Editing Date palm (section)

== Distribution ==
The place of origin of the date palm is uncertain because of long cultivation. According to some sources it probably originated from the [[Fertile Crescent]] region straddling [[Egypt]] and [[Mesopotamia]]<ref name="Krueger">{{cite web | last=Krueger | first=Robert R | title=Date Palm Genetic Resource Conservation, Breeding, Genetics, And Genomics In California | publisher=The Conference Exchange | url=https://pag.confex.com/pag/xx/recordingredirect.cgi/id/137 | format=PDF | access-date=2018-03-26 | archive-date=8 April 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408151051/https://pag.confex.com/recording/pag/xx/pdf/free/4db77adf5df9fff0d3caf5cafe28f496/paper1427_1.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref> while others state that they are native to the [[Persian Gulf]] area.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iranicaonline.org/articles/date-palm|access-date=2021-03-06|website=iranicaonline.org|title=Date palm|archive-date=18 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418045821/https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/date-palm|url-status=live}}</ref> Fossil records show that the date palm has existed for at least 50 million years.<ref name=NPRmedjool>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15282847|title=Medjool: A Date to Remember|date=17 October 2007|work=[[NPR]]|access-date=19 April 2015|archive-date=31 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150331115916/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15282847|url-status=live}}</ref>