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Plant story - the endemic and rare Australian plant Acacia chapmanii has been collected and saved
01 Jan 2010
The Threatened Flora Seed Centre collected seed from Acacia chapmanii in December 2000 from the Drummond Nature Reserve, when the population was considered to be at risk.
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Plant story - conserving grassland paper daisy in Tasmania
01 Jan 2010
The Millennium Seed Bank Partnership has conserved the endangered Australian grassland paper daisy (Leucochrysum albicans).
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Plant story - finding Lobelia valida
01 Jan 2010
Find out how the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership team found Lobelia valida under a washing line!
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Plant story - a very useful plant, Osyris lanceolata, is at risk of extinction due to overexploitation
01 Jan 2010
The commercial demand of Osyris products has recently led to an increased rate of exploitation, to an extent that its existence in its natural habitat is seriously threatened. Thanks to the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership, this plant species is now safeguarded for our future.
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Plant story - "Devils claw" found and collected from Botswana
01 Jan 2010
Millennium Seed Bank Partnership fieldwork in the Okavango Delta in December 2005 located five IUCN Red List Index plant species, one of these being the very useful "Devils claw" (Harpagophytum zeyheri).
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Plant story - Polhillia obsoleta, an endangered shrub from South Africa
01 Jan 2010
With the common name Teesuikerkaroo bos, Polhillia obsoleta is an endangered shrub from the Western Cape Province of South Africa.
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Plant story - Roridula dentata, endemic to South Africa
01 Jan 2010
A tentacle leafed shrub, endemic to the Cape Province of South Africa.
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Plant story - Paraisometrum mileense, an "extinct" plant rediscovered
01 Jan 2010
A wild population of Paraisometrum mileense, thought to be extinct in the wild for 100 years, has been rediscovered in Yunnan, China by the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership.
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Plant story - British cornflower a native UK plant species, is under threat from modern agricultural methods
01 Jan 2010
In the 1930's the British cornflower was widespread but by the 1990s this plant species was found in only three of the 10 km grid-squares surveyed, possibly the most dramatic decline of any of our native wildflowers.
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Plant story - protecting the future of Erica verticillata
01 Jan 2010
Erica verticillata was last seen in the wild in 1908 and was, until 1984, thought to be extinct. It has since been found and re-established thanks to the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership.
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