The role of living collections-based research and discovery has been a prominent feature throughout the history of evolution and advance of botanical science: such research is the core and soul of the botanical garden...The role of living collections-based research and discovery has been a prominent feature throughout the history of evolution and advance of botanical science: such research is the core and soul of the botanical gardens. Currently, there are c. 162 Chinese botanical gardens, harboring c. 20,000 species in China. As an example of initiatives to utilize the garden cultivated flora to address plant diversity conservation and germplasm discovery for sustainable agriculture and the bio-industries, the Ex situ Flora of China project aims to catalog and document this mega-diversity of plants that are cultivated in the Chinese botanical gardens. The concept of Ex situ Flora of China is a complete new formulation of species, based on garden cultivated individuals and populations, to obtain better morphological descriptions, provide multipurpose applicability and a fundamental data service that will support national bio-strategies and bioindustries. It emphasises integrative information, accurately collected from living collections across different Chinese botanical gardens, on biology, phenology, cultivation requirements and uses of plant resources, which are normally not available from traditional Floras based on herbarium specimens. The ex situ flora should provide better information coverage for taxonomy, biological and introduction and collection data and color photos of stems, leaves, flowers, fruits and seed, as well as useful information of cultivation key points and main use of each plant. In general, the Ex situ Flora of China provides more useful information than the traditional Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae. The project of Ex situ Flora of China is planned to be one of the most important initiatives of the plant diversity research platform for sustainable economic and social development in China.展开更多
南京中山植物园于20世纪50年代引种栽培了11株南方红豆杉〔Taxus chinensis(Pilg.)Rehd. var. mairei(Lemée et Lévl.)Cheng et L.K.Fu〕。45年后,在邻近的天然林中出现了含有400余个个体的自然种群。根据这一事实作者认为,...南京中山植物园于20世纪50年代引种栽培了11株南方红豆杉〔Taxus chinensis(Pilg.)Rehd. var. mairei(Lemée et Lévl.)Cheng et L.K.Fu〕。45年后,在邻近的天然林中出现了含有400余个个体的自然种群。根据这一事实作者认为,如果整体生态条件具备,也就是在生物多样性和生境多样性都很丰富的自然生境中,迁地保护的小种群可以发展成较大种群,这将使迁地保护的作用与功能得到重大发展。从保护生物学原理出发,应认真关注迁地保护的生境条件。因此,迁地保护区的设计应予以改进,还应构建人工栽培园地与自然(野生)生境混合的区域,以创造自然种群发生的必要条件。展开更多
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文摘The role of living collections-based research and discovery has been a prominent feature throughout the history of evolution and advance of botanical science: such research is the core and soul of the botanical gardens. Currently, there are c. 162 Chinese botanical gardens, harboring c. 20,000 species in China. As an example of initiatives to utilize the garden cultivated flora to address plant diversity conservation and germplasm discovery for sustainable agriculture and the bio-industries, the Ex situ Flora of China project aims to catalog and document this mega-diversity of plants that are cultivated in the Chinese botanical gardens. The concept of Ex situ Flora of China is a complete new formulation of species, based on garden cultivated individuals and populations, to obtain better morphological descriptions, provide multipurpose applicability and a fundamental data service that will support national bio-strategies and bioindustries. It emphasises integrative information, accurately collected from living collections across different Chinese botanical gardens, on biology, phenology, cultivation requirements and uses of plant resources, which are normally not available from traditional Floras based on herbarium specimens. The ex situ flora should provide better information coverage for taxonomy, biological and introduction and collection data and color photos of stems, leaves, flowers, fruits and seed, as well as useful information of cultivation key points and main use of each plant. In general, the Ex situ Flora of China provides more useful information than the traditional Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae. The project of Ex situ Flora of China is planned to be one of the most important initiatives of the plant diversity research platform for sustainable economic and social development in China.
文摘南京中山植物园于20世纪50年代引种栽培了11株南方红豆杉〔Taxus chinensis(Pilg.)Rehd. var. mairei(Lemée et Lévl.)Cheng et L.K.Fu〕。45年后,在邻近的天然林中出现了含有400余个个体的自然种群。根据这一事实作者认为,如果整体生态条件具备,也就是在生物多样性和生境多样性都很丰富的自然生境中,迁地保护的小种群可以发展成较大种群,这将使迁地保护的作用与功能得到重大发展。从保护生物学原理出发,应认真关注迁地保护的生境条件。因此,迁地保护区的设计应予以改进,还应构建人工栽培园地与自然(野生)生境混合的区域,以创造自然种群发生的必要条件。