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. [5] The genus is the only member of the family Amborellaceae and the order Amborellales and contains a single species, Amborella trichopoda. [6]

Apr 4, 2014 · The sole survivor of the oldest line of flowering plants, Amborella is the last witness of the great biological success these plants have had over millions of years.

Dec 23, 2013 · Researchers are using a Pacific island plant called Amborella trichopoda to help solve "Darwin's abominable mystery"—what was it, exactly, that caused the explosion of flowering plants in the...

Amborella is a rare understory shrub or small tree found only on the island of New Caledonia. Amborella trichopoda is the only species in the genus and is the only member of the family Amborellaceae.

Dec 20, 2013 · Amborella trichopoda is understood to be the most basal extant flowering plant and its genome is anticipated to provide insights into the evolution of plant life on Earth (see the Perspective by Adams).

Amborella is a sprawling shrub or small tree up to 8 m high. It bears alternate or decussate, simple evergreen leaves without stipules. The leaves are two-ranked, with distinctly serrated or rippled margins, and about 8 to 10 cm long. Amborella has xylem tissue that differs from that of most other flowering plants.

Dec 19, 2013 · The Soltises are currently analyzing the genome of Amborella, unique as the sole survivor of an ancient evolutionary lineage that traces back to the last common ancestor of all flowering plants, which may help researchers understand the hereditary history of …

Dec 20, 2013 · Amborella trichopoda is strongly supported as the single living species of the sister lineage to all other extant flowering plants, providing a unique reference for inferring the genome content and structure of the most recent common ancestor (MRCA) of living angiosperms.

Amborella trichopoda is a small tropical sprawling shrub or small tree that grows up to 26 feet (8 m) tall. It is the only species in the genus Amborella that is the only member of the Amborellaceae family. The evergreen leaves are small, white to yellow, and up to 4 inches (10 cm) long.

Although Amborella may be the sister group to all other extant angiosperms and, as such, central to the determination of plesiomorphic character states for flowering plants, almost nothing is known of its embryology (see also Update). Embryo and endosperm development of Amborella are entirely unknown.