Plant diversity conservation challenges and prospects—the perspective of botanic gardens and the Millennium Seed Bank

E Breman, D Ballesteros, E Castillo-Lorenzo, C Cockel… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
There is a pressing need to conserve plant diversity to prevent extinctions and to enable
sustainable use of plant material by current and future generations. Here, we review the …

[HTML][HTML] How effective are conservation areas to preserve biodiversity in Mexico?

A Falcón-Brindis, JL León-Cortés… - Perspectives in ecology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Most conservation of biological diversity is achieved via networks of protected areas,
including national parks, wilderness areas, and nature reserves. Protected areas are chosen …

Sustainability of wild plant use in the Andean Community of South America

L Kor, K Homewood, TP Dawson, M Diazgranados - Ambio, 2021 - Springer
Overexploitation is the second biggest driver of global plant extinction. Meanwhile, useful
plant species are vital to livelihoods across the world, with global conservation efforts …

Conserving useful plants for a sustainable future: species coverage, spatial distribution, and conservation status within the millennium seed Bank collection

U Liu, M Gianella, P Dávila Aranda… - Biodiversity and …, 2023 - Springer
A substantially rich diversity of the world's recorded useful plants (UPs) is captured within the
Millennium Seed Bank collection hosted by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, at Wakehurst …

Spatial phylogenetics of the flora in the Sierra Madre del Sur, Mexico: Evolutionary puzzles in tropical mountains

J Aragón‐Parada, P Carrillo‐Reyes… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To test explicitly whether the Sierra Madre del Sur includes areas with significant neo‐,
paleo‐and mixed endemism and to explore possible environmental drivers implied in their …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the impact of protected areas in lowering extinction risks in a biodiversity hotspot

M Esperon-Rodriguez, A Correa-Metrio… - Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
The tropics harbour the highest species number on Earth, making them critical hotspots of
biodiversity. However, there is an increased extinction risk towards the tropics, aka the …

Las plantas vasculares endémicas de la Sierra Madre del Sur, México

J Aragón-Parada, A Rodríguez, G Munguía-Lino… - Botanical …, 2021 - scielo.org.mx
Resumen Antecedentes: La Sierra Madre del Sur (SMS) se ubica paralela al Océano
Pacífico, desde Jalisco a Oaxaca. Es la provincia más biodiversa de México, con 7,016 …

Towards conservation of the remarkably high number of daisy trees (Asteraceae) in Mexico

R Redonda-Martínez, P Pliscoff, A Moreira-Muñoz… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mexico is floristically the fourth most species-rich country in the world, and Asteraceae is the
most diverse vascular plant family in this country. The species exhibits a wide range of …

Past fire dynamics inferred from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and monosaccharide anhydrides in a stalagmite from the archaeological site of Mayapan, Mexico

J Homann, N Karbach, SA Carolin… - Biogeosciences …, 2023 - bg.copernicus.org
Speleothems (cave stalagmites) contain inorganic and organic substances that can be used
to infer past changes in local and regional paleoenvironmental conditions. Specific …

Meta‐analysis of Red List conservation assessments of Mexican endemic and near endemic tree species shows nearly two thirds of these are threatened

MS Samain, S Guzman Diaz… - Plants, People …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Societal Impact Statement Mexico's extraordinary tree diversity is threatened by the
increasing demand for resources because of the tenfold population growth in the last …