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Furthermore, New Caledonia is home to the endemic, monotypic family Amborellaceae, which comprises a single species, Amborella trichopoda, recently shown to represent the basal-most branch in the evolutionary tree of the flowering plants.
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The ancient nature of plants in particular is exemplified by Amborella trichopoda, the only species in the family Amborellaceae, thought to be one of the closest living relatives to the first angiosperms (flowering plants) and the high number of woody species that lack vessels, a feature typical of primitive families.
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Amborella is the sibling of all flowering plants, but unlike the other early flowering plants, it has no direct descendants.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Zamia and Amborella, both with ~14% matrix representation, do not change their position relative to
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jose Eduardo de la Torre-Bárcena et al. 2009
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Amborella is basal to all flowering plants, followed by the separation between monocots
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jose Eduardo de la Torre-Bárcena et al. 2009
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