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Group:
Eudicot
Estimated genome size:
0.3 meters in height.
Size:
0.3 meters in height.
Distribution:
Found in grassland habitats across Southern Africa.
PromethION Sequencing Report:
Output:
122.04 Gigabases
Approximate N50:
9.24 kilobases
Draft Genome Assembly Statistics:
Genome Length:
2.75 Gigabases
BUSCO completeness score (single and duplicated genes):
99.6% [S: 60.8%, D: 38.8%]
Importance:
Some populations of this species in the Barberton region of South Africa have evolved the ability to hyperaccumulate nickel, making this species ideal for a comparative genomics approach to understand the evolution of this extreme phenotype.
Group:
Monocot
Estimated genome size:
Size:
10 cm
Distribution:
Apongeton distachyos occurs naturally in the Western Cape and Northern Cape winter rainfall areas. It is dormant in summer when ponds and vleis dry up and tubers sprout again when these ponds fill up in autumn.
PromethION Sequencing Report:
Output:
218.98 Gigabases
Approximate N50:
2.78 kilobases
Assembly N50:
570.77 kilobases
Contig number:
41 661
Draft Genome Assembly Statistics:
Assembler used:
Hifiasm
Genome Length:
5.09 Gigabases
BUSCO completeness score (single and duplicated genes):
97.9% [S: 74.4%, D: :24.5%]
BUSCO database:
viridiplantae
Apongeton distachyos
Waterblommetjies
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Importance:
Waterblommetjie flowers and buds are edible and are used to make the traditional South African stew called Waterblommetjie Bredie
(https://pza.sanbi.org/aponogeton-distachyos).
Date Published:
2025-09-22
Photo credit:
© S.U. Küsel
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