Phlox paniculata
speciesAt a glance
Sources12 archives
Databases and archives Phlox paniculata's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation12 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility14 498 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Phlox paniculata is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family (Polemoniaceae). It is native to parts of the eastern and central United States. It is extensively cultivated in temperate regions as an ornamental plantFine Gardening Plant Guide, Garden phlox, Phlox paniculata and has become established in the wild in scattered locales in other regions. Common names include fall phlox, garden phlox, perennial phlox, summer phlox, and panicled phlox.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology14
Life cycle & reproduction7
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment8
Physiology & chemistry3
Other traits1
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 paniculata 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 paniculata 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
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).
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 143×CCDB · nw-europe-fl · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
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 type14 498 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.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions106 of 153 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Philadelphia, US | 242 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 195 |
| Allentown, US | 98 |
| Bloomington, US | 95 |
| Madison, US | 59 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 46 |
| Saint Louis, US | 43 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 41 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 40 |
| Denver, US | 31 |
| Bronx, US | 27 |
| Williamsburg, US | 26 |
| LDlocation not on record | 25 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 23 |
| Görlitz, DE | 23 |
| College Park, US | 23 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 22 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 20 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 19 |
| Jackson, US | 18 |
| St. Paul, US | 16 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 16 |
| Tartu, EE | 14 |
| Millersville, US | 13 |
| Burlington, US | 13 |
| Bangkok, TH | 13 |
| Dekalb, US | 12 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 12 |
| Morgantown, US | 12 |
| Tampa, US | 12 |
| University of New Hampshirelocation not on record | 11 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 9 |
| Mlocation not on record | 9 |
| Fayetteville, US | 8 |
| Emporia, US | 8 |
| Nagano City, JP | 8 |
| Québec, CA | 8 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 8 |
| Olocation not on record | 8 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 7 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 7 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 7 |
| DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record | 7 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 7 |
| Staten Island, US | 7 |
| Columbia, US | 6 |
| Flagstaff, US | 6 |
| Fairfax, US | 6 |
| Norfolk, US | 6 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 6 |
| Richmond, US | 5 |
| Otaru, JP | 5 |
| Hudson, US | 5 |
| Chicago, US | 5 |
| Johnson City, US | 5 |
| Davenport, US | 5 |
| Tomioka, JP | 5 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| Green Bay, US | 4 |
| Universität Göttingenlocation not on record | 4 |
| Wellington, NZ | 4 |
| Philadelphia, US | 4 |
| GB | 4 |
| Tennessee Technological Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| Saint John, CA | 3 |
| Kirksville, US | 3 |
| Little Rock, US | 3 |
| Uniwersytet Warszawskilocation not on record | 3 |
| University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record | 3 |
| Miami, US | 3 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 3 |
| Beijing, CN | 3 |
| Bern, CH | 3 |
| Springfield, US | 3 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 3 |
| Tuscaloosa, US | 3 |
| Jyväskylä, FI | 3 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 2 |
| University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record | 2 |
| EL PASO, US | 2 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 2 |
| Lord Fairfax Community Collegelocation not on record | 2 |
| Uppsala, SE | 2 |
| Armidale, AU | 2 |
| DOI/NPS, Selma to Montgomery National Historic Traillocation not on record | 2 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 2 |
| Porvoo, FI | 2 |
| Pittsburg, US | 2 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 2 |
| Minia, EG | 2 |
| Toronto, CA | 2 |
| Shinshu Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Odawara, JP | 2 |
| Oswego, US | 2 |
| Trondheim, NO | 2 |
| Nijmegen, NL | 2 |
| Lubbock, US | 2 |
| Bergen, NO | 2 |
| Fredericksburg, US | 2 |
| Washington, US | 1 |
| Tianjin Natural History Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Oulu, FI | 1 |
| Nishihara, JP | 1 |
| Rotorua, NZ | 1 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk, UA | 1 |
| Kiritappu Wetland National Trustlocation not on record | 1 |
| Whitewater, US | 1 |
| Shanghai, CN | 1 |
| Pullman, US | 1 |
| Asheville, US | 1 |
| Changsha, CN | 1 |
| Wuhan, CN | 1 |
| Salzburg, AT | 1 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 1 |
| Smithfield, AU | 1 |
| Tilburg, NL | 1 |
| Meguro Parasitological Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record | 1 |
| Tsukuba, JP | 1 |
| Keene State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 1 |
| Durham, US | 1 |
| Chadron, US | 1 |
| Long Beach, US | 1 |
| Toyama, JP | 1 |
| Xiamen, CN | 1 |
| Qufu Normal Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Auckland, NZ | 1 |
| Kushiro City Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 1 |
| Northridge, US | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| Dover, US | 1 |
| Baroda, IN | 1 |
| Taipei, TW | 1 |
| Fort Worth, US | 1 |
| Knoxville, US | 1 |
| KR | 1 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 1 |
| Sapporo, JP | 1 |
| Boise, US | 1 |
| AUAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Provo, US | 1 |
| Tallinn, EE | 1 |
| Turlock, US | 1 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 1 |
| Jefferson City, US | 1 |
| PRClocation not on record | 1 |
| Macomb, US | 1 |
| KOMlocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Phlox paniculata 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.