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Centers of plant diversity and conservation of crop germ plasm: Safflower

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Knowles, P.F. Centers of plant diversity and conservation of crop germ plasm: Safflower. Econ Bot 23, 324–329 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02860678

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