Arabidopsis
Also known as rockcress
Arabidopsis (rockcress) is a genus of small flowering plants in the cabbage and mustard family, Brassicaceae. Arabidopsis species are native to temperate and subarctic Eurasia and North America, North Africa, and the mountains of eastern tropical Africa. This genus is of great interest since it contains thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana), one of the model organisms used for studying plant biology and the first plant to have its entire genome sequenced. Changes in thale cress are easily observed, making it a very useful model.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderBrassicales
- FamilyBrassicaceae
via GBIF
Research
104,343 papers- MYB transcription factors in Arabidopsis.Trends in plant science · 2010
- The Transcriptional Network in the Arabidopsis Circadian Clock System.Genes · 2020
- Control of floral stem cell activity in Arabidopsis.Plant signaling & behavior · 2019
- Arabidopsis, the Rosetta stone of flowering time?
Article
7 sectionsContents
- Status
- List of species and subspecies
- Reclassified species
- Cytogenetics
- See also
- References
- Further reading
Arabidopsis (rockcress) is a genus of small flowering plants in the cabbage and mustard family, Brassicaceae. Arabidopsis species are native to temperate and subarctic Eurasia and North America, North Africa, and the mountains of eastern tropical Africa. This genus is of great interest since it contains thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana), one of the model organisms used for studying plant biology and the first plant to have its entire genome sequenced. Changes in thale cress are easily observed, making it a very useful model.
==Status== 12 species of Arabidopsis are currently accepted, and a further eight subspecies recognised. This delimitation is quite recent and is based on morphological and molecular phylogenies by O'Kane and Al-Shehbaz and others.