| Petunia inflata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Genus: | Petunia |
| Species: | P. inflata |
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| Petunia inflata R.E.Fr. | |
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Petunia inflata is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae, native to Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, and southern Brazil. It is a member of the Petunia integrifolia clade, and is one of the parents of the garden petunia, Petunia × atkinsiana (formerly Petunia × hybrida). It is also widely used in laboratory studies of the S-RNase mechanism of self-incompatibility in plants.
References
- ^ "Petunia inflata R.E.Fr". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- Bombarely, Aureliano; et al. (2016). "Insight into the evolution of the Solanaceae from the parental genomes of Petunia hybrida". Nature Plants. 2 (6): 16074. doi:10.1038/nplants.2016.74. hdl:2434/619409. PMID 27255838. S2CID 3447252.
- Meng, Xiaoying; Sun, Penglin; Kao, Teh-hui (2011). "S-RNase-based self-incompatibility in Petunia inflata". Annals of Botany. 108 (4): 637–646. doi:10.1093/aob/mcq253. PMC 3170144. PMID 21193481.
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