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Largest known plant in the world discovered

  • Posted By
    10Pointer
  • Categories
    Environment
  • Published
    3rd Jun, 2022

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Researchers have recently discovered the largest plant in the world.

About the Plant

  • The plant is an ancient and incredibly resilient seagrass.
  • It stretches across 180km.
  • It  is at least 4,500 years old.
  • The plant was discovered in Shark Bay in Western Australia, when researchers were trying to determine which plants should be collected for seagrass restoration.
  • The plant is unique in that it is a polyploid, meaning the seedling contains 100% of the genome from each parent, rather than sharing the usual 50%.

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