Sphaeralcea emoryi is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common name Emory's globemallow. It is native to the Southwestern United States, California and Northwestern Mexico. It grows in desert habitat and sometimes disturbed areas such as roadsides.
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 Sphaeralcea emoryi has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens2
Marker genes2
eDNA detections1
Countries1
Marker genes sequenced
★ 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.
★rbcLa★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualSphaeralcea emoryi 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 = 20 n = 10
Ploidypolyploid inferred
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 201×CCDB · Cave1958
CCDB · Cave1958 — Krapovikas 1957
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 accuracy96% within 1 km
≤100 m 16≤1 km 6≤10 km 1
23 georeferenced · 13 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor36
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 accuracy62% within 1 km
≤100 m 54≤1 km 47≤10 km 47>10 km 14
162 georeferenced · 272 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence434
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 institutions41 of 52 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
113
Riverside, US
56
Flagstaff, US
54
Phoenix, US
30
San Diego, US
25
Claremont, US
18
Austin, US
15
Bronx, US
11
Mexico City, MX
9
Santa Barbara, US
8
Mexico City, MX
8
Irvine, US
6
Los Angeles, US
6
Emporia, US
5
EL PASO, US
4
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
4
Arcata, US
4
La Paz, MX
4
Hermosillo, MX
4
Pullman, US
3
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
3
Arizona Western Collegelocation not on record
3
Arizona State University Biocollectionslocation not on record
3
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
3
Denver, US
2
San Luis Obispo, US
2
Lubbock, US
2
Albuquerque, US
2
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
2
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
2
Chicago, US
1
San Angelo, US
1
CASlocation not on record
1
USFSlocation not on record
1
US
1
Pocatello, US
1
Henderson, US
1
Saint Louis, US
1
Northridge, US
1
Moscow, US
1
Long Beach, US
1
Davis, US
1
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
1
Logan, US
1
Bangkok, TH
1
Millersville, US
1
Edmonton, CA
1
South Kensington, GB
1
Bloomington, US
1
Pittsburg, US
1
Clemson, US
1
Juriquilla, MX
1
52 institutions · 433 of 434 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Sphaeralcea emoryi 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 found1
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 1 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
Malosma, Buckwheat, Deerweed, Granitic
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.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median15.1 °C 15.1–15.1
Seasonal swing summer↔winter10.2 °C
Max temp (day)20.4 °C
Min temp (night)10.2 °C
Precipitation28.2 mm/mo
Air humidity59.8 %
Moisture balance-88.3 mm/mo
Vapour deficit691 Pa
Wind speed1.60 m/s
Cloud cover30.2 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
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 Facility470 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype