Número especial sobre &lt;em&gt;Ecología, evolución y conservación en las plantas de China&lt;/em&gt;: introducción y algunas consideraciones

Liu, J. Q.; Ren, Ming‐Xun; Susanna, Alfonso; López‐Pujol, Jordi

doi:10.3989/collectbot.2015.v34.001

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“…Biodiversity conservation has always been of great importance in China, given that China is one of the most biodiversity‐rich countries. However, its biodiversity is seriously threatened (Sang et al, 2011; Liu et al, 2015). Due to habitat degradation and loss, combined with overexploitation and overuse, many wild plants in China are endangered (Qin et al, 2017; Liu et al, 2020), and the trend of biodiversity loss has not been significantly reversed (Wu et al, 2019).…”

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Geographic distribution, conservation effectiveness, and gaps for national key protected wild plants in China

Qin

Zhang

Huang

et al. 2023

J of Sytematics Evolution

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National key protected wild plants (NKPWPs) are species with important conservation value based on genetics, ecology, culture, and/or scientific research, which are also confronted with serious threats. However, their geographical distribution patterns and conservation status remain unclear. In this study, we compiled 1032 species of NKPWPs. We measured the diversity to identify hotspots of NKPWPs based on species richness, weighted range size rarity and a complementarity‐based analysis. Comparing the distribution and hotspots of NKPWPs with the coverage of Chinese nature reserves (NRs), we assessed conservation effectiveness and identified conservation gaps. The results identified 13 diversity hotspots; only 9.5% of them were covered by NRs with >30% of the grid cell area, and even 19.5% were not covered at all by NRs. Overall, 44.7% of NKPWPs were effectively protected by national NRs. Despite this success, 571 species in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guangxi, Guangdong, southern Hainan, Taiwan, and northern Xinjiang remain unprotected by NRs. The protected proportion of plants with first‐level protection was lower than that of plants with second‐level protection. The low overall proportion of protected hotspots indicates that the conservation outlook for NKPWPs is not optimistic. This study identifies priority conservation areas and conservation gaps and provides a scientific reference for the conservation of wild plants in China.

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Geographic distribution, conservation effectiveness, and gaps for national key protected wild plants in China

Qin

Zhang

Huang

et al. 2023

J of Sytematics Evolution

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“…Moving southeast the distribution encompasses Thailand, Vietnam, the islands of Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Papua New Guinea as far east as Solomon Islands, and south to Australia. The distribution coincides with biodiversity hotspots in Sikkim (Pradhan et al 2015), Indo-Burma (Krupnick & Kress 2003), Yunnan, Sichuan and Taiwan (Lopez-Pujol et al 2006), the mountains of southwest China (Sharrock et al 2014, Liu et al 2015, Malaysia (Sharrock et al 2014, Van der Ent et al 2015), Sundaland, the Philippines and Wallacea (Krupnick & Kress 2003) and New Guinea (Melick et al 2012, Sharrock et al 2014). …”

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“…Other threats include grazing and cropping, forest clearance, logging, habitat degradation, land development, infrastructure construction, increasing tourism leading to resort development in wilderness areas, illegal collecting, excessive collecting of species used for medicinal purposes, pollution, and climate change (Paul et al 2005, Maren & Vetaas 2007, Singh et al 2009, Oldfield 2010, Gibbs et al 2011, Hird 2012, Ma et al 2013, Liu et al 2015, Pradhan et al 2015, Van der Ent et al 2015.…”

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Geographic analysis of Red List Rhododendron (Ericaceae) taxa by country of origin identifies priorities for ex situ conservation

MacKay¹,

Gardiner²

2017

blum - j plant tax and plant geog

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A Red List assessment is insufficient to determine priorities for ex situ conservation in large genera such as Rhododendron, where there may be hundreds of taxa in any one Red List category. We have utilised an analysis of the geographic origins of 1 215 taxa of Rhododendron (Ericaceae) as a method to prioritise Red List taxa for ex situ conservation. This analysis includes descriptions of distribution and endemism by country of origin, analysis of the incidence of the 715 Red List taxa by country of origin, and determination of the extent to which taxa from each country of origin are in cultivation. We determined that of 30 countries of origin and a 'Europe' aggregate, 24 origins contain Red List taxa. Of those 24 origins, 17 origins and 'Europe' have greater than 75 % of Red List taxa 'in cultivation', as defined in this study, so that Target 8 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation has theoretically been met. However, for some of these origins the number of each taxon held 'in cultivation' is very low and genetic diversity is likely to be poor. The remaining six countries of origin have less than 75 % of Red List Rhododendron taxa recorded 'in cultivation' (Indonesia (28 %), Papua New Guinea (29 %), Malaysia (59 %), China (60 %), Japan (62 %) and Solomon Islands (0 %)). Analysis of a set of Red List factors and 'not in cultivation' factors reveals that Red List taxa from Indonesia, China and Papua New Guinea should take priority for ex situ conservation.

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“…Plant diversity in China is among the highest in the world, with more than 41,000 species of higher plants alone, 1 of which about 50% are endemic. 2 , 3 With a population exceeding 1.4 billion, increasing demand for natural resources in China exerts substantial pressure on the environment and conservation. 4 Approximately 4000 species are assessed as threatened with a risk of extinction 3 due to habitat degradation or/and loss, over-collection, alien invasive species, climate change, or internal biological limitation.…”

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Geographical distribution and conservation strategy of national key protected wild plants of China

Ye¹,

Liu²,

Qin³

et al. 2023

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Número especial sobre <em>Ecología, evolución y conservación en las plantas de China</em>: introducción y algunas consideraciones

Cited by 3 publications

References 43 publications

Geographic distribution, conservation effectiveness, and gaps for national key protected wild plants in China

Geographic distribution, conservation effectiveness, and gaps for national key protected wild plants in China

Geographic analysis of Red List Rhododendron (Ericaceae) taxa by country of origin identifies priorities for ex situ conservation

Geographical distribution and conservation strategy of national key protected wild plants of China

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