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By Scott Zona from Miami, Florida, USA
Amborella trichopoda, CC BY 2.0,
Scientific name: Amborella trichopoda
Common name(s): Amborella
Name as shown in Phylogenes: A. trichopoda
Ploidy: Diploid
Description:
Amborella trichopoda is a small, vascular land plant that is endemic to the South Pacific Islands of New Caledonia.
Amborella, is the sole extant representative of the most basal clade of Angiosperms. As such, it plays an important role in understanding plant gene function and evolution of flowering plants.
Reference(s):
Amborella Genome Project. The Amborella genome and the evolution of flowering plants. Science. 2013 Dec 20;342(6165):1241089. doi: 10.1126/science.1241089.
Genome Database(s):
