Does the giant tree rhododendron need conservation priority?
The giant tree rhododendron (R. protistum var. giganteum) is one of the most famous plants in China, and is critically endangered. As previous conservation efforts only focused on the two recorded populations of this variety, key issues regarding relatedness to R. protistum var. protistum still rema...
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doaj-df341e2fb6dc47f8af6aa7bb88ea16702020-11-25T01:33:57ZengElsevierGlobal Ecology and Conservation2351-98942018-07-0115Does the giant tree rhododendron need conservation priority?Shenghui Li0Weibang Sun1Yongpeng Ma2Yunnan Key Laboratory for Integrative Conservation of Plant Species with Extremely Small Populations, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, 650204, China; Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, 650201, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, ChinaYunnan Key Laboratory for Integrative Conservation of Plant Species with Extremely Small Populations, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, 650204, China; Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, 650201, China; Corresponding authors. Yunnan Key Laboratory for Integrative Conservation of Plant Species with Extremely Small Populations, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, 650204, China.Yunnan Key Laboratory for Integrative Conservation of Plant Species with Extremely Small Populations, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, 650204, China; Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, 650201, China; Corresponding authors. Yunnan Key Laboratory for Integrative Conservation of Plant Species with Extremely Small Populations, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, 650204, China.The giant tree rhododendron (R. protistum var. giganteum) is one of the most famous plants in China, and is critically endangered. As previous conservation efforts only focused on the two recorded populations of this variety, key issues regarding relatedness to R. protistum var. protistum still remain. Our field investigations and SSR analysis of the two varieties in China and Nepal suggest that the two varieties are not significantly different, and we suggest that limited conservation resources could be better used elsewhere given the numerous endangered plants urgently needing protection in China. We suspect that the problems we identified in this study will also apply to many other taxa in developing countries identified as endangered on the basis of incomplete information. Keywords: Rhododendron protistum var. giganteum, Conservation priority, Genetic structurehttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989418301732 |
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The giant tree rhododendron (R. protistum var. giganteum) is one of the most famous plants in China, and is critically endangered. As previous conservation efforts only focused on the two recorded populations of this variety, key issues regarding relatedness to R. protistum var. protistum still remain. Our field investigations and SSR analysis of the two varieties in China and Nepal suggest that the two varieties are not significantly different, and we suggest that limited conservation resources could be better used elsewhere given the numerous endangered plants urgently needing protection in China. We suspect that the problems we identified in this study will also apply to many other taxa in developing countries identified as endangered on the basis of incomplete information. Keywords: Rhododendron protistum var. giganteum, Conservation priority, Genetic structure |
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