Amborellaceae

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Amborella
Amborella trichopoda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
Order: Amborellales
Melikyan, A.V. Bobrov, & Zaytzeva, 1999
Family: Amborellaceae
Pichon, 1948
Genera

Amborella

Amborellaceae is a family of flowering plants native to New Caledonia. The family contains only one species, Amborella trichopoda. It is currently accepted by plant systematists as the most basic lineage in the angiosperms clade.