Capsella rubella
| Capsella rubella | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this 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.[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]
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