Capsella grandiflora
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| Capsella grandiflora | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Capsella |
| Species: | C. grandiflora |
| Binomial name | |
| Capsella grandiflora | |
| Synonyms | |
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Bursa grandiflora (Fauché & Chaub.) Kuntze | |
Capsella grandiflora is a species of flowering plant in the Brassicaceae family.[1] It is referred to by the common name grand shepherd's-purse and is a close relative of Arabidopsis thaliana. It is predicted together with C. orientalis to be the surviving progenitor of C. bursa-pastoris.[3]
The main signature of this plant compared to other Capsella species is its wide flower petals.[4] Together with C. rubella, the species is used as a model plant to study the evolution of self-incompatibility into self-compatibility in plant reproduction.[5]
