About Cynara cardunculus

Globe artichoke (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus) is an out-crossing, perennial crop species native to the Mediterranean basin and grown worldwide. It belongs to the Compositae (a.k.a. Asteraceae), one of the most successful Angiosperm families. Cynara cardunculus is a diploid species (2n=2x=34) with a medium-sized genome estimated by flow cytometry to be 1.07 Gb.

Taxonomy ID 59895

Data source Compositae Genome Project

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