About Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi

Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) is a water-use efficient adaptation of photosynthesis that has evolved independently many times in diverse lineages of flowering plants. Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi, an obligate CAM species, is a model species for research into the molecular biology and functional genomics of CAM due to its relatively small diploid genome, low repetitive sequence content, and efficient stable transformation protocols. Most species of the genus are native to Madagascar and tropical Africa.

Taxonomy ID 63787

Data source Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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