On the "Seidenfaden collection" and the multiple roles botanical gardens can play in orchid conservation

Autores/as

  • Henrik Æ. Pedersen Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 5–7, DK-1353 Copenhagen K, Denmark
  • Jens I. Find Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, DK-1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
  • Gitte Petersen Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 5–7, DK-1353 Copenhagen K, Denmark
  • Ole Seberg Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 5–7, DK-1353 Copenhagen K, Denmark

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15517/lank.v18i1.32587

Resumen

Abstract. Using the "Seidenfaden collection" in Copenhagen as an example, we address the common view that botanical garden collections of orchids are important for conservation. Seidenfaden collected live orchids all over Thailand from 1957 to 1983 and created a traditional collection for taxonomic research, characterized by high taxonomic diversity and low intraspecific variation. Following an extended period of partial neglect, we managed to set up a five-year project aimed at expanding the collection with a continued focus on taxonomic diversity, but widening the geographic scope to tropical Asia. Since its establishment, the collection has contributed significantly to ex situ conservation and to research-based development of powerful tools for improving in situ conservation-related decisions and priorities. The collection has been, and still is, an important basis for taxonomic and floristic research which has enabled treatment of the Orchidaceae in the Thai red-list. However, the primary focus of our project has shifted to micro-propagation, DNA-barcoding and phylogenetic analysis. The close link between collection-based research and conservation is remarkable and probably applicable to plant collections in botanical gardens in general. Thus, if the collections are used properly, they have great potential for contributing to conservation in many different ways.

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Publicado

2018-02-26

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Pedersen, H. Æ., Find, J. I., Petersen, G., & Seberg, O. (2018). On the "Seidenfaden collection" and the multiple roles botanical gardens can play in orchid conservation. Lankesteriana: International Journal on Orchidology, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.15517/lank.v18i1.32587