Amborella

Not to be confused with Ambarella.

Amborella
Male specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Order: Amborellales
Melikyan, A.V.Bobrov, & Zaytzeva[3]
Family: Amborellaceae
Pichon[3]
Genus: Amborella
Baill.[2]
Species:
A. trichopoda
Binomial name
Amborella trichopoda

Amborella is a monotypic genus of understory shrubs or small trees endemic to the main island, Grande Terre, of New Caledonia in the southwest Pacific Ocean.[4] The genus is the only member of the family Amborellaceae and the order Amborellales and contains a single species, Amborella trichopoda.[5] Amborella is of great interest to plant systematists because molecular phylogenetic analyses consistently place it as the sister group to all other flowering plants, meaning it was the earliest group to evolve separately from all other flowering plants.

  1. ^ "Amborella trichopoda". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Amborella". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference apgiii was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Jérémie, J. (1982). "Amborellacées". In A. Aubréville; J. F. Leroy (eds.). Flore de La Nouvelle-Calédonie et Dépendances (in French). Vol. 11. Paris: Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle. pp. 157–160.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference GB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).