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1 October 2024 Conserving Brazilian cacti: an update and future projects
Nigel P. Taylor, Daniela C. Zappi
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Abstract

This brief account updates on successes and challenges in an ex situ project to conserve threatened leafy cacti from Eastern Brazil, aimed at employing the banking of seed. Future similar projects are noted.

Dieser kurze Bericht informiert über die Erfolge und Herausforderungen eines Ex-situ-Projekts zur Erhaltung bedrohter Blattkakteen aus Ostbrasilien, das auf die Verwendung von Saatgutbanken abzielt. Es wird auf zukünftige ähnliche Projekte hingewiesen.

No presente relato pequeno fazemos uma atualização apresentando os sucessos e desafios encontrados no desenvolvimento do projeto de conservação ex situ de cactos com folhas do leste do Brasil com o objetivo de produzir sementes para incluir em bancos de germoplasma. Uma lista de projetos futuros com objetivos semelhantes é apresentada.

Nigel P. Taylor and Daniela C. Zappi "Conserving Brazilian cacti: an update and future projects," Bradleya 2024(42), 39-42, (1 October 2024). https://doi.org/10.25223/brad.n42.2024.a6
Received: 2 October 2023; Published: 1 October 2024
KEYWORDS
Cactaceae
ex situ conservation
insect pests and controls
Leuenbergeria aureiflora
Pereskia bahiensis subsp. minensis
plant biology & nutrition
seed banking
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