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As Seen on CPC’s Rare Plant Academy: All in the Family: The Case for Collecting by Maternal Lines
maternal lines
The offspring (seeds or plants) from a single mother plant are distinguished with unique identifying number, stored in a separate package, and labeled if grown in a nursery. Knowing the number of maternal lines in a conservation collection is an estimate of the genetic diversity represented.
Details of Hairy-peduncled Beakrush
Collected seeds of a single maternal line of Rhynchospora crinipes as seen through the microscope’s lens, […]
Liatris gholsonii in full bloom
Liatris gholsonii in flower during the initial Site Assessment to estimate from how many maternal lines seeds will be collected at the time of Seed Collection. […]
DNA Banking Gholson’s Blazingstar
Atlanta Botanical Garden Field Biologist Cami Adams prepares to collect a DNA leaf sample parallel to the maternal line seed collected of Liatris gholsonii. […]
Gholson’s blazingstar in bud
Gholson’s blazingstar in bud […]
Rhynchospora crinipes Up Close
Under the microscope is seen a reference specimen from the University of West Florida herbarium to confirm the characteristic morphology of Rhynchospora crinipes. […]
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