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Golden barrel cactus

Conserving Mexico's dryland plants.

25 Jul 2011

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Golden barrel cacti

Image: Anna Faherty

Golden barrel cacti (Echinocactus grusonii) come from the drylands of Mexico, a country that is home to more t ...more

Golden barrel cactus in flower

Image: WindSurfGirl

In 1990 the primary habitat of the golden barrel cactus – a semi-arid valley in the Río Moctezuma basin – was ...more

Zimapán reservoir

Image: Héctor M Hernández

The Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) mounted an intensive rescue operation to collect these and ...more

Fieldwork in the Mexican drylands

Image: RBG Kew

UNAM now works with staff from Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank (MSB) to collect seeds from endangered, useful or en ...more

Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank

Image: RBG Kew

If plants are threatened with extinction in the future, their seeds will be available at UNAM and the MSB at W ...more

Golden barrel cacti in cultivation

Image: Lars Hammar

Although habitat loss has caused golden barrel cacti to become critically endangered in the wild, conservation ...more

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