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NarrativeWikipediaarticle
Traits & measurements3 literature sources12 traits
Chemical compositionLOTUS2 compounds
Occurrence & distributionGBIF941 records
Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT709 Mbp
01Narrative
Penstemon pseudospectabilis (desert beardtongue, or desert penstemon) a species of penstemon. It's native to the southwestern United States, where it grows in desert and plateau habitat types, such as sandy washes, scrub, and woodland. The plant is generally a shrub growing to one meter, with many erect stems. The thin leaves are oval with wide, pointed tips and serrated edges. They are arranged oppositely in pairs, many are completely fused at the bases about the stem, forming a disc. The inflorescence bears tubular flowers with expanded, lobed mouths and glandular hairs on most surfaces, except the hairless staminode. The flower grows to 2.5 centimeters and is reddish pink.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Penstemon pseudospectabilis across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile1 class
Anthocyanidins2
Documented compounds2 total
Compound
Class
Amount
Source
cyanidin-3,5-diglucoside
present
LOTUS
05DNA & barcodingmolecular
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 pseudospectabilis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT
The complete instruction manualPenstemon pseudospectabilis 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 size709 050 000 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 pseudospectabilis0.71 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 · 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 — Schaack, C. G. 1982. In IOPB chromosome number reports LXXV. Taxon 31: 366–367.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Schaack, C. G. 1987. Chromosome Number Reports 95. Taxon 36: 497.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Parfitt, B. D., D. J. Pinkava, D. Rickel, D. Fillipi, B. Eggers & D. J. Keil. 1990. Documented chromosome numbers 1990: 1. Miscellaneous North American vascular plants. Sida 14: 305–308.
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 accuracy90% within 1 km
≤100 m 374≤1 km 72≤10 km 25>10 km 25
496 georeferenced · 164 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor660
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 4≤1 km 58≤10 km 41>10 km 6
109 georeferenced · 172 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence281
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 institutions29 of 44 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
ASUlocation not on record
55
Phoenix, US
48
Claremont, US
28
Riverside, US
23
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
14
EL PASO, US
13
San Diego, US
10
Flagstaff, US
10
Albuquerque, US
9
CASlocation not on record
5
Bronx, US
5
Pullman, US
5
Denver, US
4
Santa Barbara, US
3
Northridge, US
3
USFSlocation not on record
3
Provo, US
2
Bangkok, TH
2
Mexico City, MX
2
WTUlocation not on record
2
Saint Louis, US
2
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
2
San Luis Obispo, US
2
Los Angeles, US
2
Arizona Western Collegelocation not on record
1
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
1
Mérida, MX
1
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record
1
Bloomington, US
1
Angwin, US
1
Orem, US
1
GB
1
Millersville, US
1
Pocatello, US
1
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
1
San Angelo, US
1
Logan, US
1
Pomona Collegelocation not on record
1
San Jose, US
1
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
1
Henderson, US
1
BAYLUlocation not on record
1
44 institutions · 274 of 281 vouchered records shown · 7 without an institution code
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility941 records↗
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↗