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Crop domestication in the Compositae: a family-wide trait assessment
2008-12-01
Abstract excerpt
Despite current recognition as the largest family of flowering plants (23,000 species ± 1000; Anderberg et al. 2007), the Compositae is home to comparatively few important crop species. To assess domestication levels in the Compositae, we developed an index that categorizes taxa according to the strength of domestication. Most Compositae species that are used by humans exhibit little or no evidence of domesticatio...
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- 10.1007/s10722-008-9315-0