Phlox glaberrima (commonly called smooth phlox) is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family. It is native to the Midwestern and Southeastern United States where it is found in moist to wet areas. It can be found in both prairies and forests, where it is an indicator of high quality habitat.IllinoisWildflowers The relationships between Phlox glaberrima, Phlox carolina, and Phlox maculata are particularly unclear. There may be hybridization, or an undescribed third species that resembles an intermediate. The phylogenetic relationships of this group of Phlox is currently under review.
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 Phlox glaberrima has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens3
Marker genes4
GenBank sequences8
eDNA detections6
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.
★matK2★rbcL1★ITS5★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceGoaT
The complete instruction manualPhlox glaberrima 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.
Ploidydiploid inferred
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
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
DNA clock origin0.16 Ma TimeTree
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.
DNA clock origin
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 190 records
Wild obs. + sensor714
Museum / vouchered474
Cultivated / captive1
Other1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO3 364 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 accuracy66% within 1 km
≤100 m 367≤1 km 48≤10 km 16>10 km 201
632 georeferenced · 82 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor714
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 accuracy33% within 1 km
≤100 m 19≤1 km 87≤10 km 179>10 km 36
321 georeferenced · 153 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence474
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km
≤1 km 1
1 georeferenced
Open the mapnot free-living1
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 58 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
146
DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record
50
Tuscaloosa, US
34
Jackson, US
17
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
15
Fayetteville, US
13
Bronx, US
13
Bloomington, US
10
Columbia, US
9
Knoxville, US
9
Little Rock, US
9
Russellville, US
8
Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record
8
AUAlocation not on record
7
Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record
7
WTUlocation not on record
7
University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record
6
Dekalb, US
6
Millersville, US
5
BAYLUlocation not on record
5
Bangkok, TH
5
Tall Timbers Research Stationlocation not on record
5
GAlocation not on record
5
Philadelphia, US
5
Edmonton, CA
4
University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record
4
Tampa, US
4
Richmond, US
4
Williamsburg, US
4
Miami, US
3
Saint Louis, US
3
Denver, US
2
ASUlocation not on record
2
Wuzhou, CN
2
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
2
Fort Worth, US
2
Asheville, US
2
Burlington, US
2
Turlock, US
2
Conway, US
1
Pittsburg, US
1
US
1
Clemson, US
1
Mississippi State, US
1
Kunming, CN
1
Whitewater, US
1
Northridge, US
1
Beijing, CN
1
James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record
1
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
1
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
1
Minia, EG
1
Universität Göttingenlocation not on record
1
Moscow, US
1
Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record
1
San Angelo, US
1
Oskarshamn, SE
1
Flagstaff, US
1
58 institutions · 465 of 474 vouchered records shown · 9 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA6 detections
Where the DNA of Phlox glaberrima 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 found6
Studies independent surveys1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 6 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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 190 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI6 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗