Claim · #6495807
Apoidea (superfamily) · pollination · Plantae (kingdom)
pollination · effect: beneficial
pollinates GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Insect pollination ... benefits ~75% of crop species worldwide and 88% of flowering plant species”
- Authors
- Garibaldi L.A., et al.
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- Nature Sustainability
- Page
- 1324
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“The ~75% crops / 88% flowering plants pollination figures align with Klein et al. 2007 and Ollerton et al. 2011 syntheses.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Standard pollination-ecology figures; bee-mediated pollination of ~75% crop species and 88% angiosperms is well established.”
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