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Using the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation to guide conservation implementation in the UK Overseas Territories.
Clubbe, Colin ; Hamilton, Martin ; Corcoran, Marcella
Conservation assessments, UKOTs, Red listing, Plant conservation, Threatened species, Important plant areas, and GSPC
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Doctoral thesis
Boraginaceae Varronia rupicola (Urb.) Brtton : biogeography, systematic placement and conservation genetics of a threatened species endemic to the Caribbean.
In the Caribbean region, Varronia rupicola (Boraginaceae) is a medium to large, woody shrub endemic to the Puerto Rican Bank where it is threatened with extinction due to its limited area of occupancy, small populations and on-going threats. The greatest of these is currently loss of suitable habitat through development...Hamilton, Martin Allen
Biogeography, Varronia rupicola, Endemic, Caribbean, Threatened species, Systematics, and Conservation genetics
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Journal article
Important Plant Areas: revised selection criteria for a global approach to plant conservation.
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Thermal buffering capacity of the germination phenotype across the environmental envelope of the Cactaceae.
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Molecules from nature: Reconciling biodiversity conservation and global healthcare imperatives for sustainable use of medicinal plants and fungi.
Societal Impact Statement Plants and fungi have provided, or inspired, key pharmaceuticals for global health challenges, including cancer, heart disease, dementia, and malaria, and are valued as traditional medicines worldwide. Global demand for medicinal plants and fungi has threatened certain species, contributing to biodiversity loss and depletion of natural resources... -
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Tropical Important Plant Areas, plant species richness and conservation in the British Virgin Islands.
The global loss of biodiversity is a pressing and urgent issue and halting loss is the focus of many international agreements and targets. However, data on species distribution, threats and protection are limited and sometimes lacking in many parts of the world. The British Virgin Islands (BVI), part of the... -
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Mollinedia ruschii (Monimiaceae, Mollinedioideae), a new Critically Endangered species microendemic to the Atlantic rainforest, eastern Brazil.
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Rediscovery of Oocephalus foliosus (Hyptidinae—Lamiaceae): notes on taxonomy and conservation of a species endemic to the campo rupestre of Central Brazil.
Oocephalus foliosus was described in the first half of 19th century, based on a collection from central Goiás state, Brazil, being collected again only three times in surrounding areas. Although this species seems to be rare and endemic to a narrow area, it has never been listed on any threatened...