Capsella rubella
| Capsella rubella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Capsella |
| Species: | C. rubella
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| Binomial name | |
| Capsella rubella | |
Capsella rubella, the pink shepherd's-purse,[1] is a plant species in the genus Capsella, and a member of the mustard family. It has a very similar appearance to C. bursa-pastoris, but C. rubella has a diploid as opposed to a tetraploid genome.[2] The species is also a very close relative of Arabidopsis thaliana.[citation needed]
The separation of C. rubella from its closest ancestor (connecting it to C. grandiflora) is theorized to have happened around 30,000 to 50,000 years ago.[3] Along with C. grandiflora, it is used as a model plant to study the evolution of self-incompatibility into self-compatibility in plant reproduction.[3]
The species is found mostly in the Mediterranean region.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ Kawano, Shoichi, ed. (1990). Biological approaches and evolutionary trends in plants. London: Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-12-402960-6.
- ^ a b Guo, Y.-L.; Bechsgaard, J. S.; Slotte, T.; Neuffer, B.; Lascoux, M.; Weigel, D.; Schierup, M. H. (2009). "Recent speciation of Capsella rubella from Capsella grandiflora, associated with loss of self-incompatibility and an extreme bottleneck". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106 (13): 5246–5251. Bibcode:2009PNAS..106.5246G. doi:10.1073/pnas.0808012106. PMC 2659713. PMID 19307580.
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