Can a botanic garden cycad collection capture the genetic diversity in a wild population?

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-10

  Griffith, M Patrick ^a   Calonje, Michael ^a,b   Meerow, Alan W ^c   Tut, Freddy ^d   Kramer, Andrea T ^e,f   Hird, Abby ^e   Magellan, Tracy M ^a   Husby, Chad E ^a  

^a MONTGOMERY BOTANICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d Belize Botanic Gardens ^*  (Belize)

^e and Botanical Gardens   (United States)

^f CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; Ex situ conservation; Living collections; Microsatellite; Zamia decumbens

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CULTIVATION; GENETIC MARKER; GYMNOSPERM; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WILD POPULATION;

CYCADOPSIDA; ZAMIA;

EID: 84921824490     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/678466     Document Type: Article

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