Lives 4500 years ago.. the discovery of the largest plant in the world that clones itself
Australian researchers say they have discovered what is likely to be the world's largest plant, a seaweed that stretches nearly 180 km off the coast of Western Australia.
According to a study published in the journal "Proceedings of the Royal Society B" of the British Royal Society, the researchers made a "clone" of the Australian seaweed "Posidonia" in the shallow waters of Shark Bay in Western Australia.
The researchers who discovered the giant plant work at both the University of Western Australia and Flinders University.
The researchers said they were investigating the number of different plants growing in the seagrass pastures of Shark Bay, 831 kilometers north of Perth, when genetic testing showed it was a single plant, estimated to be at least 4,500 years old.
Jane Adjilo, a researcher at the University of Western Australia who led the study, explained that the team collected samples of seaweed buds, from the changing environments of the bay and then was able to produce a fingerprint using 18,000 genetic markers.
"Only one plant extended for more than 180 km in Shark Bay, and this made it the largest plant known on the planet to this day," Adjilo explained.
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