Successful reintroduction releases pressure on China's orchid species

Shi-Cheng Shao; Yan Luo; Hans Jacquemyn

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2021.11.018

Successful reintroduction releases pressure on China's orchid species

Trends Plant Sci. 2022 Mar;27(3):211-213. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2021.11.018. Epub 2021 Dec 4.

Authors

Shi-Cheng Shao¹, Yan Luo¹, Hans Jacquemyn²

Affiliations

¹ Gardening and Horticulture Department, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, China, 666303.
² Department of Biology, Plant Conservation and Population Biology, KU Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address: hans.jacquemyn@kuleuven.be.

PMID: 34876338
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2021.11.018

Abstract

Orchids have suffered dramatic declines in China and elsewhere in the world and several species are at the brink of extinction. Recent developments in orchid reintroduction programs could help establish new populations in natural habitats and release the current pressure on China's most threatened orchid species.

Keywords: Dendrobium devonianum; conservation biology; mycorrhiza; reintroduction; seed sowing; symbiotic seed germination.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
China
Endangered Species
Germination*
Orchidaceae*
Seeds