Accession Data
Amborella trichopoda
Family: Amborellaceae
Country of Origin: New Caledonia
Description: Amborella trichopoda is the only member of a mono-typic family endemic to New Caledonia in the South Pacific. It is widely regarded to be the most primitive extant angiosperm in the world.
It is a shrub with tracheids but no vessel elements, simple, alternately arranged leaves and imperfect flowers. Plants are dioiecious.
Accession Data
Accession #: 283
Accession Date: -0001-11-30 00:00:00
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Source: Teddi Bloniarz - UMass
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: basal angiosperms
Order: Amborellales
Family: Amborellaceae
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