The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations lists 1400 seed banks worldwide, ranging in size from a single seed to a U.S. collection with 464,000 different samples.

• 联合国粮农组织列出的全世界的种子库有1400个，规模大小不一，其中有保存单一品种的种子库，也有美国的46万4千种种子的贮藏库。