scholarly journals The Oman Botanic Garden (2)

2009 ◽  
pp. 83-97
Author(s):  
Annette Patzelt ◽  
Khalid Al Farsi ◽  
Leigh Morris ◽  
Andrew Spalton
Keyword(s):  
Botanic Garden ◽  
Mature Tree ◽  
Policy Construction ◽  
Plant Collections

The first paper in this series outlined the vision for the oman botanic garden and detailed the early plant collections and propagation. this paper focuses on the oman botanic garden collections policy, construction of a new nursery on the site, subsequent expanded production and initial attempts at mature tree translocation.

Data Capture Project at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

2009 ◽  
pp. 77-82
Author(s):  
Natacha Frachon ◽  
Martin Gardner ◽  
David Rae
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Resources ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Royal Botanic Garden ◽  
Data Capture ◽  
Plant Biodiversity ◽  
Botanic Gardens ◽  
Botanic Garden ◽  
The World ◽  
Plant Collections ◽  
Field Notes

Botanic gardens, with their large holdings of living plants collected from around the world, are important guardians of plant biodiversity, but acquiring and curating these genetic resources is enormously expensive. For these reasons it is crucial that botanic gardens document and curate their collections in order to gain the greatest benefit from the plants in their care. Great priority is given to making detailed field notes and the process of documentation is often continued during the plants formative years when being propagated. However, for the large majority of plants this process often stops once the material is planted in its final garden location. The Data Capture Project at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is an attempt to document specific aspects of the plant collections so that the information captured can be of use to the research community even after the plants have died.

scholarly journals The Development of the New University of Bristol Botanic Garden

2009 ◽  
pp. 19-41
Author(s):  
Nicholas Wray
Keyword(s):  
Useful Plants ◽  
Botanic Garden ◽  
The Third ◽  
Detailed Explanation ◽  
International Policies ◽  
Current Location ◽  
Plant Collections ◽  
Plant Collection ◽  
University Of Bristol ◽  
The University

in 2002 the decision was made to move the university of bristol botanic garden (ubbg) from its then current location. this move would be the third in the garden’s history. the four core collections for the new garden were selected in line with modern international policies on botanic garden management, recent research and the university of bristol’s teaching needs. the themes of these collections are evolution, rare and threatened native and local flora, useful plants and Mediterranean-type flora. this paper describes the development of the plant collection policy, the vision and concept for the new garden, together with a detailed explanation of the work to relocate the existing plant collections, and the design and establishment of the new garden.

scholarly journals The Oman Botanic Garden (1)

2008 ◽  
pp. 41-77
Author(s):  
Annette Patzelt ◽  
Leigh Morris ◽  
Laila Al Harthi ◽  
Ismail Al Rashdi ◽  
Andrew Spalton
Keyword(s):  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Botanic Garden ◽  
Plant Collections ◽  
Cover Design ◽  
Design Construction

The Oman Botanic Garden (OBG) is a new botanic garden which is being constructed on a 423ha site near to Muscat, the capital of Oman. Oman is floristically rich and is considered a centre of plant diversity in the Arabian Peninsula. The plan is that OBG will showcase this plant diversity, inform visitors of its value and provide a model for sustainability. This paper, part 1, covers the vision, early plant collections and propagation, and part 2, which will be included in Sibbaldia No. 7, will cover design, construction, interpretation and planting.

scholarly journals Characteristics of an Exemplary Living Collection

2007 ◽  
pp. 51-61
Author(s):  
Galen Gates
Keyword(s):  
Public Access ◽  
Cultivated Plants ◽  
Science And Society ◽  
Botanic Gardens ◽  
Botanic Garden ◽  
Living Plant ◽  
Plant Exploration ◽  
Plant Collections ◽  
Plant Collection ◽  
High Diversity

The purpose of this study was to analyse the characteristics that define a plant collection. In 2002 Chicago Botanic Garden benchmarked the living plant collections in national and international botanic gardens and arboreta in seven countries. The result of the study revealed that there were twelve characteristics of an exemplary living collection. These were: I. Institutional Collections Policy and Development PlansII. High diversity (breadth in taxa and germplasm)III. Depth or areas of specialization (plant-related areas)IV. Thorough record-keepingV. Care – maintenance practicesVI. An active Verification ProgrammeVII. Plants of wild origin with cultivated plants from their introducerVIII. Taxa of conservation concernIX. Staff expertise (knowledge acquired from the building and study of the Collection)X. Public access (to view and study plants and benefit from associated Programming)XI. Plant Exploration ProgrammesXII. Relevance to science and society for multiple generations

scholarly journals Candide and Botanical Software: technology cultivating garden visitation and collection management

2021 ◽  
pp. 163-174
Author(s):  
Waheed Arshad ◽  
Havard Ostgaard ◽  
Mats Havström ◽  
Jo Elworthy ◽  
Jon Hall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Conservation ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Conservation Education ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Collection Management ◽  
Automatic Identification ◽  
Botanic Gardens ◽  
Botanic Garden ◽  
Biodiversity Crisis ◽  
Plant Collections

Abstract It is clear that the biodiversity crisis and overarching threat of climate change are having a fundamental impact on the biology of the planet. Botanic gardens, and related institutions, are uniquely positioned as centres of expertise in plant biodiversity. Their efforts in the exploration and documentation of biodiversity are also a fundamental prerequisite for the conservation of plants. The systematised and structured documentation of a garden’s collection of plant material, together with the collection policy and overall mission, characterises an institution as a botanic garden. However, the currently available tools and processes are not cost-effective, accessible at a global level, and do not provide the necessary efficiency for the needs and workflows of botanic gardens and plant collection management. In the context of gardens and visitation, there is also a growing disconnection between people and plants, particularly in an increasingly urbanised world. Here, we present numerous innovative initiatives towards tackling these challenges, assisted by technology. We discuss the application of machine-learning in the automatic identification of plants (including composite tools such as Augmented Reality), and digital engagement through mobile-based complementations to visitors’ experiences. We also explore the documentation of quality data for botanical collections, and how advancements in collection management systems will play a major role in the efforts of the botanic garden community, and use of their richly-diverse plant collections in the vanguard of research, conservation, education, and visitation. Thus, ongoing technological developments in tools for botanic gardens and their visitors, present positive and influential contributions in tackling global challenges associated with plant conservation and engaging the broadest and most diverse audiences.

scholarly journals Garden Profile: Auckland Botanic Gardens

2014 ◽  
pp. 11-24
Author(s):  
Jack Hobbs ◽  
Rebecca Stanley
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Native Plants ◽  
Native Plant ◽  
Botanic Gardens ◽  
Botanic Garden ◽  
Plant Collections

Auckland Botanic Gardens is a relatively young botanic garden that opened in 1982 and covers 64 hectares in Manurewa, South Auckland. The plant collections include both exotic and New Zealand (NZ) native plants. The native plant collections are described and illustrated. The use of native plants for environmental and ecological enhancement is also explained.

scholarly journals When xylarium and herbarium meet: linking Tervuren xylarium wood samples with their herbarium specimens at Meise Botanic Garden

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Vanden Abeele ◽  
Hans Beeckman ◽  
Tom De Mil ◽  
Cecile De Troyer ◽  
Victor Deklerck ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central Africa ◽  
Reference Value ◽  
Current Data ◽  
Reference Database ◽  
Global Changes ◽  
Herbarium Specimens ◽  
Botanic Garden ◽  
African Species ◽  
Wood Trait ◽  
Plant Collections

The current data paper aims to interlink the African plant collections of the Meise Botanic Garden Herbarium (BR) and the Royal Museum for Central Africa Xylarium (Tw). Complementing both collections strengthens the reference value of each institutional collection, as more complete metadata are made available and it enables increased quality control for the identification of wood specimens. Furthermore, the renewed connection enables the linking of available wood trait data with data on phenology, leaf morphology or even molecular information for many tree species, allowing assessments of performance of individual trees. In addition to studies at the interspecific level, comparisons at the intraspecific level become possible, which could lead to important new insights into resilience to and impact of global change, as well as biodiversity conservation or forest management of Central African forest ecosystems. By interlinking the Tervuren Xylarium Wood database with the recently digitised herbarium of Meise Botanic Garden, we were able to establish a link between 6,621 xylarium and 9,641 herbarium records for 6,953 plant specimens. Both institutional databases were complemented with reliable specimen metadata. The Tervuren xylarium now profits from taxonomic revisions made by botanists at Meise Botanic Garden and a list of phenotypical features for woody African species can be extended with wood anatomical descriptors. New metadata from the Tw xylarium records were used to add the country of collection to 50 linked BR herbarium specimens for which this information was missing. Furthermore, metadata available from the labels on digitised BR herbarium specimens was used to update Tw xylarium records with the date of collection (817 records), collection locality (698 records), coordinates (482 records) and altitude (817 records). In conclusion, we created a reference database with reliable botanic identities which can be used in a range of studies, such as modelling analyses, community assessments or trait analyses, all framed in a spatiotemporal context. Furthermore, the linked collections hold historical reference data and specimens that can be studied in the context of global changes.

scholarly journals The Dynamics of Annonaceae Plants Collection and Its Conservation Efforts in Purwodadi Botanic Garden

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-177
Author(s):  
Dewi Ayu Lestari ◽  
Ahmad Masrum
Keyword(s):  
Light Intensity ◽  
Plant Growth ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Stem Diameter ◽  
Ex Situ ◽  
Botanic Garden ◽  
Species Identity ◽  
The Past ◽  
Plant Collections

Plant species of Annonaceae family were collected in Purwodadi Botanic Garden (PBG) needs ex-situ conservation efforts to prevent threat of extinction. Annonaceae plants collection in PBG have experienced dynamics over the past of 12 years which affect to diversity and conservation efforts. This study aimed to determine the dynamics or development of Annonaceae plants collection in PBG for the past of 12 years and how their conservation efforts. The methods were used are primary and secondary data collections from Registration Unit, measurement of stem diameter, plant height, branch-free stem height (BFS) of Annonaceae plants collection and microclimatic data (temperature, humidity, soil pH and light intensity) in each block of Annonaceae plants collection. Data were analyzed descriptively and by Principal Component Analysis using the statistical program PAST 4.0. The Annonaceae plant collections in PBG have fluctuated in the number of plants, genera, species, specimens and unidentified species with the addition of 28, 10, 6, 58, and 7 plants respectively. There were also 81 times of species identity changes. Annonaceae plant collections in PBG was able to well adapt and develop based on the average of stem diameter and BFS, with humidity and light intensity became the most influential environmental factors for plant growth. The management of Annonaceae plant collections in PBG consisted of the maintenance activities and studies to support the conservation. By regulating and manipulating of humidity and light intensity in Annonaceae plant collections, plant growth will increase and well maintenance. Management efforts can be planned and developed properly by knowing the dynamics of plant collections.

scholarly journals A Changing Role for the Arboretum of the Universidad Austral de Chile (UACH)

2005 ◽  
pp. 7-16
Author(s):  
Paulina Hechenleitner Vega
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Ex Situ ◽  
Botanic Garden ◽  
Research Education ◽  
Threatened Plant Species ◽  
Plant Collections ◽  
Funded Project ◽  
Effective Role ◽  
Narrow Endemics ◽  
Changing Role

The Arboretum of Universidad Austral de Chile is playing an important role in cultivating some of Chile's most threatened woody plant species in order to establish ex situ conservation collections for research, education and to assist the restoration of depleted wild populations. Changing the way in which the Arboretum manages its plant collections, so that it can play a more effective role in conservation, has been an important output of a Darwin Initiative funded project run in collaboration with the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. The three year project, 'An Integrated Programme for the Conservation of Chilean Threatened Endemic Plants' was started in 2002. This paper describes how the project has assisted in developing facilities in the Arboretum to propagate and grow some of Chile's most threatened plant species and includes details of six lesser known, threatened narrow endemics.

scholarly journals Biological controls in botanic gardens

2020 ◽  
pp. 117-125
Author(s):  
Julian Ives
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Insect Pests ◽  
Royal Botanic Garden ◽  
Botanic Gardens ◽  
Botanic Garden ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
Plant Collections

Biological control of insect pests in horticulture is evolving rapidly but use in botanic gardens can be difficult due to the variety and extent of the plant collections held at these gardens. This paper describes examples of successful biological control of mealybug species at the Cambridge University Botanic Garden and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and looks at some of the challenges to extending the use of such controls in all environments.

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