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Gundelia tournefortii L. (Akkoub): a review of a valuable wild vegetable from Eastern Mediterranean.
L. (Asteraceae) is an artichoke-like wild edible vegetable that grows in the semi-arid climate of the East Mediterranean. Due to its high cultural and economic values for culinary and therapeutic uses, this plant is exposed to overharvesting driven by household consumption and trade, threatening the survival of natural populations. Some...Hani, N. ; Abulaila, K. ; Howes, M.-J. R. ; Mattana, E. ; Bacci, S. …
Traditional food, Propagation, Micronutrients, Mediterranean diet, Gundelia tournefortii, and Wild edible vegetables
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A pain in the grass–The trials and tribulations of propagation.
Initial difficulties in germinating the dropseed grass (A. Gray) A. Gray and the ways in which they were it was overcome are described. The resulting seedlings are grown in deep plugs before being planted out in the developing prairie.Jenkins, Chris
Propagation, Seed germination, Prairie plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Wakehurst Place, Grasslands, Prairie grasslands, Wakehurst Place, and Sporobolus heterolepis
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The Temperate House Restoration Project: Propagating Important Plant Collections for the Restoration of the World's Largest Victorian Glasshouse.
There is a long tradition at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG, Kew) of cultivating and displaying exotic plants from all over the globe, and the largest Victorian glasshouse, the Temperate House, traditionally showcases plants from temperate regions. The Temperate House Restoration Project was undertaken at RBG, Kew from 2012...Hilgenhof, Rebecca ; Taylor, Scott ; Luke, Andrew
Glasshouses, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Victorian glasshouses, Exotic plants, Temperate plants, Temperate House Restoration Project, and Propagation
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Developing Horticultural Protocols for Threatened Plants from the UK Overseas Territories.
The UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) Programme based at the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew (RBG, Kew) has an active training and seed collection programme with local partners in most of the UK’s 16 Overseas Territories. Seeds are banked at the Millennium Seed Bank (MSB) for long-term storage, with a particular focus...Corocoran, Marcella ; Hamilton, Martin A. ; Clubbe, Colin
Cultivation, Horticultural protocols, UK Overseas Territories, Threatened plant species, and Propagation
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935. Vachellia anegadensis.