European colonialism has had a lasting legacy on how plants are distributed around the world

Scientists have found more ‘alien species’ today in regions that were once key parts of European empires.

Kew Gardens in London was at the centre of a huge colonial plant trade. 'The world's metropolis', Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, 1855 https://theconversation.com/european-colonialism-has-had-a-lasting-legacy-on-how-plants-are-distributed-around-the-world-192660 https://theconversation.com/european-colonialism-has-had-a-lasting-legacy-on-how-plants-are-distributed-around-the-world-192660 Link copied Share article Share article Copy link Email Bluesky Facebook WhatsApp Messenger LinkedIn X (Twitter) Print article A few years ago, one of us (Guillaume) moved to the town of Stellenbosch, in South Africa,

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