Summary
Common Name
Oil palm
Genus
Elaeis
Species
guineensis
Infraspecific Taxon
cultivar AVROS
Description

Elaeis guineensis (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) is a diploid (2n=32) monocotyledonous plant of the Arecaceae family and is the only species of genus Elaeis.

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Publication
Singh R, Ong-Abdullah M, Low ET, Manaf MA, Rosli R, Nookiah R, Ooi LC, Ooi SE, Chan KL, Halim MA, Azizi N, Nagappan J, Bacher B, Lakey N, Smith SW, He D, Hogan M, Budiman MA, Lee EK, DeSalle R, Kudrna D, Goicoechea JL, Wing RA, Wilson RK, Fulton RS, Ordway JM, Martienssen RA, Sambanthamurthi R. Oil palm genome sequence reveals divergence of interfertile species in Old and New worlds.. Nature. 2013 Aug 15; 500(7462):335-9.