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NarrativeWikipediaarticle
Traits & measurements3 literature sources9 traits
Chemical compositionLOTUS3 compounds
Occurrence & distributionGBIF863 records
Genome at a glanceGoaT621 Mbp
01Narrative
Penstemon watsonii est une espèce de plantes à fleurs de la famille des Plantaginacées, originaire d'Amérique du Nord. Elle est connue sous le nom de Watson’s Beardtongue en anglais.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Penstemon watsonii 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
Compound
Class
Amount
Source
cyanidin-3,5-diglucoside
present
LOTUS
Delphinidin 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 watsonii has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
06Genome at a glanceGoaT
The complete instruction manualPenstemon watsonii 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 size621 030 000 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 watsonii0.62 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.
Ploidy2× diploid · measured
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type863 records
Wild obs. + sensor123
Museum / vouchered740
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO2 332 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 accuracy88% within 1 km
≤100 m 59≤1 km 9≤10 km 7>10 km 2
77 georeferenced · 46 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor123
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 accuracy58% within 1 km
≤100 m 39≤1 km 108≤10 km 94>10 km 13
254 georeferenced · 486 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence740
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 institutions28 of 42 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Bronx, US
170
Logan, US
86
Provo, US
63
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
58
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
43
Wuzhou, CN
32
Pullman, US
27
Boise, US
27
Riverside, US
25
Denver, US
17
Flagstaff, US
16
Caldwell, US
15
Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalitionlocation not on record
14
Moscow, US
14
Weber State Universitylocation not on record
12
Henderson, US
11
Orem, US
11
Pocatello, US
9
Bandelier National Monumentlocation not on record
9
WTUlocation not on record
9
Claremont, US
8
Bureau of Land Managementlocation not on record
8
Phoenix, US
7
Angwin, US
7
Grand Junction, US
6
ASUlocation not on record
5
Bangkok, TH
5
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
4
Lincoln, US
3
Saint Louis, US
3
US
2
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
2
San Luis Obispo, US
2
Albuquerque, US
2
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
1
CASlocation not on record
1
Davis, US
1
EL PASO, US
1
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratorylocation not on record
1
Chadron, US
1
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
1
Durango, US
1
42 institutions · 740 of 740 vouchered records shown
