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NarrativeWikipediaarticle
Traits & measurements3 literature sources11 traits
Chemical compositionLOTUS6 compounds
Occurrence & distributionGBIF937 records
DNA & barcodingNCBIsequences
Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT504 Mbp
01Narrative
Penstemon ambiguus est une espèce de plantes à fleurs de la famille des Plantaginacées, originaire d'Amérique du Nord. Elle est connue sous de multiples noms en anglais, dont Bush Beardtongue.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Penstemon ambiguus across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile2 classes
Iridoids monoterpenoids4
Cinnamic acids and derivatives $ Phenylethanoids2
Documented compounds6 total
Compound
Class
Amount
Source
Catalpol
present
LOTUS
Martynoside
present
LOTUS
Nemoroside
present
LOTUS
Specioside
present
LOTUS
Verbascoside
present
LOTUS
05DNA & barcoding1 sequences
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 Penstemon ambiguus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
Marker genes1
GenBank sequences1
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.
★ITS1
fungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT
The complete instruction manualPenstemon ambiguus 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.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Genome size503 670 000 bp
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
THIS GENOME Penstemon ambiguus0.50 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
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.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Freeman, C. C. 1983. Chromosome numbers in Great Plains species of Penstemon (Scrophulariaceae). Brittonia 35(3): 232–238.
CCDB · book-fedorov — Nisbet, Jackson 1960
CCDB · kew — Broderick SR, Stevens MR, Geary B, Love SL, Jellen EN, Dockter RB, Daley SL, Lindgren DT. 2011. A survey of Penstemon's genome size. Genome 54: 160-173.
n 83×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Ward, D. E. 1984. Chromosome counts from New Mexico and Mexico. Phytologia 56(1): 55–60.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Freeman, C. C. & R. E. Brooks. 1988. Documented plant chromosome numbers 1988: 1. Chromosome counts for North American plants -- I. Sida 13: 241–250.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Freeman, C. C. 1983. Chromosome numbers in Great Plains species of Penstemon (Scrophulariaceae). Brittonia 35(3): 232–238.
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 accuracy85% within 1 km
≤100 m 322≤1 km 54≤10 km 30>10 km 36
442 georeferenced · 105 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor547
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 accuracy39% within 1 km
≤100 m 26≤1 km 64≤10 km 117>10 km 26
233 georeferenced · 154 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence387
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without
Open the mapnot free-living1
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 institutions38 of 50 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Albuquerque, US
65
ASUlocation not on record
32
Flagstaff, US
29
Bronx, US
26
Fort Worth, US
23
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
20
WTUlocation not on record
20
Mexico City, MX
18
Denver, US
16
EL PASO, US
15
Phoenix, US
10
Riverside, US
9
Lubbock, US
9
Austin, US
9
Provo, US
8
Mexico City, MX
8
Bangkok, TH
6
Austin, US
6
Claremont, US
5
San Angelo, US
5
Logan, US
4
Pomona Collegelocation not on record
3
Davis, US
3
Orem, US
3
San Luis Obispo, US
2
Durango, US
2
USFSlocation not on record
2
Philadelphia, US
2
Lincoln, US
2
Weber State Universitylocation not on record
2
Henderson, US
2
BAYLUlocation not on record
2
Moscow, US
1
Saint Louis, US
1
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
1
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
1
Feira de Santana, BR
1
Pittsburg, US
1
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
1
San Diego, US
1
Taipei, TW
1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
1
Northridge, US
1
Boise, US
1
Madison, US
1
Stephenville, US
1
Santa Barbara, US
1
Bloomington, US
1
Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record
1
Waverly, US
1
50 institutions · 386 of 387 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility937 records↗
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↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗