Strobilanthes wallichii

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Acanthaceae/Strobilanthes

At a glance

Occurrence records68

Data sources7

Biological traits10

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Strobilanthes wallichii's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility68 records↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources10 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF68 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 40

01Narrative

Strobilanthes wallichii, commonly known as Kashmir acanthus, hardy Persian shield, wild petunia, or kandali, is a herbaceous perennial which is native to the Himalayas. In its natural habitat, it purple blooms appear only once every twelve years, an occasion which is celebrated by the Kandali Festival in the Pithoragarh District in India. Synonyms include: Pteracanthus alatus (Wall. ex Nees) Bremek. Ruellia alata Wall. ex Nees Strobilanthes atropurpureus Nees

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTAusTraitsTRY

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life formperennial

Life spanperennial

Habitat & environment7

Climatetemperate

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max4 000 m

Elevation min1 300 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

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 Strobilanthes wallichii has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Strobilanthes wallichii 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 = 40 n = 20

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome records32–402n range36median40mode2records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 321×CCDB · book-indian_vol1

CCDB · book-indian_vol1 — Mehra, P.N. & Gill, L.S. 1968a ; Bhat, B.K. et al. 1975

2n 401×CCDB · book-indian_vol1

CCDB · book-indian_vol1 — Mehra, P.N. & Vasudevan, K.N. 1972

n 167×CCDB · iapt · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71

CCDB · iapt — IAPT/IOPB Chromosome Data 12

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Saggoo, M. I. 1983. Cytomorphological studies on plants of economic importance of Bicarpellatae from India. 259 pp.

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Saggoo, M. I. & S. S. Bir. 1982. In: IOPB chromosome number reports LXXVI. Taxon 31: 593–595.

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Bir, S. S. & M. I. S. Saggoo. 1981. Cytopalynology of certain Acanthaceae and Labiatae. J. Palynol. 17: 93–102.

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — BHAT, B. K., S. K. BAKSHI & M. K. KAUL. 1975. In IOPB chromosome number reports XLIX. Taxon 24: 501–516.

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — VASUDEVAN, K. N. 1976. Contribution to the cytotaxonomy and cytogeography of the flora of the western Himalayas (with an attempt to compare it with the flora of the Alps). Part III. Ber. Schweiz. Bot. Ges. 86: 152–203.

CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — MEHRA, P.M., & L.S. GILL. 1968. In IOPB chromosome number reports XVI. Taxon 17: 199-204.

n 202×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn72

CCDB · book-ipcn72 — MEHRA, P.N . & K.N. VASUDEVAN. 1972. In IOPB chromosome number reports XXXVI. Taxon 21: 333-346.

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type68 records

Wild obs. + sensor16

Museum / vouchered49

Other3

Origin

Native6

Introduced2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO172 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 12≤1 km 3

15 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor16

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 accuracy80% within 1 km

≤100 m 3≤1 km 1>10 km 1

5 georeferenced · 44 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence49

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 institutions10 of 14 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Guangzhou, CN	14
Beijing, CN	14
TAIElocation not on record	4
Guiyang, CN	3
Guilin, CN	3
Edinburgh, GB	2
Mount Annan, AU	2
Taipei, TW	1
GMBAlocation not on record	1
Yunnan Universitylocation not on record	1
Palmerston, AU	1
Canberra, AU	1
Wuhan, CN	1
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	1

14 institutions · 49 of 49 vouchered records shown

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