Establishing a global network of orchid seed banks

Authors

  • Phillip Seaton Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3DS, U.K.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15517/lank.v7i1-2.19567

Keywords:

orchid, seed, storage, seed banks

Abstract

Although it would appear that very few orchid species have, as yet, become extinct in the wild, such are the threats to many orchid populations, this situa- tion appears unlikely to continue (Koopowitz, 2001). Just as significant as the loss of individual species is the erosion of genetic diversity within those species. As numbers decline the size of the gene pool reduces, and the rarer alleles begin to disappear. 

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Published

2015-06-17

How to Cite

Seaton, P. (2015). Establishing a global network of orchid seed banks. Lankesteriana: International Journal on Orchidology, 7(1-2). https://doi.org/10.15517/lank.v7i1-2.19567

Issue

2007: Lankesteriana: Volumen 7, Número 1-2

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