Phlox drummondii
Hook. · speciesAt a glance
Sources12 archives
Databases and archives Phlox drummondii's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation9 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility4 224 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗
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↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Phlox drummondii (commonly annual phlox or Drummond's phlox)P. drummondii at USDA Plants Profile is a flowering plant in the genus Phlox of the family Polemoniaceae. Native to Texas, it is also widely distributed in the southeastern United States, especially along public highways. P. drummondii is often used as an ornamental plant.Phlox drummondii at Floridata The flowers have a wide range of colours "from white and cream through pinks, lilacs, roses, purples and reds, to almost black".Kelly, James P. 1920. A genetical study of flower form and flower color in Phlox drummondii. Genetics 5(2): 189-248 and 5(3): 361. Phlox drummondii is named after Scottish botanist Thomas Drummond, who sent it and a variety of other plant samples back to Britain following his 1833–1835 expedition to Texas.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology18
Life cycle & reproduction6
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment10
Physiology & chemistry2
Compounds documented for Phlox drummondii across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile1 class
Documented compounds3 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-6-(3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl)chromen-4-one | present | LOTUS | |
| 5,7-Dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-6-(3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl)chromen-4-one | present | LOTUS | |
| 6-[4,5-Dihydroxy-3-(3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl)oxyoxan-2-yl]-5,7-dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)chromen-4-one | present | LOTUS |
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 Phlox drummondii has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ 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.
The complete instruction manual Phlox drummondii 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.
2n 1436×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 +4
n 715×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 +1
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type4 224 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
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.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions82 of 120 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Fort Worth, US | 98 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 65 |
| Baroda, IN | 44 |
| LDlocation not on record | 42 |
| Tampa, US | 37 |
| Zhengzhou, CN | 27 |
| Texas Lutheran Universitylocation not on record | 22 |
| Bangkok, TH | 22 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 16 |
| Denton, US | 14 |
| Nanjing, CN | 13 |
| Austin, US | 13 |
| Bloomington, US | 11 |
| EL PASO, US | 9 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 9 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 9 |
| Saint Louis, US | 8 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 8 |
| Miami, US | 8 |
| Bronx, US | 7 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 7 |
| Lubbock, US | 6 |
| Tartu, EE | 6 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 6 |
| Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record | 5 |
| Stephenville, US | 5 |
| Beijing, CN | 5 |
| Flagstaff, US | 5 |
| Columbia, US | 5 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 5 |
| Institute for Agricultural Bacteriology and Fermentation Biologylocation not on record | 4 |
| Denver, US | 4 |
| Görlitz, DE | 4 |
| Dekalb, US | 4 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| Pondicherry, IN | 3 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 3 |
| Wuhan, CN | 3 |
| Seoul, KR | 3 |
| Bern, CH | 3 |
| Tuscaloosa, US | 3 |
| Norfolk, US | 3 |
| US | 2 |
| Honolulu, US | 2 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 2 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 2 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 2 |
| Claremont, US | 2 |
| San Angelo, US | 2 |
| Québec, CA | 2 |
| Durango, MX | 2 |
| DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record | 2 |
| Puerto Ayora, EC | 2 |
| University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record | 2 |
| GAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Pittsburg, US | 2 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 2 |
| AUAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk, UA | 2 |
| Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record | 2 |
| GB | 2 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 1 |
| Davis, US | 1 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 1 |
| New Haven, US | 1 |
| Little Rock, US | 1 |
| Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preservelocation not on record | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 1 |
| Burlington, US | 1 |
| Phoenix, US | 1 |
| Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record | 1 |
| Millersville, US | 1 |
| Hangzhou, CN | 1 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 1 |
| University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record | 1 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Zürich, CH | 1 |
| College Park, US | 1 |
| Tall Timbers Research Stationlocation not on record | 1 |
| Audubon Society -- Silver Bluff Audubon Center and Sanctuarylocation not on record | 1 |
| Changsha, CN | 1 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 1 |
| Jyväskylä, FI | 1 |
| Allentown, US | 1 |
| Guilin, CN | 1 |
| Yangling, CN | 1 |
| Fullerton, US | 1 |
| Auckland, NZ | 1 |
| Clemson, US | 1 |
| Wellington, NZ | 1 |
| Armidale, AU | 1 |
| Helsinki, FI | 1 |
| Davenport, US | 1 |
| Richmond, US | 1 |
| South Kensington, GB | 1 |
| Lincoln, US | 1 |
| Mlocation not on record | 1 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 1 |
| Porvoo, FI | 1 |
| St. Augustine, TT | 1 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 1 |
| Oswego, US | 1 |
| Córdoba, AR | 1 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 1 |
| University of New Hampshirelocation not on record | 1 |
| University of North Carolina at Pembrokelocation not on record | 1 |
| Austin, US | 1 |
| Chiba, JP | 1 |
| Knoxville, US | 1 |
| Moscow, US | 1 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 1 |
| Williamsburg, US | 1 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 1 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 1 |
| IWEP FEB RASlocation not on record | 1 |
| Trondheim, NO | 1 |
| Palmerston, AU | 1 |
| Olocation not on record | 1 |
Where the DNA of Phlox drummondii 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
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
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.