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How many plant species are cultivated

2008-11-01

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Cultivation reflects an intense relationship between human and plants. Therefore, the number of cultivated plant species is of general interest. The number of cultivated crop species amounts to about 7,000 (“Mansfeld's approach”). Amenity horticulture is a quickly developing area comprising ornamentals and other plants connected with gardening and landscaping. 28,000 plant species have been estimated to belong to...

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Literature Corpus work: 52dbd674-57c4-5385-b755-39439e18f89c
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-008-9368-0

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