Developing Horticultural Protocols for Threatened Plants from the UK Overseas Territories.

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Journal article
Creator (person)
Corocoran, Marcella
Hamilton, Martin A.
Clubbe, Colin
Date published
October 29, 2014
Abstract
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 on endemic and threatened species, contributing to Target 8 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC). Many of these threatened species have never been in cultivation so horticulture protocols are being developed for each species. Drawing on examples of threatened species from parts of the Caribbean and the Falkland Islands, this paper describes the components of horticulture protocols, from collection through to germination and growth in the first year. It outlines their role and value in the conservation of threatened species. These written protocols together with a short nursery guide are shared with local partners, thereby contributing to Target 3 of the GSPC.
Funder
Funder nameAwards
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom
Millennium Seed Bank Project
Darwin Initiative, United Kingdom
Overseas Territories Environment Programme, United Kingdom
Environment Fund for the Overseas Territories, United Kingdom
Bentham-Moxon Trust, United States
Journal title
Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture
Volume
12
Publisher
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Place of publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
eISSN
2513-9231
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