 863 records
Wild obs. + sensor1 757
Museum / vouchered1 106
Origin
Native65
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO7 664 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 961≤1 km 191≤10 km 79>10 km 137
1 368 georeferenced · 389 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 757
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 accuracy28% within 1 km
≤100 m 21≤1 km 196≤10 km 425>10 km 137
779 georeferenced · 327 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 106
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 institutions39 of 56 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Wuzhou, CN
421
St. Paul, US
169
Chadron, US
94
Spearfish, US
64
Bronx, US
53
Lincoln, US
43
Bozeman, US
37
Provo, US
27
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
20
Missoula, US
18
Saint Louis, US
10
Emporia, US
9
Bloomington, US
8
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
8
Pomona Collegelocation not on record
8
Claremont, US
8
Flagstaff, US
6
USFS/BHSClocation not on record
5
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
5
Madison, US
5
Brookings, US
5
Denver, US
5
Albuquerque, US
5
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
5
Columbia, US
4
Boise, US
4
LPMMBHlocation not on record
3
Riverside, US
3
Oskarshamn, SE
3
WINlocation not on record
3
Corvallis, US
3
ASUlocation not on record
2
Pittsburg, US
2
Cheney, US
2
James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record
2
Austin, US
2
Dekalb, US
2
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
2
Logan, US
2
Edmonton, CA
2
Pullman, US
2
Whitehorse, CA
1
Cambridge, US
1
GB
1
AUAlocation not on record
1
University of South Dakotalocation not on record
1
Phoenix, US
1
Ann Arbor, US
1
Wlocation not on record
1
Minot State Universitylocation not on record
1
Riyadh Municipalitylocation not on record
1
Moscow, US
1
Chapel Hill, US
1
Tampa, US
1
Mexico City, MX
1
Research Collection of B. A. Bennettlocation not on record
1
56 institutions · 1 096 of 1 106 vouchered records shown · 9 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA8 detections
Where the DNA of Pediomelum argophyllum 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 found8
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 8 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 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.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median17.5 °C 0–19.6
Seasonal swing summer↔winter33.5 °C
Max temp (day)24.2 °C 4.00–25.9
Min temp (night)12.9 °C -2.60–14.9
Precipitation54.0 mm/mo 53.0–67.0
Air humidity56.6 % 55.8–63.4
Moisture balance-75.0 mm/mo -92.1–-16.4
Vapour deficit891 Pa 394–1,000
Wind speed4.00 m/s 3.80–5.30
Cloud cover40.9 % 36.0–54.2
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 detection points · 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 Facility2 863 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI8 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics10 specimens↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗