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Economic Botany-Centers of Origin
The economics of Botany
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Biology
Undergraduate 3
03/13/2012

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Center 1
Definition
Chinese Center
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Center 1 Cereals and Legumes
Definition
broomcorn millet, Italian millet, Japanese barnyard millet, Koaliang, buckwheat, hull-less barley, soybean, Adzuki bean, velvet bean
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Center 1 Roots, Tubers, and Veggies
Definition
Chinese yam, radish, Chinese cabbage, onion, cucumber
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Center 1 Fruits and Nuts
Definition
pear, Chinese apple, peach, apricot, cherry, walnut, litchi
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Center 1 Sugar, Drug, and Fiber Plants
Definition
sugar cane, opium poppy, ginseng, camphor, hemp
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Center 2
Definition
Indian Center
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Center 2 Cereals and Legumes
Definition
rice, chickpea, pigeon pea, urd bean, mung bean, rice bean, cowpea
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Center 2 Roots, Tubers, and Veggies
Definition
eggplant, cucumber, radish, taro, yam
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Center 2 Fruits and Nuts
Definition
mango, orange, tangerine, citron, tamarind
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Center 2 Sugar, Drug, and Fiber Plants
Definition
sugar cane, coconut palm, sesame, safflower, tree cotton, oriental cotton, jute, crotalaria, kenaf
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Center 2 Spices,Stimulants, Dyes, and Miscellaneous
Definition
hemp, black pepper, gum arabic, sandalwood, indigo, cinnamon tree, croton, bamboo.
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Center 2A
Definition
The Indo-Malayan Center
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Center 2A Cereals and Legumes
Definition
Job's tears, velvet bean
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Center 2A Fruits
Definition
pummelo, banana, breadfruit, mangosteen
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Center 2A Oil, Sugar, Spice, and Fiber Plants:
Definition
candlenut, coconut palm, sugarcane, clove, nutmeg, black pepper, manila hemp.
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Center 3
Definition
The Inner Asiatic Center (Tadjikistan, Uzbekistan, etc...)
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Center 3 Grains and Legumes
Definition
common wheat, club wheat, shot wheat, peas, lentil, horse bean, chickpea, mung bean, mustard, flax, sesame
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Center 3 Fiber Plants
Definition
hemp, cotton
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Center 3 Vegetables
Definition
onion, garlic, spinach, carrot
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Center 3 Fruits
Definition
pistacio, pear, almond, grape, apple
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Center 4
Definition
Asia Minor
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Center 4 Grains and Legumes
Definition
einkorn wheat, durum wheat, poulard wheat, common wheat, oriental wheat, Persian wheat, two-row barley, rye, Mediterranean oats, common oats, lentil, lupine
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Center 4 Forage Plants
Definition
alfalfa, Persian clover, fenugreek, vetch, hairy vetch
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Center 4 Fruits
Definition
fig, pomegranate, apple, pear, quince, cherry, hawthorn.
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Center 5
Definition
The Mediterranean Center
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Center 5 Cereals and Legumes
Definition
durum wheat, emmer, Polish wheat, spelt, Mediterranean oats, sand oats, canarygrass, grass pea, pea, lupine
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Center 5 Forage Plants
Definition
Egyptian clover, white clover, crimson clover, serradella
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Center 5 Oil and Fiber Plants
Definition
flax, rape, black mustard, olive
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Center 5 Vegetables
Definition
garden beet, cabbage, turnip, lettuce, asparagus, celery, chicory, parsnip, rhubarb,
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Center 5 Ethereal Oil and Spice Plants
Definition
caraway, anise, thyme, peppermint, sage, hops
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Center 6
Definition
The Abyssinian (now Ethiopian) Center
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Center 6 Grains and Legumes
Definition
Abyssinian hard wheat, poulard wheat, emmer, Polish wheat, barley, grain sorghum, pearl millet, African millet, cowpea, flax, teff
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Center 6 plants that are not grains or legumes
Definition
sesame, castor bean, garden cress, coffee, okra, myrrh, indigo
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Center 7
Definition
The South Mexican and Central American Center
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Center 7 Grains and Legumes
Definition
maize, common bean, lima bean, tepary bean, jack bean, grain amaranth
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Center 7 Melon Plants
Definition
malabar gourd, winter pumpkin, chayote
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Center 7 Fiber Plants
Definition
upland cotton, bourbon cotton, henequen (sisal)
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Center 7 Misc Plants
Definition
sweetpotato, arrowroot, pepper, papaya, guava, cashew, wild black cherry, chochenial, cherry tomato, cacao
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Center 8
Definition
South America Andes region (Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador)
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Center 8 Root Tubers
Definition
Andean potato, other endemic cultivated potato species. Fourteen or more species with chromosome numbers varying from 24 to 60, Edible nasturtium
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Center 8 Grains and Legumes
Definition
starchy maize, lima bean, common bean
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Center 8 Vegetables
Definition
pepino, tomato, ground cherry, pumpkin, pepper
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Center 8 Fruits and Misc
Definition
cocoa, passion flower, guava, heilborn, quinine tree, tobacco
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Center 8A Location and Significance
Definition
Chilean Center
Common potato, Chilean Strawberry
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Center 8B Location and Significance
Definition
Brazilian-Paraguayan Center
Cassava, Peanut, manioc, peanut, rubber tree, pineapple, Brazil nut, cashew, purple granadilla
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