The internationally adopted Global Strategy Plant Conservation (for 2020), calls 75 cent all threatened plants be conserved 'ex situ' collections (e.g. botanic gardens); the case Rhododendrons equates 238 threatened species. BGCI estimate 65 cent threatened Rhododendron species currently .
The Global Conservation Consortium . Rhododendron . brings the. world's . Rhododendron . experts, conservationists, the botanic garden. community ensure no wild species . Rhododendron . extinct. Rhododendron . the most. diverse genus the heath. heather family (Ericaceae) comprising over. 1100 .
Effective situ conservation plants botanic gardens requires sufficient wild accessions represent wild diversity. Rhododendron L. (Ericaceae), c. 64% the taxa threatened require field investigation. a case study the analysis ex conservation gaps used ecogeographical representation a proxy genetic representation ex collections the 65 .
However, due largely clearing land agriculture, livestock grazing, the impact climate change, of beautiful plants at risk extinction. Forty-five species Rhododendron considered Critically Endangered, only few individuals remaining the wild. Global Conservation Consortium Rhododendron
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The Rhododendron China exhibit great diversity, no conservation evaluation the genus been performed, a result no governmental financial support. Based our field investigations covering total seven provinces 95 days 2011 2013 China, herein provide updated conservation status eight species two species are listed .
The genus Rhododendron is largest genus woody plants China, extremely important horticultural (Chamberlain al., 1996).However, efforts only been to assess conservation status the genus. to conservation category assessments the Red List Rhododendrons (Gibbs al., 2011) the Threatened Species List China's Higher Plants .
1 Introduction. Conserving endangered plant species is crucial the survival biological diversity ecosystem stability (Torres-Díaz al., 2021; Chen al., 2022; Flores-Argüelles al., 2022; Harrington al., 2023; Singh al., 2023).Rhododendron platypodum Diels a rare endangered plant species has limited distribution is of species requires .
Threatened woody plants -7,549 Rhododendron - 11 . Global Tree Red Listing Priorities: •Regional . • Montane species - Rhododendrons - risk . Forest habitats risk Resilient, connected . Results Rhododendron situ conservation survey Number records RDL category source of
This report presents review the conservation status Rhododendron species their natural habitats, undertaken experts around world partnership the IUCN/SSC Global Tree Specialist Group the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Rhododendrons stunning horticultural plants widely cultivated temperate regions. the wild are associated centres .
In general, species is basic unit conservation. a threatened plant species is inaccurately delimited, conservation ef-forts be unwarranted. is to particularly .
