News Headline

World's botanic gardens contain a third of all known plant species, and help protect the most threatened

Source
Phys.org

Publication Date
2017-09-25

The world's botanic gardens contain at least 30% of all known plant species, including 41% of all those classed as 'threatened', according to the most comprehensive analysis to date of diversity in 'ex-situ' collections: those plants conserved outside natural habitats.

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https://phys.org/news/2017-09-world-botanic-gardens-species-threatened.html