Pellia epiphylla
(L.) Corda · speciesAt a glance
Sources12 archives
Databases and archives Pellia epiphylla's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility41 152 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI33 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics81 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Pellia epiphylla (sometimes known as overleaf pellia or common pellia) is a species of thallose liverwort. It occurs in North America, Europe, North Africa and parts of Asia.Smith, A. J. E. (1989) The Liverworts of Britain and Ireland, Cambridge University Press. It grows in patches in damp, sheltered places on neutral or acidic substrates. It is common on the banks of rivers, streams and ditches and also grows in wet woodland, marshes and on wet rocks.Atherton, Ian; Sam Bosanquet & Mark Lawley, eds. (2010) Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland: a field guide, British Bryological Society.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Habitat & environment1
Compounds documented for Pellia epiphylla across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds68 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-alpha-Pinene | present | NPASS | |
| (-)-alpha-Bisabolol | present | LOTUS | |
| (-)-Caryophyllene | present | NPASS | |
| (1aR,4aR,7S,7aS,7bR)-1,1,7-Trimethyl-4-methylidenedecahydro-1H-cyclopropa[e]azulen-7-ol | present | LOTUS | |
| (1aR,4R,4aR,7R,7aR,7bS)-1,1,4,7-tetramethyl-2,3,4a,5,6,7,7a,7b-octahydro-1aH-cyclopropa[e]azulen-4-ol | present | LOTUS | |
| (1aS,4aR,5R,7bR)-3,3,5,7b-tetramethyl-1a,2,4,4a,5,6-hexahydro-1H-cyclopropa[e]azulene | present | LOTUS | |
| (1aS,4aS,5R,7bR)-3,3,5,7b-tetramethyl-1a,2,4,4a,5,6-hexahydro-1H-cyclopropa[e]azulene | present | LOTUS | |
| (1aS,4aS,7S,7aR,7bS)-1,1,7-trimethyl-4-methylidene-1a,2,3,4a,5,6,7a,7b-octahydrocyclopropa[h]azulen-7-ol | present | LOTUS | |
| (1R,3aS,6aS,7S,10aR)-7-methyl-4-methylidene-7-(4-methylpent-3-enyl)-3,3a,5,6,6a,8,9,10-octahydro-1H-benzo[h][2]benzofuran-1-ol | present | LOTUS | |
| (1S,2R)-1-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-6,7-dihydroxy-1,2-dihydronaphthalene-2,3-dicarboxylic acid | present | LOTUS |
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 Pellia epiphylla 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 Pellia epiphylla 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 182×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
2n 91×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
n 98×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 +1
n 181×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
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 type41 152 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 institutions65 of 136 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 368 |
| Brussel, BE | 256 |
| Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record | 201 |
| Bronx, US | 166 |
| Clocation not on record | 147 |
| New Haven, US | 140 |
| Knoxville, US | 128 |
| Uppsala, SE | 122 |
| Chicago, US | 114 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 112 |
| Trondheim, NO | 111 |
| LDlocation not on record | 104 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 89 |
| Olocation not on record | 84 |
| Durham, US | 83 |
| Uniwersytet Jagiellońskilocation not on record | 83 |
| Saint Louis, US | 75 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 71 |
| Tilburg, NL | 69 |
| IFR-DNFlocation not on record | 63 |
| Madison, US | 54 |
| Oulu, FI | 50 |
| Cincinnati, US | 47 |
| Tartu, EE | 46 |
| MHN-UPlocation not on record | 45 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 42 |
| Helsinki, FI | 41 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 31 |
| Vancouver, CA | 28 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 25 |
| PHlocation not on record | 24 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 22 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 20 |
| Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghlocation not on record | 19 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 19 |
| John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 18 |
| Oregon State Universitylocation not on record | 18 |
| Kuopio, FI | 18 |
| US | 17 |
| IB FRC Komi SC UB RASlocation not on record | 17 |
| Madrid, ES | 16 |
| Universidad de Málagalocation not on record | 16 |
| UAclocation not on record | 16 |
| Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institutelocation not on record | 16 |
| Tallinn, EE | 15 |
| Universidad de Oviedolocation not on record | 14 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 14 |
| Blacksburg, US | 14 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 13 |
| Pittsburg, US | 13 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 12 |
| Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowielocation not on record | 11 |
| Museo della Bonifica di San Donà di Piavelocation not on record | 11 |
| Société québécoise de bryologie (SQB)location not on record | 10 |
| SZUlocation not on record | 10 |
| Montréal, CA | 9 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 9 |
| Auckland, NZ | 8 |
| Minia, EG | 8 |
| Toronto, CA | 8 |
| Turku, FI | 8 |
| MAlocation not on record | 8 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 8 |
| Badajoz, ES | 7 |
| College Park, US | 7 |
| Bourges, FR | 7 |
| Umeå Universitylocation not on record | 6 |
| Fayetteville, US | 6 |
| Philadelphia, US | 6 |
| Stockholm, SE | 6 |
| Moscow, US | 6 |
| Göteborg, SE | 6 |
| VGBIlocation not on record | 6 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 5 |
| Victoria, CA | 5 |
| University of Gdansklocation not on record | 5 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 5 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 5 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 5 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 5 |
| V. N. Karazin National Universitylocation not on record | 5 |
| AADClocation not on record | 5 |
| Corvallis, US | 5 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 5 |
| CBDClocation not on record | 4 |
| nbflocation not on record | 4 |
| South Kensington, GB | 4 |
| Metsähallituslocation not on record | 4 |
| Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record | 4 |
| Granada, ES | 3 |
| New Brunswick, US | 3 |
| Millersville, US | 3 |
| Western Carolina Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| ABLS herbarium, Field Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Slovak National Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Portland, US | 3 |
| Lincoln, US | 3 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 3 |
| EL PASO, US | 3 |
| Hudson, US | 3 |
| St. Paul, US | 3 |
| Boise, US | 2 |
| CASlocation not on record | 2 |
| Salzburg, AT | 2 |
| Tsukuba, JP | 2 |
| Institute of the Industrial Ecology Problems of the North of Kola Science Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.location not on record | 2 |
| Cambridge, US | 2 |
| Barcelona, ES | 2 |
| Durham, US | 2 |
| AUAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Paris, FR | 1 |
| Fort Hayslocation not on record | 1 |
| Elocation not on record | 1 |
| Hattori Botanical Laboratorylocation not on record | 1 |
| Finnish Museum of Natural History, Botanical Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Porvoo, FI | 1 |
| BioFokuslocation not on record | 1 |
| GB | 1 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 1 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 1 |
| WINlocation not on record | 1 |
| CJBNlocation not on record | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Mount Rainier National Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 1 |
| Main Botanical Garden of the Russian Academy of Scienceslocation not on record | 1 |
| Logan, US | 1 |
| kunlocation not on record | 1 |
| Forssa, FI | 1 |
| Beijing, CN | 1 |
| NTNU University Museum, Department of Natural Historylocation not on record | 1 |
| International Salmonella Centre (W.H.O.)location not on record | 1 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 1 |
| Morgantown, US | 1 |
| Edmonton, CA | 1 |
| Mus�e des Confluenceslocation 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 Pellia epiphylla 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.