Amborella – Bearing Witness to the Past?
Annual Plant Reviews Online 2019 Volume 2
Issue 3, August 2019
Valérie Poncet,
Philippe Birnbaum,
Valérie Burtet-Sarramegna,
Alexandre de Kochko,
Bruno Fogliani,
Gildas Gâteblé,
Sandrine Isnard,
Tanguy Jaffré,
Dominique Job,
François Munoz,
Jérôme Munzinger,
Charles P. Scutt,
Rémi Tournebize,
Santiago Trueba,
Yohan Pillon,
Valérie Poncet
UMR DIADE, IRD, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Search for more papers by this authorPhilippe Birnbaum
UMR AMAP, CIRAD, IRD, CNRS, INRA, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
CIRAD, UMR AMAP, Nouméa, New Caledonia, France
Institut Agronomique néo-Calédonien (IAC), Equipe Sol & Végétation, Nouméa, New Caledonia, France
Search for more papers by this authorValérie Burtet-Sarramegna
Institut des Sciences Exactes et Appliquées (ISEA), Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, Nouméa, New Caledonia, France
Search for more papers by this authorAlexandre de Kochko
UMR DIADE, IRD, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Search for more papers by this authorBruno Fogliani
Institut Agronomique néo-Calédonien (IAC), Equipe ARBOREAL, Paita, New Caledonia, France
Search for more papers by this authorGildas Gâteblé
Institut Agronomique néo-Calédonien (IAC), Equipe ARBOREAL, Paita, New Caledonia, France
Search for more papers by this authorSandrine Isnard
UMR AMAP, CIRAD, IRD, CNRS, INRA, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
UMR AMAP, IRD, Herbier de Nouvelle-Calédonie, Nouméa, New Caledonia, France
Search for more papers by this authorTanguy Jaffré
UMR AMAP, CIRAD, IRD, CNRS, INRA, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
UMR AMAP, IRD, Herbier de Nouvelle-Calédonie, Nouméa, New Caledonia, France
Search for more papers by this authorDominique Job
CNRS/Uni. Claude Bernard/INSA/Bayer CropScience Joint Laboratory (UMR5240), Lyon, France
Search for more papers by this authorFrançois Munoz
Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, Université de Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
Search for more papers by this authorJérôme Munzinger
UMR AMAP, CIRAD, IRD, CNRS, INRA, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Search for more papers by this authorCharles P. Scutt
Laboratoire Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, Université de Lyon, ENS de Lyon, UCB Lyon-1, CNRS, INRA, Lyon, France
Search for more papers by this authorRémi Tournebize
UMR DIADE, IRD, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Search for more papers by this authorSantiago Trueba
UMR AMAP, CIRAD, IRD, CNRS, INRA, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
Search for more papers by this authorYohan Pillon
UMR LSTM, IRD, INRA, CIRAD, Montpellier Supagro, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Search for more papers by this authorValérie Poncet,
Philippe Birnbaum,
Valérie Burtet-Sarramegna,
Alexandre de Kochko,
Bruno Fogliani,
Gildas Gâteblé,
Sandrine Isnard,
Tanguy Jaffré,
Dominique Job,
François Munoz,
Jérôme Munzinger,
Charles P. Scutt,
Rémi Tournebize,
Santiago Trueba,
Yohan Pillon,
Valérie Poncet
UMR DIADE, IRD, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Search for more papers by this authorPhilippe Birnbaum
UMR AMAP, CIRAD, IRD, CNRS, INRA, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
CIRAD, UMR AMAP, Nouméa, New Caledonia, France
Institut Agronomique néo-Calédonien (IAC), Equipe Sol & Végétation, Nouméa, New Caledonia, France
Search for more papers by this authorValérie Burtet-Sarramegna
Institut des Sciences Exactes et Appliquées (ISEA), Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, Nouméa, New Caledonia, France
Search for more papers by this authorAlexandre de Kochko
UMR DIADE, IRD, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Search for more papers by this authorBruno Fogliani
Institut Agronomique néo-Calédonien (IAC), Equipe ARBOREAL, Paita, New Caledonia, France
Search for more papers by this authorGildas Gâteblé
Institut Agronomique néo-Calédonien (IAC), Equipe ARBOREAL, Paita, New Caledonia, France
Search for more papers by this authorSandrine Isnard
UMR AMAP, CIRAD, IRD, CNRS, INRA, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
UMR AMAP, IRD, Herbier de Nouvelle-Calédonie, Nouméa, New Caledonia, France
Search for more papers by this authorTanguy Jaffré
UMR AMAP, CIRAD, IRD, CNRS, INRA, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
UMR AMAP, IRD, Herbier de Nouvelle-Calédonie, Nouméa, New Caledonia, France
Search for more papers by this authorDominique Job
CNRS/Uni. Claude Bernard/INSA/Bayer CropScience Joint Laboratory (UMR5240), Lyon, France
Search for more papers by this authorFrançois Munoz
Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, Université de Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
Search for more papers by this authorJérôme Munzinger
UMR AMAP, CIRAD, IRD, CNRS, INRA, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Search for more papers by this authorCharles P. Scutt
Laboratoire Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, Université de Lyon, ENS de Lyon, UCB Lyon-1, CNRS, INRA, Lyon, France
Search for more papers by this authorRémi Tournebize
UMR DIADE, IRD, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Search for more papers by this authorSantiago Trueba
UMR AMAP, CIRAD, IRD, CNRS, INRA, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
Search for more papers by this authorYohan Pillon
UMR LSTM, IRD, INRA, CIRAD, Montpellier Supagro, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
Amborella trichopoda (Amborellaceae) is a shrub endemic to New Caledonia in the Southwest Pacific region. This plant suddenly became famous when molecular phylogenetic studies revealed that this sole species is likely the sister taxon to all other angiosperms. It has thus been a prime research model for reconstructing plant evolution and gaining insight into what the earliest angiosperms looked like. A wealth of studies on Amborella have now shed considerable light on its genome, morphology, anatomy, physiology, development, and architecture – this research is reviewed in this article. While Amborella likely retained some ancestral traits, critical character reconstructions have also highlighted some derived and sometimes unique characters in this species. The history of Amborella is also tied to the South Pacific archipelago of New Caledonia, its homeland. It was part of the New Caledonian biogeography puzzle and its genetic history shed light on the dynamics of its ecosystem, the rainforest understorey. Amborella is now cultivated in botanical gardens and has been the focus of some conservation measures that will also benefit other species in this biodiversity hotspot.
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