Capsella rubella
| Capsella rubella | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| 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.
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.
References
- ^ 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.