Proboscidea louisianica
(Mill.) Thell. · speciesAt a glance
Sources11 archives
Databases and archives Proboscidea louisianica's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 469 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI9 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics5 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↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Proboscidea louisianica is a species of flowering plant in the family Martyniaceae. Its true native range is unclear, but probably includes parts of the southwestern United States and Mexico in North America.Proboscidea louisianica. NatureServe. 2012. It occurs in other areas, including other regions in North America, Europe, Australia, and South Africa, as an introduced species. It is the most widely distributed species in its family.Riffle, M. S., et al. (1991). Composition of essential oil from Proboscidea louisianica (Martyniaceae). Proc. Okla. Acad. Sci 71, 35-42. Common names it shares with other Proboscidea species include devil's claw and unicorn-plant.Proboscidea louisianica. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Names more specific to the species include common devil's claw, ram's horn, aphid trap, Louisiana unicorn-plant, purple-flowered devil's-claw, goat's head, and elephant tusks.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology12
Life cycle & reproduction6
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment11
Compounds documented for Proboscidea louisianica across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds23 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1R,3R,5S,8R,9S,10R,12R,13R,14R,17S)-17-[(2S)-2-hydroxy-6-methylhept-5-en-2-yl]-4,4,8,10,14-pentamethyl-2,3,5,6,7,9,11,12,13,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-1,3,12-triol | present | LOTUS | |
| (1R,3R,5S,8R,9S,10R,12R,13R,14R,17S)-17-[(2S,5R)-5-hydroperoxy-2-hydroxy-6-methylhept-6-en-2-yl]-4,4,8,10,14-pentamethyl-2,3,5,6,7,9,11,12,13,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-1,3,12-triol | present | LOTUS | |
| (1R,3R,5S,8R,9S,10R,12R,13R,14R,17S)-17-[(E,2S)-2,6-dihydroxy-6-methylhept-4-en-2-yl]-4,4,8,10,14-pentamethyl-2,3,5,6,7,9,11,12,13,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-1,3,12-triol | present | LOTUS | |
| (1R,3R,5S,8R,9S,10R,12R,13R,14R,17S)-17-[(E,2S)-6-hydroperoxy-2-hydroxy-6-methylhept-4-en-2-yl]-4,4,8,10,14-pentamethyl-2,3,5,6,7,9,11,12,13,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-1,3,12-triol | present | LOTUS | |
| (1R,5R,8R,9S,10R,12R,13R,14R,17S)-1,12-dihydroxy-17-[(2S)-2-hydroxy-6-methylhept-5-en-2-yl]-4,4,8,10,14-pentamethyl-1,2,5,6,7,9,11,12,13,15,16,17-dodecahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (3R,5R,8R,9R,10R,12R,13R,14R,17S)-17-[(2S,5R)-5-hydroperoxy-2-hydroxy-6-methylhept-6-en-2-yl]-4,4,8,10,14-pentamethyl-2,3,5,6,7,9,11,12,13,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-3,12-diol | present | LOTUS | |
| (3R,5R,8R,9R,10R,12R,13R,14R,17S)-17-[(E,2S)-6-hydroperoxy-2-hydroxy-6-methylhept-4-en-2-yl]-4,4,8,10,14-pentamethyl-2,3,5,6,7,9,11,12,13,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-3,12-diol | present | LOTUS | |
| (3R,5R,8R,9R,10S,11S,12S,13R,14R,17S)-17-[(2S)-2-hydroxy-6-methylhept-5-en-2-yl]-4,4,8,10,14-pentamethyl-2,3,5,6,7,9,11,12,13,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-3,11,12-triol | present | LOTUS | |
| (3R,5R,8R,9R,10S,11S,12S,13R,14R,17S)-17-[(2S,5R)-5-hydroperoxy-2-hydroxy-6-methylhept-6-en-2-yl]-4,4,8,10,14-pentamethyl-2,3,5,6,7,9,11,12,13,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-3,11,12-triol | present | LOTUS | |
| (3R,5R,8R,9R,10S,11S,12S,13R,14R,17S)-17-[(E,2S)-6-hydroperoxy-2-hydroxy-6-methylhept-4-en-2-yl]-4,4,8,10,14-pentamethyl-2,3,5,6,7,9,11,12,13,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-3,11,12-triol | 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 Proboscidea louisianica 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 Proboscidea louisianica 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 302×CCDB · book-fedorov
n 152×CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 · CCDB · Cave1959
Record type2 469 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 institutions65 of 89 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Mount Annan, AU | 51 |
| Bronx, US | 29 |
| Canberra, AU | 28 |
| Adelaide, AU | 28 |
| Durango, MX | 24 |
| Riverside, US | 23 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 22 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 18 |
| Fort Worth, US | 16 |
| Emporia, US | 14 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 12 |
| Denver, US | 12 |
| Chadron, US | 11 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 11 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 11 |
| Lubbock, US | 10 |
| Puebla, MX | 9 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 9 |
| Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record | 9 |
| Brisbane, AU | 8 |
| Claremont, US | 8 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 8 |
| Kensington, AU | 8 |
| San Angelo, US | 7 |
| Corvallis, US | 7 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 7 |
| EL PASO, US | 6 |
| DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record | 6 |
| Zacatecas, MX | 6 |
| Saint Louis, US | 6 |
| Mexico City, MX | 5 |
| Texas Lutheran Universitylocation not on record | 5 |
| Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Moreloslocation not on record | 4 |
| LDlocation not on record | 4 |
| Arcata, US | 3 |
| Austin, US | 3 |
| Austin, US | 3 |
| US | 3 |
| Stephenville, US | 3 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 3 |
| València, ES | 3 |
| Jackson, US | 3 |
| NSW Dept of Planning, Industry and Environmentlocation not on record | 2 |
| Odawara, JP | 2 |
| Tlalnepantla, MX | 2 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 2 |
| Córdoba, ES | 2 |
| Spearfish, US | 2 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 2 |
| Toluca, MX | 2 |
| Fayetteville, US | 2 |
| Flagstaff, US | 2 |
| New Haven, US | 2 |
| Denton, US | 2 |
| Armidale, AU | 2 |
| Northridge, US | 1 |
| Ciudad Juárez, MX | 1 |
| Lincoln, US | 1 |
| Granada, ES | 1 |
| FLASlocation not on record | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 1 |
| Conway, US | 1 |
| MAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Kew, GB | 1 |
| Tampa, US | 1 |
| Honolulu, US | 1 |
| Hobart, AU | 1 |
| Parkville, AU | 1 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Juriquilla, MX | 1 |
| Provo, US | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| Brussel, BE | 1 |
| Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record | 1 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 1 |
| BClocation not on record | 1 |
| HUN003location not on record | 1 |
| Albuquerque, US | 1 |
| Chapingo, MX | 1 |
| Barcelona, ES | 1 |
| Little Rock, US | 1 |
| Davenport, US | 1 |
| Ciudad de México, MX | 1 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 1 |
| Smithfield, AU | 1 |
| Palmerston, AU | 1 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 1 |
Where the DNA of Proboscidea louisianica 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.