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Amborella

Flowering Plants

Amborella is a monotypic genus of understory shrubs or small trees endemic to Grande Terre, the main island of New Caledonia in the southwest Pacific Ocean. It is the only member of the family Amborellaceae and the order Amborellales, and it contains a single species, Amborella trichopoda. Molecular phylogenetic analyses consistently place Amborella as the sister group to every other flowering plant, making it critical to understanding angiosperm evolution; it is understood to be the most basal living flowering plant and is treated as one of several groups called basal angiosperms.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Scientific Name
Amborella trichopoda 2
Conservation Status
Least Concern 4
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Amborellales, Taxa
Source Amborella (Wikidata)
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Found In

Taiwan

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sources
1. Wikipedia: Amborella
Wikipedialead sentence (diet), EntityId 338133
Quote, lead sentence (diet), EntityId 338133
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.
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2. Amborella (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q310470 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Child Taxon Of: Amborellales, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q13418082 (Amborellales)
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3. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Plantae
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 45
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 45
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Plants","language":"EN"},{"name":"Flora","language":"EN"}],"cites_listings":[]
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4. Wikipedia: Amborella
WikipediaInfobox: status
Quote, Infobox: status
LC
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