Cordoba Botanic Garden integrates in situ and ex situ techniques to conserve the flora of Andalusia.

摘要

The Cordoba Botanic Garden (CBG) complex includes propagation and exhibition greenhouses, a germplasm bank, in vitro culture unit, laboratory, library and herbarium. Its main remit is the conservation of the wild flora of Andalusia (an autonomous region in southern Spain) through both in situ and ex situ techniques. For example, the germplasm bank stores 774 accessions of 422 taxa. In 1994, in conjunction with the Environmental Agency of the Andalusian Autonomous Government, the CBG published an integrated strategy for the regional flora, involving (1) analysing the origin and evolution of the flora; (2) evaluating economic aspects of the wild flora; (3) cataloguing species according to distribution and risk status; (4) prioritizing objectives; (5) selecting appropriate conservation techniques; (6) publishing rescue plans for the most threatened species; (7) analysing national legislation and international agreements affecting the local flora; and (8) involving local citizens and communities in the conservation strategy.