Based on morphology and gene sequencing data, it appears that the closest living relative of the first flowering plants

is ____.



a. Magnolia grandiflora
b. Illicium floridanum
c. Nelumbo nucifera
d. Archaefructus sinensis
e. Amborella trichopoda


ANSWER: e

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