Homalothecium sericeum
(Hedw.) Schimp. · speciesAt a glance
Sources9 archives
Databases and archives Homalothecium sericeum's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility87 390 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI112 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics118 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Homalothecium sericeum is a species of moss belonging to the family Brachytheciaceae. It has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Habitat & environment1
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 Homalothecium sericeum 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 Homalothecium sericeum 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.
n 114×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 · CCDB · book-ipcn73-74
n 82×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · Cave1958
n 101×CCDB · book-ipcn72
Record type87 390 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 institutions52 of 108 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Trondheim, NO | 321 |
| Olocation not on record | 284 |
| LDlocation not on record | 279 |
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 245 |
| Saint Louis, US | 237 |
| Oulu, FI | 218 |
| Uppsala, SE | 212 |
| MAlocation not on record | 203 |
| Brussel, BE | 193 |
| Garðabær, IS | 175 |
| Kuopio, FI | 139 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 138 |
| Tilburg, NL | 130 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 107 |
| Universidad de Oviedolocation not on record | 102 |
| Zürich, CH | 99 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 97 |
| University of Gdansklocation not on record | 94 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 89 |
| Tallinn, EE | 87 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 82 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 81 |
| Museo della Bonifica di San Donà di Piavelocation not on record | 72 |
| Tartu, EE | 68 |
| Stockholm, SE | 68 |
| Knoxville, US | 57 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 48 |
| Madrid, ES | 41 |
| State Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukrainelocation not on record | 40 |
| Helsinki, FI | 40 |
| Philadelphia, US | 39 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 32 |
| Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC)location not on record | 32 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 31 |
| Göteborg, SE | 29 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 28 |
| John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 24 |
| SZUlocation not on record | 24 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 23 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 23 |
| Universidad de Málagalocation not on record | 21 |
| 21 | |
| Turku, FI | 20 |
| MHN-UPlocation not on record | 20 |
| Madison, US | 20 |
| Metsähallituslocation not on record | 19 |
| Vancouver, CA | 18 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 17 |
| CBDClocation not on record | 16 |
| South Kensington, GB | 15 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 15 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 14 |
| Bronx, US | 13 |
| Instytut Ochrony Przyrody Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 13 |
| PHlocation not on record | 13 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 12 |
| Salzburg, AT | 12 |
| TFC-Brylocation not on record | 12 |
| Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Researchlocation not on record | 12 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 9 |
| Durham, US | 9 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 8 |
| UIBlocation not on record | 8 |
| Porvoo, FI | 7 |
| Bourges, FR | 7 |
| Granada, ES | 6 |
| nbflocation not on record | 6 |
| Paris, FR | 6 |
| Naturama Aargaulocation not on record | 5 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 5 |
| Cincinnati, US | 5 |
| Barcelona, ES | 5 |
| BioFokuslocation not on record | 4 |
| Minia, EG | 4 |
| CASlocation not on record | 4 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 3 |
| Dresden, DE | 3 |
| Slovak National Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Montréal, CA | 3 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 3 |
| University of Western Ontariolocation not on record | 3 |
| Canadian Museum of Nature, Natural Heritage Collectionlocation not on record | 2 |
| Salamanca, ES | 2 |
| Fribourg, CH | 2 |
| Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowielocation not on record | 2 |
| US | 2 |
| Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institutelocation not on record | 2 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 2 |
| Bern, CH | 1 |
| Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghlocation not on record | 1 |
| Portland, US | 1 |
| Tromso University Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 1 |
| Wlocation not on record | 1 |
| EL PASO, US | 1 |
| UnBlocation not on record | 1 |
| Naturkundliche Sammlung Urilocation not on record | 1 |
| Beijing, CN | 1 |
| Northridge, US | 1 |
| UNINE:NEUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Xiamen, CN | 1 |
| Forssa, FI | 1 |
| Dhaka, BD | 1 |
| Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia Giancarlo Ligabue | Natural History Museum of Venice Giancarlo Ligabuelocation not on record | 1 |
| New Haven, US | 1 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 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 Homalothecium sericeum 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.