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Living Collection of Botanical Gardens, as a Tool for Dissemination, Knowledge and Biodiversity Conservation Studies

A special issue of Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens (ISSN 2673-5636).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2024) | Viewed by 4449

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Dr. Marcus Alberto Nadruz Coelho

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Diretoria de Pesquisas, Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Pacheco Leão, 915, Rio de Janeiro 2246-030, Brazil
Interests: taxonomy of phanerogams, especially the family araceae
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Dear Colleagues,

Living collections in botanical gardens play a crucial role as a tool in floristic studies, conservation, and environmental education on a global scale. This Special Issue aims to publish original studies of plants cultivated in botanical gardens worldwide, with data mainly on dissemination, conservation, taxonomy, environmental education, and ecological restoration.

Botanic gardens around the world play a crucial role in preserving biodiversity through their living collections of plants. These sites not only serve as research centres but also as vital tools for the conservation of endangered species. Botanical gardens maintain collections of endangered plants, acting as living archives of these species, ensuring genetic preservation and the possibility of reintroduction into the wild. Living collections provide a controlled environment for rare and endangered species, offering ideal conditions for their survival and reproduction outside of their natural habitat. Botanic gardens play a crucial role in the taxonomic study of plants, providing resources for scientific studies and accurate species identification. These sites are valuable sources of seeds and seedlings for reforestation programs and the restoration of degraded ecosystems. In addition to their role in conservation, botanical gardens play a significant role in environmental education. They provide opportunities for public awareness of the importance of biodiversity conservation and ecological balance.

We invite researchers, curators and other professionals who work directly in the living collection of botanical gardens to publish any study related to the respective living archives.

This Special Issue aims to publish studies related to the conservation of endangered species, dissemination through publications or through the websites of institutions, the use of the living collection as a tool in environmental education and ecological restoration of deforested areas through cultivated living species.

Dr. Marcus Nadruz
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • endangered plants
  • ex situ conservation
  • plant conservation
  • plant taxonomy
  • seedling production
  • reforestation

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Susceptibility of Different Aesculus Species to the Horse Chestnut Leaf Miner Moth: Chemical Composition and Morphological Features of Leaves
by Liliya R. Bogoutdinova, Olga V. Shelepova, Ludmila N. Konovalova, Oleg B. Tkachenko, Alexander A. Gulevich, Ekaterina N. Baranova and Irina V. Mitrofanova
J. Zool. Bot. Gard. 2024, 5(4), 691-707; https://doi.org/10.3390/jzbg5040045 - 2 Nov 2024
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The susceptibility of seven species of chestnuts to the horse chestnut leaf miner was studied in the arboretum of the Main Botanical Garden of the Russian Academy of Sciences (MBG RAS), taking into account their interspecific characteristics. Using pheromone delta traps, the highest [...] Read more.
The susceptibility of seven species of chestnuts to the horse chestnut leaf miner was studied in the arboretum of the Main Botanical Garden of the Russian Academy of Sciences (MBG RAS), taking into account their interspecific characteristics. Using pheromone delta traps, the highest number of Cameraria ohridella moths was shown for Aesculus hippocastanum and the lowest for Aesculus chinensis. A number of anatomical parameters of leaves were investigated, such as the thickness of the epidermal cell wall and the thickness of the palisade and spongy parenchyma layers. As a result, it was shown that the most infected chestnut species had a greater thickness of the nutritious parenchyma tissue. No dependence was found between the degree of susceptibility to the horse chestnut leaf miner and such indicators as the content of chlorophyll a + b and carotenoids in the leaves of seven species of chestnuts. Nevertheless, resistance of different species of the genus Aesculus to Cameraria ohridella under increased tannin content in leaves has been shown. Evaluation of phenolic compounds and flavonoids has not established their reliable role as repellents. The high levels of carbohydrates found during the study contributed to increased susceptibility to the horse chestnut leaf miner. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Living Collection of Botanical Gardens, as a Tool for Dissemination, Knowledge and Biodiversity Conservation Studies)
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Designing the First Rosarium in Serbia to Fulfill Environmental, Societal, and Economical Purposes
by Milana Čurčić, Tijana Narandžić, Biljana Božanić Tanjga, Milica Grubač, Magdalena Pušić Devai, Veljko Šarac and Mirjana Ljubojević
J. Zool. Bot. Gard. 2024, 5(4), 590-605; https://doi.org/10.3390/jzbg5040040 - 8 Oct 2024
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Specialized botanical gardens such as a rose garden, or rosarium, play a significant role due to their multifunctional nature surpassing simple gene bank assembly. Thus, this study conducted a detailed analysis of a rose garden through field and desk research, SWOT analysis, and [...] Read more.
Specialized botanical gardens such as a rose garden, or rosarium, play a significant role due to their multifunctional nature surpassing simple gene bank assembly. Thus, this study conducted a detailed analysis of a rose garden through field and desk research, SWOT analysis, and ecosystem services assessment, aiming to determine the major strengths and opportunities, as well as weaknesses and threats that can promote or constrain the establishment of the first national rosarium in Serbia. After the analysis, the need for complete green area reconstruction arose to achieve both attractiveness and usefulness. Featuring old varieties, wild species, and companies’ own specific rose collections, the proposed garden has the potential to contribute major ecosystem services reflected in environmental, societal, and economic purposes. Owing to the uniqueness of the breeding program and collections created in the past decade, specific thematic parts—open field or greenhouse classroom, ‘roses under the glass bell’, abundant river flow, pollinators’ shelter, taste garden, and scent garden—are envisaged in the future exemplary rosarium that would not be only a classroom but a showroom for interested nurseries, small-scale functional food producers, flower shops, or amateur gardeners that would become aware of new cultivars and expand their marketing and utilization. Full article
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Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden: Biodiversity Conservation in a Tropical Arboretum
by Thaís Moreira Hidalgo de Almeida, Marcus Alberto Nadruz Coelho and Ariane Luna Peixoto
J. Zool. Bot. Gard. 2024, 5(3), 378-394; https://doi.org/10.3390/jzbg5030026 - 10 Jul 2024
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In light of increasing human impacts on natural areas and climate change, urgent action is required to accelerate species conservation efforts. Ex situ conservation has gained importance, yet the increasing endangered species challenge is magnified in botanic gardens, notably tropical ones, insufficient to [...] Read more.
In light of increasing human impacts on natural areas and climate change, urgent action is required to accelerate species conservation efforts. Ex situ conservation has gained importance, yet the increasing endangered species challenge is magnified in botanic gardens, notably tropical ones, insufficient to safeguard such diverse flora. This study focused on the living collection of the arboretum at the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden, examining all cultivated specimens and institutional database records between January and July 2023. It cross-referenced the collection’s composition with the Flora e Funga do Brasil list, as well as Red Lists, to reveal that the collection includes 6960 specimens representing 1420 species, with 60.6% of these species native to Brazil, belonging to 134 botanical families. The collection encompasses all Brazilian phytogeographic domains, with the Atlantic Forest and the Amazon having the highest number of species in cultivation. In terms of conservation efforts, the collection includes 83 species from the Brazilian Red List and 106 species from the IUCN Red List, contributing to the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation, Target 8. This evaluation is the first step toward identifying collection gaps, future planning, and targeting species for acquisition to enhance the effectiveness of our conservation efforts. Full article
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How Can an Urban Botanical Garden in a Densely Built-Up Landscape Develop Sustainably with Urban Renewal?—The Case of Shanghai Botanical Garden
by Ting Zhang, Wei Yan and Jiankang Guo
J. Zool. Bot. Gard. 2024, 5(4), 719-732; https://doi.org/10.3390/jzbg5040047 - 15 Nov 2024
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Urban botanical gardens collect, preserve, research, and utilize important regional plant resources and serve as ecologically friendly cores of development and renewal for urban organisms. Meanwhile, they offer garden landscape displays and public science education. Furthermore, biodiversity conservation has become important globally. Here, [...] Read more.
Urban botanical gardens collect, preserve, research, and utilize important regional plant resources and serve as ecologically friendly cores of development and renewal for urban organisms. Meanwhile, they offer garden landscape displays and public science education. Furthermore, biodiversity conservation has become important globally. Here, the connotation of urban botanical gardens is interpreted, the functional evolution of urban botanical gardens is examined, and the challenges of sustainably developing urban botanical gardens in the context of biodiversity conservation are analysed. Taking the Shanghai Botanical Garden as an example, the abilities of urban botanical gardens in high-density downtown areas to coexist with urban spaces and thrive along with cities—thus enhancing their five core functions of ex situ conservation, scientific research, popular science education, garden horticulture, and public service—are discussed. These discussions provide references for the sustainable development of urban botanical gardens in similarly high-density city centres. Full article
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