Soleirolia soleirolii
(Req.) Dandy · speciesAt a glance
Sources9 archives
Databases and archives Soleirolia soleirolii's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation9 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility23 557 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI13 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics20 specimens↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotypeEvery layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Soleirolia soleirolii (,Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607 syn. Helxine soleirolii) is a plant in the nettle family. It has a number of common names, including baby's tears, angel's tears, peace in the home, bits and pieces, bread and cheese, Corsican creeper, Corsican curse, friendship plant, mind-your-own-business, mother of thousands, Paddy's wig, and pollyanna vine. It has also been called Irish moss; however, it is not a moss, nor should it be confused with Sagina subulata or Chondrus crispus (an alga), which are also known as "Irish moss".
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology15
Life cycle & reproduction15
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment13
Physiology & chemistry4
Other traits5
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 Soleirolia soleirolii 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 Soleirolia soleirolii 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 206×CCDB · fl-europaea · CCDB · book-ipcn72 · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 +1
2n 121×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Record type23 557 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 institutions37 of 71 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 23 |
| Salzburg, AT | 17 |
| Auckland, NZ | 12 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 11 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 10 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 9 |
| LDlocation not on record | 9 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 8 |
| Hobart, AU | 8 |
| Claremont, US | 8 |
| Adelaide, AU | 7 |
| South Kensington, GB | 7 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 6 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 6 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 6 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 5 |
| BSBIlocation not on record | 5 |
| Riverside, US | 5 |
| València, ES | 5 |
| Kensington, AU | 4 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 4 |
| MAlocation not on record | 4 |
| CASlocation not on record | 3 |
| Salamanca, ES | 3 |
| BClocation not on record | 3 |
| Mexico City, MX | 3 |
| Nijmegen, NL | 3 |
| San Diego, US | 3 |
| Odawara, JP | 3 |
| Vancouver, CA | 2 |
| Wellington, NZ | 2 |
| Vitoria, ES | 2 |
| Universidad de Nariño (UdeNar)location not on record | 2 |
| Canberra, AU | 2 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 2 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 2 |
| BGPAlocation not on record | 2 |
| JBSlocation not on record | 2 |
| Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record | 2 |
| Tilburg, NL | 2 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 2 |
| Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghlocation not on record | 2 |
| Wlocation not on record | 2 |
| Kew, GB | 2 |
| Rotorua, NZ | 2 |
| QVMAGlocation not on record | 2 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 2 |
| UIBlocation not on record | 2 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 1 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Brisbane, AU | 1 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 1 |
| ISAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Görlitz, DE | 1 |
| CJBNlocation not on record | 1 |
| Herbario Universidad de Concepciónlocation not on record | 1 |
| Los Angeles, US | 1 |
| Bloomington, US | 1 |
| Santa Cruz, US | 1 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 1 |
| Honolulu, US | 1 |
| Clemson, US | 1 |
| Madrid, ES | 1 |
| Davis, US | 1 |
| Badajoz, ES | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 1 |
| La Paz, BO | 1 |
| Royal Botanic Gardens, Kewlocation not on record | 1 |
| San Diego Natural History Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Barcelona, ES | 1 |
| BISHlocation 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 Soleirolia soleirolii 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.