⚠ sources differ — GIFT: herb · TRY: Subshrub, Forb/herb
Woodinessnon-woody
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 Sphaeralcea coulteri has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualSphaeralcea coulteri 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.
Chromosomes2n = 10 n = 5
Ploidydiploid inferred
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 101×CCDB · Cave1958
CCDB · Cave1958 — Krapovikas 1957
n 51×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Keil, D. J. 1981. In Chromosome number reports LXXII. Taxon 30: 705–706.
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy91% within 1 km
≤100 m 621≤1 km 104≤10 km 33>10 km 41
799 georeferenced · 278 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 077
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 accuracy75% within 1 km
≤100 m 91≤1 km 45≤10 km 30>10 km 15
181 georeferenced · 230 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence411
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 51 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
ASUlocation not on record
97
Riverside, US
34
Phoenix, US
29
Austin, US
27
Flagstaff, US
26
Mexico City, MX
26
Mexico City, MX
23
San Diego, US
23
Claremont, US
12
Hermosillo, MX
10
San Luis Obispo, US
9
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
7
Bronx, US
7
EL PASO, US
6
Santa Barbara, US
6
Saint Louis, US
5
Davis, US
4
La Paz, MX
4
Austin, US
4
Arizona State University Biocollectionslocation not on record
4
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
3
Pullman, US
3
Arizona Western Collegelocation not on record
3
Durango, MX
3
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
3
Kew, GB
2
Tlalnepantla, MX
2
Los Angeles, US
2
Chicago, US
1
Philadelphia, US
1
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record
1
Arcata, US
1
Tampa, US
1
Clemson, US
1
Moscow, US
1
San Angelo, US
1
Bloomington, US
1
San Jose, US
1
Albuquerque, US
1
Durango, US
1
Northridge, US
1
CASlocation not on record
1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
1
Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Méxicolocation not on record
1
The University of Arizonalocation not on record
1
Chapingo, MX
1
Mérida, MX
1
South Kensington, GB
1
Denver, US
1
Montréal, CA
1
Mississippi State, US
1
51 institutions · 407 of 411 vouchered records shown · 4 without an institution code
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 488 records↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗