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Kew gardens contain some 33,400 taxa of living plants and herbarium of approximately seven million dried specimens representing 98 percent of the worlds plant genera.
  1. True
  2. False

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True
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False
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  • The botanical garden is the specialized gardens have the collection of living plants for reference. Plant species in these gardens are grown for identification purposes and each plant is labeled indicating its botanical/scientific name and its family.
  • The famous botanical gardens are at Kew (England). This is the largest garden situated in London. It contains more than 30,000 species.
So, the correct answer is option A.

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