Streptosolen jamesonii
(Benth.) Miers · speciesAt a glance
Sources10 archives
Databases and archives Streptosolen jamesonii's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation9 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 469 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 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 & karyotypeEvery layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Close-up of flowers of Browallia americana : Streptosolen jamesonii was placed initially in the closely related genus Browallia and is still sometimes known familiarly as "Orange Browallia". Streptosolen is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Solanaceae. It is closely related to the genus Browallia, within which it was originally placed. The single species, Streptosolen jamesonii, the marmalade bush or fire bush, is an evergreen shrub bearing loose clusters of flowers which change gradually from yellow to red as they develop, resulting in an overall appearance resembling orange marmalade (whence the name), found in open woodlands in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru. In its native Ecuador, the plant has the Spanish common names flor de quinde (= 'hummingbird flower'), flor del sol (= 'flower of the sun') and jaboncillo (= 'little soap (plant)').Montserrat Rios, Fani Tinitana, Pablo Jarrín, Natalia Donoso and Juan Carlos Romero-Benavides, “Horchata” drink in Southern Ecuador : medicinal plants and people’s wellbeing Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2017). [Note: the South American Spanish word quinde (hummingbird) is derived from the Quechua word quindi, having the same meaning. The word passed into Spanish because there was no pre-existing Spanish word for a family of birds found only in the New World.]https://educalingo.com/en/dic-es/quinde Retrieved 13.06 on 22/2/19. The red colouration (at maturity) of the flowers of Streptosolen jamesonii is typical of that of bird-pollinated flowers, as also is their lack of a strong scent and secretion of a great deal of nectar. The iridescent green hummingbird species Chlorostilbon poortmani, the short-tailed emerald, is a frequent visitor to the flowers of Streptosolen jamesonii, pollinating them as it hovers to sip their nectar.https://www.hbw.com/ibc/photo/short-tailed-emerald-chlorostilbon-poortmani/green-tailed-emerald-sipping-nectar-flowers Retrieved 22.45 on 22/2/19 Hunziker (2001) gives the further common names for the plant in Ecuador nacha, agua de oro (= 'water of gold'), and guizcho de bosque.Armando T. Hunziker: The Genera of Solanaceae. A.R.G. Gantner Verlag K.G., Ruggell, Liechtenstein 2001. Two other English vernacular names sometimes applied to the shrub are Orange Browallia and Yellow Heliotrope shrubWebsite Gardenphotos.com https://garden-photos-com.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Trees-Shrubs/G0000MkIaLN.JqQo/I0000qN.VCDJAdec Retrieved 13.28 on 1/3/19. The plant has become naturalized in certain localities in Hawaii.http://www.hear.org/Pier/wra/pacific/streptosolen_jamesonii_htmlwra.htm Retrieved 13.56 on 25/2/19.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Life cycle & reproduction2
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment8
Physiology & chemistry1
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 Streptosolen jamesonii 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 Streptosolen jamesonii 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 221×CCDB · book-indian_vol1
n 123×CCDB · solan · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
n 112×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-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 type1 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.
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 institutions42 of 76 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Saint Louis, US | 46 |
| Loja, EC | 18 |
| South Kensington, GB | 13 |
| Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record | 10 |
| Xiamen, CN | 9 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 9 |
| Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record | 9 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 7 |
| Stockholm, SE | 7 |
| Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record | 7 |
| QCNElocation not on record | 6 |
| Bronx, US | 6 |
| UTPLlocation not on record | 6 |
| TAFORI-LSRClocation not on record | 5 |
| MAlocation not on record | 5 |
| Paris, FR | 4 |
| BISHlocation not on record | 4 |
| Aarhus, DK | 4 |
| Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV | 4 |
| Chicago, US | 3 |
| BMlocation not on record | 3 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 3 |
| HUAlocation not on record | 3 |
| Baroda, IN | 3 |
| San Diego, US | 3 |
| Berlin, DE | 3 |
| Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record | 3 |
| Göteborg, SE | 3 |
| Quito, EC | 3 |
| Honolulu, US | 3 |
| Altos de Pipe, VE | 3 |
| Madison, US | 3 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 2 |
| Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record | 2 |
| Córdoba, AR | 2 |
| Pondicherry, IN | 2 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 2 |
| Riobamba, EC | 2 |
| Bangkok, TH | 2 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 2 |
| Henry Brockhouse Collectionlocation not on record | 2 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| Bloomington, US | 1 |
| UFMGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 1 |
| Granada, ES | 1 |
| Salamanca, ES | 1 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 1 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 1 |
| USP-IBlocation not on record | 1 |
| Riverside, US | 1 |
| Tampa, US | 1 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 1 |
| Guatemala, GT | 1 |
| Museo de Historia Natural de El Salvadorlocation not on record | 1 |
| Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad de Nariño (UdeNar)location not on record | 1 |
| València, ES | 1 |
| Auckland, NZ | 1 |
| Madrid, ES | 1 |
| Pamplona, ES | 1 |
| Barcelona, ES | 1 |
| HUT Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record | 1 |
| Porto Alegre, BR | 1 |
| Vitoria, ES | 1 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Jardín Botánico José Celestino Mutis (JBBJCM)location not on record | 1 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 1 |
| Kew, GB | 1 |
| Alicante, ES | 1 |
| Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (UDistrital)location not on record | 1 |
| Museo naturalistico del Frignano Ferruccio Minghellilocation not on record | 1 |
| Cusco, PE | 1 |
| Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| WTUlocation 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 Streptosolen jamesonii 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?
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.