Despite the doubts of some botanists, plant species aren’t just some arbitrary human classification scheme, says a team of evolutionary biologists. What’s more, plants don’t deserve their reputation of being outrageously promiscuous, breeding across species boundaries, because some animals can do so even more freely.
FIELD OF SPECIES. Biologists present evidence that plant species represent natural entities rather than simply a classification arbitrarily defined by people.
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