Brighamia insignis conservation efforts

  • Country

    United States of America

  • Region

    North America

  • Programme

    BGCI

  • Workstream

    Saving Plants

  • Topic

    Conservation Horticulture

  • Type

    News

  • Source

    BGCI

Brighamia insignis now “Extinct in the Wild”, National Tropical BG leading conservation efforts

News published: 1 November 2022

Recent article highlights ‘alula (Brighamia insignis) conservation efforts led by the National Tropical Botanical Garden, Chicago Botanic Garden, BGCI, and other partners. This species has served as an important case study as BGCI’s PlantSearch database is being rebuilt and expanded to include pedigree (accession-level) data.

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