Conserving our global botanical heritage: The PSESP plant conservation program

doi:10.1016/j.pld.2020.06.007

Plant Diversity ›› 2020, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (04): 319-322.DOI: 10.1016/j.pld.2020.06.007

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Conserving our global botanical heritage: The PSESP plant conservation program

Peter Crane^a,b

a Oak Spring Garden Foundation, 1776 Loughborough Lane, Upperville, VA, 20184, USA;
b School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA

Received:2020-05-19 Revised:2020-06-16 Online:2020-10-14 Published:2020-08-25
Contact: Peter Crane
Supported by:
I am grateful to Weibang Sun for the encouragement to contribute this short Commentary and Robert Spicer for helpful comments on an earlier version of the manuscript. I thank Tad Dilhoff, Steven Manchester and Weibang Sun for kindly providing the photographs for Fig. 1.

Conserving our global botanical heritage: The PSESP plant conservation program

Peter Crane^a,b

a Oak Spring Garden Foundation, 1776 Loughborough Lane, Upperville, VA, 20184, USA;
b School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA

通讯作者: Peter Crane
基金资助:
I am grateful to Weibang Sun for the encouragement to contribute this short Commentary and Robert Spicer for helpful comments on an earlier version of the manuscript. I thank Tad Dilhoff, Steven Manchester and Weibang Sun for kindly providing the photographs for Fig. 1.

Abstract

Key words: Plants, Conservation, Paleobotany, PSESP program

关键词: Plants, Conservation, Paleobotany, PSESP program

Peter Crane. Conserving our global botanical heritage: The PSESP plant conservation program[J]. Plant Diversity, 2020, 42(04): 319-322.

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