Penstemon laevigatus, the eastern smooth beardtongue, is a plant in the plantain family, Plantaginaceae. The flowers are borne in summer. Its native range includes much of the Eastern United States, from Maine to Michigan and Georgia to Mississippi. It can grow in either sunny or shady conditions.
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 Penstemon laevigatus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens11
Marker genes5
GenBank sequences3
eDNA detections5
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.
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plant barcodefungal barcodemarker
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualPenstemon laevigatus 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 = 96 n = 48
Ploidypolyploid inferred
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 961×CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants
CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants — La Cour 1931
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 accuracy83% within 1 km
≤100 m 242≤1 km 58≤10 km 8>10 km 53
361 georeferenced · 40 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor401
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 accuracy30% within 1 km
≤100 m 15≤1 km 92≤10 km 184>10 km 68
359 georeferenced · 233 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence592
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 institutions40 of 61 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Chapel Hill, US
74
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
57
Bronx, US
50
Bangkok, TH
49
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
48
Columbia, US
29
Williamsburg, US
28
Philadelphia, US
25
Jackson, US
18
Wuzhou, CN
17
Knoxville, US
15
Tuscaloosa, US
13
GAlocation not on record
12
Burlington, US
12
DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record
10
Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record
9
Norfolk, US
7
WTUlocation not on record
7
Asheville, US
6
Clemson, US
6
Fairfax, US
5
Bloomington, US
5
AUAlocation not on record
4
BAYLUlocation not on record
4
Morgantown, US
4
College Park, US
4
James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record
3
Richmond, US
3
New Haven, US
3
Columbus State Universitylocation not on record
3
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
2
Oskarshamn, SE
2
University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record
2
Turlock, US
2
EL PASO, US
2
University of New Hampshirelocation not on record
2
University of North Carolina at Pembrokelocation not on record
2
Mississippi State, US
2
Miami, US
2
ASUlocation not on record
2
Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record
2
New Brunswick, US
1
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
1
Staten Island, US
1
Karlsruhe, DE
1
Moscow, US
1
Tampa, US
1
Turku, FI
1
Québec, CA
1
Tall Timbers Research Stationlocation not on record
1
Mexico City, MX
1
West Virginia Wesleyan Collegelocation not on record
1
Little Rock, US
1
Paris, FR
1
Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record
1
Northridge, US
1
China Agricultural Universitylocation not on record
1
Millersville, US
1
Taipei, TW
1
Dekalb, US
1
Davenport, US
1
61 institutions · 572 of 592 vouchered records shown · 20 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA5 detections
Where the DNA of Penstemon laevigatus 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 found5
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 5 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
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 median21.7 °C 17.5–22.6
Seasonal swing summer↔winter21.7 °C
Max temp (day)27.4 °C 23.4–28.1
Min temp (night)16.6 °C 12.3–17.4
Precipitation133 mm/mo 110–145
Air humidity57.2 % 56.5–58.1
Moisture balance-7.50 mm/mo -42.8–1.70
Vapour deficit1,083 Pa 864–1,180
Wind speed2.50 m/s 2.40–3.90
Cloud cover39.4 % 34.2–40.4
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 5 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 Facility1 001 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics11 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype