Integrated plant conservation through the Global Conservation Consortia

• Published in: Applications in plant sciences Vol. 12; no. 3; pp. e11586 - n/a
• Main Authors: Linsky, Jean, Byrne, Amy, Handley, Vanessa, Coffey, Emily E. D., Alvarez‐Clare, Silvia, Crowley, Dan, Meyer, Abby
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.05.2024; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: botanical gardens; Collaboration; collections; Conservation; ecosystems; Endangered & extinct species; extinction; Flowers & plants; global consortia; humans; plants; Review; species; Species extinction; Threatened species; Trees; United States > US; California; global consortia; conservation; botanical gardens; collections; trees; plants

The 2020 State of the World's Plants and Fungi report revealed that two in five plant species are threatened with extinction. Despite their diverse ecosystem services and myriad human uses, plants receive a fraction of the conservation resources directed at animal taxa. Several existing framewo...