Penstemon pachyphyllus

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Penstemon

At a glance

Occurrence records401

Data sources10

Biological traits12

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections1

Sources10 archives

Databases and archives Penstemon pachyphyllus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility401 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page7 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources12 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS3 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF401 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 16

01Narrative

Penstemon pachyphyllus is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family known by the common name thickleaf beardtongue. It is native to the western United States,Penstemon pachyphyllus. NatureServe. particularly the Great Basin.Penstemon pachyphyllus. USDA NRCS Plant Guide. This species is a perennial herb growing up to 65 centimeters tall. The leaves are fleshy and smooth-edged. The flowers are blue to shades of purple. The staminode is very hairy.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPTRYGIFT

Size & morphology3

Seed mass3.08 mg

Seed mass max3.08 mg

Seed mass min3.08 mg

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life formperennial

Life spanperennial

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment6

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatetemperate

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

03Chemical composition3 compounds

Compounds documented for Penstemon pachyphyllus across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile1 class

Anthocyanidins3

Documented compounds3 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Class	Amount	Source
cyanidin-3,5-diglucoside		present	LOTUS
Delphinidin 3,5-diglucoside		present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcoding1 specimens

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 pachyphyllus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections1

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 manual Penstemon pachyphyllus 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 = 16 n = 8

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 161×CCDB · kew

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.

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type401 records

Wild obs. + sensor171

Museum / vouchered230

Origin

Native1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 076 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 accuracy92% within 1 km

≤100 m 103≤1 km 11≤10 km 5>10 km 5

124 georeferenced · 47 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor171

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 accuracy57% within 1 km

≤100 m 10≤1 km 32≤10 km 26>10 km 6

74 georeferenced · 156 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence230

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 institutions19 of 32 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Provo, US	38
ASUlocation not on record	24
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record	23
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record	21
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	19
Flagstaff, US	13
Riverside, US	13
Logan, US	10
Phoenix, US	8
Denver, US	6
Weber State Universitylocation not on record	6
Moscow, US	6
Boise, US	5
Bangkok, TH	5
Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalitionlocation not on record	5
Bronx, US	3
San Luis Obispo, US	3
Chadron, US	3
WTUlocation not on record	3
EL PASO, US	2
Bureau of Land Managementlocation not on record	2
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratorylocation not on record	2
Bandelier National Monumentlocation not on record	1
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record	1
Lincoln, US	1
Durango, US	1
Henderson, US	1
Orem, US	1
Claremont, US	1
BOISlocation not on record	1
Santa Barbara, US	1
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record	1

32 institutions · 230 of 230 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Penstemon pachyphyllus 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 found1

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 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.

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