Abstract:Plants are among the oldest living beings on the planet and to understand their characteristics, physiology and evolutionary history is to understand how life itself has diversified and established interdependencies between different biological groups. And while the human species is dependent on the plants, there is a lack of interest in understanding it. This negligence or plant blindness permeates the botany teaching and has been reinforced by a traditional teaching with extensive nomenclature and outside th… Show more
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