Using pedigree tracking of the ex situ metacollection of Amorphophallus titanum (Araceae) to identify challenges to maintaining genetic diversity in the botanical community.

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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Rapid global biodiversity loss emphasizes the need to employ strategies that conserve the long-term viability of ex situ plant collections. A pedigree-based management approach is an effective strategy to track genetic diversity of living collections; however, its implementation requires accession-level data for all individuals across all botanic garden collections. Here, we use historic...

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