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  2. List of Nepenthes species - Wikipedia

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    Sympatric upper pitchers of N. jamban (left) and N. lingulata (right) in Sumatran upper montane forest. This list of Nepenthes species is a comprehensive listing of all known species of the carnivorous plant genus Nepenthes.

  3. Ecosystem diversity - Wikipedia

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    Diversity in the ecosystem is significant to human existence for a variety of reasons. Ecosystem diversity boosts the availability of oxygen via the process of photosynthesis amongst plant organisms domiciled in the habitat.

  4. Variety (botany) - Wikipedia

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    The hierarchy of biological classification's eight major taxonomic ranks.Intermediate minor rankings are not shown. In botanical nomenclature, variety (abbreviated var.; in Latin: varietas) is a taxonomic rank below that of species and subspecies, but above that of form. [1]

  5. Musa × paradisiaca - Wikipedia

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    Musa × paradisiaca is a species as well as a cultivar, originating as the hybrid between Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana, cultivated and domesticated by human very early.. Most cultivated bananas and plantains are polyploid cultivars either of this hybrid or of M. acuminata alo

  6. Genetic diversity - Wikipedia

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    Varieties of maize in the office of the Russian plant geneticist Nikolai Vavilov. A study conducted by the National Science Foundation in 2007 found that genetic diversity (within-species diversity) and biodiversity are dependent upon each other — i.e. that diversity within a species is necessary to maintain diversity among species, and vice versa.

  7. Species - Wikipedia

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    The hierarchy of biological classification's eight major taxonomic ranks. A genus contains one or more species. Minor intermediate ranks are not shown. A species (pl.: species) is a population of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. [1]

  8. Biodiversity - Wikipedia

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    An example of the biodiversity of fungi in a forest in North Saskatchewan (in this photo, there are also leaf lichens and mosses).. Biodiversity is the variability of life on Earth.

  9. Biodiversity and drugs - Wikipedia

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    Biodiversity plays a vital role in maintaining human and animal health because numerous plants, animals, and fungi are used in medicine to produce vital vitamins, painkillers, antibiotics, and other medications.