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NarrativeWikipediaarticle
Traits & measurements3 literature sources17 traits
Occurrence & distributionGBIF12 715 records
DNA & barcodingNCBIsequences
Genome at a glanceGoaT8 Gbp
01Narrative
Triteleia laxa (previously Brodiaea laxa) is a triplet lily known by several common names, including Ithuriel's spear, common triteleia and grassnut. It is native to California where it is a common wildflower, and it is occasionally found in southwestern Oregon. It bears a tall, naked stem topped with a spray of smaller stalks, each ending in a purple or blue flower. The flower is tubular, opening into a sharply six-pointed star. The plant grows from a corm which is edible and similar in taste and use as the potato. The most used common name for the species, Ithuriel's spear, is a reference to the angel Ithuriel from Milton's Paradise Lost.
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 Triteleia laxa has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences2
Countries1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ 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.
★matK1★rbcL1
plant barcode
06Genome at a glanceGoaT
The complete instruction manualTriteleia laxa 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.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Genome size8 022 369 336 bp
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
THIS GENOME Triteleia laxa8.02 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
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 = 16 n = 8
Ploidy2× / 4× cytotypes
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy90% within 1 km
≤100 m 7 477≤1 km 1 056≤10 km 668>10 km 241
9 442 georeferenced · 2 445 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor11 887
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 accuracy53% within 1 km
≤100 m 21≤1 km 209≤10 km 193>10 km 7
430 georeferenced · 393 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence823
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy50% within 1 km
≤1 km 2≤10 km 2
4 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates
Open the mapnot free-living5
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 institutions42 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
Davis, US
82
Riverside, US
68
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
66
Arcata, US
65
Claremont, US
59
Angwin, US
55
Turlock, US
32
Santa Barbara, US
23
Bronx, US
18
CASlocation not on record
16
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
15
US
15
San Diego, US
13
San Luis Obispo, US
13
Logan, US
13
Northridge, US
10
Fredericton Stock Culture Collectionlocation not on record
10
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
9
Philadelphia, US
9
Santa Cruz, US
7
Fullerton, US
5
Irvine, US
5
Vancouver, CA
5
San Jose, US
5
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record
4
Flagstaff, US
3
Bloomington, US
3
EL PASO, US
3
Long Beach, US
3
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
3
Pullman, US
2
Bangkok, TH
2
LDlocation not on record
2
Provo, US
2
Ashland, US
2
Henderson, US
2
Wuzhou, CN
2
Moscow, US
1
Tempe, US
1
Cambridge, US
1
Brookings, US
1
Saint Louis, US
1
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
1
Los Angeles, US
1
Oskarshamn, SE
1
Stockholm, SE
1
Beijing, CN
1
Boise, US
1
Dresden, DE
1
Chadron, US
1
Columbia, US
1
DBF-NHMDlocation not on record
1
52 institutions · 666 of 823 vouchered records shown · 157 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility12 715 records↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗