Claytonia virginica
speciesAt a glance
Sources12 archives
Databases and archives Claytonia virginica's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility64 965 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI9 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics17 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 & karyotype
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Claytonia virginica, the Virginia springbeauty, eastern spring beauty, grass-flower or fairy spud, is an herbaceous perennial plant in the family Montiaceae. Its native range is eastern North America. Its scientific name honors Colonial Virginian botanist John Clayton (1694–1773).
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology5
Life cycle & reproduction5
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment6
Physiology & chemistry3
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 Claytonia virginica 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 Claytonia virginica 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
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).
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 122×CCDB · sys-botany · CCDB · eflora
2n 141×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 151×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 161×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 171×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 181×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 191×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 201×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 241×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 251×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 261×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 271×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 281×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 291×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 301×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 311×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 321×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 331×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 341×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 351×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 361×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 371×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 481×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 501×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 581×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 721×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 851×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 861×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 871×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 911×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 931×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 941×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 981×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 1021×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 1031×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 1041×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 1051×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 1101×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 1211×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 1731×CCDB · sys-botany
2n 1771×CCDB · sys-botany
n 123×CCDB · sys-botany · CCDB · book-ipcn66 · CCDB · Cave1962
n 82×CCDB · sys-botany · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
n 112×CCDB · sys-botany · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
n 161×CCDB · sys-botany
n 181×CCDB · sys-botany
n 301×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
n 361×CCDB · sys-botany
polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-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 type64 965 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 institutions99 of 141 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 368 |
| Philadelphia, US | 264 |
| Bloomington, US | 224 |
| Madison, US | 220 |
| Green Bay, US | 172 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 143 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 136 |
| St. Paul, US | 123 |
| College Park, US | 120 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 109 |
| Saint Louis, US | 79 |
| Fort Worth, US | 76 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 64 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 59 |
| Millersville, US | 54 |
| Bronx, US | 44 |
| New Haven, US | 42 |
| Bangkok, TH | 42 |
| Williamsburg, US | 40 |
| Knoxville, US | 39 |
| Emporia, US | 38 |
| Toronto, CA | 37 |
| Burlington, US | 27 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 26 |
| GB | 25 |
| Fayetteville, US | 24 |
| Allentown, US | 24 |
| Tuscaloosa, US | 23 |
| Whitewater, US | 23 |
| Austin, US | 20 |
| Tampa, US | 17 |
| DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record | 16 |
| Montréal, CA | 16 |
| Dekalb, US | 15 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 15 |
| Dover, US | 14 |
| Jackson, US | 14 |
| Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record | 13 |
| Lord Fairfax Community Collegelocation not on record | 13 |
| Staten Island, US | 13 |
| Davenport, US | 13 |
| Norfolk, US | 12 |
| China Agricultural Universitylocation not on record | 12 |
| Flagstaff, US | 11 |
| Chicago, US | 11 |
| Québec, CA | 11 |
| Columbia, US | 10 |
| Conway, US | 10 |
| Kirksville, US | 10 |
| Pittsburg, US | 10 |
| Little Rock, US | 10 |
| DOI/NPS, Selma to Montgomery National Historic Traillocation not on record | 10 |
| Waverly, US | 9 |
| AUAlocation not on record | 8 |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record | 7 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 7 |
| Mount Berry, US | 6 |
| US | 6 |
| Washington, US | 6 |
| GAlocation not on record | 6 |
| Clemson, US | 6 |
| University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record | 5 |
| Tennessee Technological Universitylocation not on record | 5 |
| Mississippi State, US | 5 |
| EL PASO, US | 5 |
| Fairfax, US | 5 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 5 |
| Richmond, US | 5 |
| US | 5 |
| Asheville, US | 5 |
| University of North Carolina at Pembrokelocation not on record | 4 |
| Northridge, US | 4 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 4 |
| Chicago, US | 4 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 4 |
| Edmonton, CA | 4 |
| Mount Pleasant, US | 3 |
| Conway, US | 3 |
| Philadelphia, US | 3 |
| Springfield, US | 3 |
| University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Fullerton, US | 3 |
| Meguro Parasitological Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Denton, US | 2 |
| Jefferson City, US | 2 |
| New Brunswick, US | 2 |
| San Angelo, US | 2 |
| Denver, US | 2 |
| Smithsonian Institutionlocation not on record | 2 |
| Bozeman, US | 2 |
| Macomb, US | 2 |
| DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record | 2 |
| Mohonk Preservelocation not on record | 2 |
| Boise, US | 1 |
| Riverside, US | 1 |
| Cheney, US | 1 |
| Claremont, US | 1 |
| Beijing, CN | 1 |
| Chadron, US | 1 |
| Jurica-Suchy Nature Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Ypsilanti, US | 1 |
| Turlock, US | 1 |
| Hamilton, US | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| LINUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Fredericksburg, US | 1 |
| Baltimore, US | 1 |
| Davis, US | 1 |
| Logan, US | 1 |
| Tall Timbers Research Stationlocation not on record | 1 |
| Paris, FR | 1 |
| Hudson, US | 1 |
| Phoenix, US | 1 |
| Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record | 1 |
| CSBSJUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Kunming, CN | 1 |
| Berlin, DE | 1 |
| Albuquerque, US | 1 |
| Brookings, US | 1 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 1 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 1 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Moscow, US | 1 |
| Durham, US | 1 |
| Miami, US | 1 |
| Johnson City, US | 1 |
| Minia, EG | 1 |
| Pullman, US | 1 |
| PHlocation not on record | 1 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 1 |
| Russellville, US | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 1 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 1 |
| Salvador, BR | 1 |
| DULlocation not on record | 1 |
| Blacksburg, US | 1 |
| Royal Botanical Gardenslocation not on record | 1 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation 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 Claytonia virginica 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?
Modelled climatemodelled
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.