中国对英国邱园的千年种子库计划的贡献

Chinese Contribution to the Millennium Seed Bank Project Launched by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

作为世界最大的植物园之一,英国邱区的皇家植物园(简称"邱园")于2000年发起了"千年种子库"计划,旨在保存全世界10%的种子植物的种子,以应对未来不可预测的生态环境恶化。该计划自实施以来得到了来自54个国家123个合作伙伴的支持,种子库截止2010年已经保存了世界各地2万4千多种植物的种子。中国于2004年正式参加该计划,截止2012年12月31日已为种子库贡献了52科139属232种,共247个登记数的种子,其中大多是中国特有的种,这些种子绝大部分采自云南。从发芽率来看,种子质量很高。

As one of the largest botanic gardens in the world,the Royal Botanic Gardens,Kew launched the Millennium Seed Bank project in 2000,aiming to conserve the seeds of 10% of the seed-bearing flora in order to cope with the unpredictable deterioration in the ecological environment in the future.This project has gained support from 123 partners distributed in 54 countries since then,and the Bank has successfully conserved the seeds of over 24 000 species.China joined the project in 2004 and had contributed 247 accessions,consisting of 232 species which distribute in 52 families and 139 genera.Kunming Institute of Botany,Chinese Academy of Sciences contributed most of the species which are collected in Yunnan and are unique to China.In terms of the germination,the quality of the seed is quite good.