Cestrum elegans

Cestrum elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Cestrum
Species: C. elegans
Binomial name
Cestrum elegans
(Brongn. ex Neumann) Schltdl.

Cestrum elegans, the purple cestrum, is a species of flowering plants in the genus Cestrum.

Interesting facts

Cestrum elegans was found to contain telomeres with repeat motif TTTTTTAGGG.[1]

References

  1. Peška, Vratislav; Fajkus, Petr; Fojtová, Miloslava; Dvořáčková, Martina; Hapala, Jan; Dvořáček, Vojtěch; Polanská, Pavla; Leitch, Andrew R.; Sýkorová, Eva; Fajkus, Jiří (May 2015). "Characterisation of an unusual telomere motif (TTTTTTAGGG) in the plant (Solanaceae), a species with a large genome". The Plant Journal. 82 (4): 644–654. doi:10.1111/tpj.12839.

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