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The Role of Seed Lists in Botanic Gardens Today

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The Seed List or Index Seminum is one of the most curious types of publication in the history of botany. Indeed it almost constitutes a diagnostic character of Botanic Gardens. Like many other aspects of Botanic Gardens which have been considered at this symposium, its role has changed considerably over the past 100–150 years although its new role in the modern botanic garden is still not quite resolved and many seed lists are still basically similar in content to those published fifty years ago.

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  1. University of Reading, England

    V. H. Heywood

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  1. Living Collections Division, Royal Botanic Gardens, TW9 3AB, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England

    J. B. Simmons (Curator) (Curator)

  2. Royal Botanic Gardens, TW9 3AB, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England

    R. I. Beyer (Deputy Curator) & V. T. H. Parry (Chief Librarian & Archivist) (Deputy Curator) &  (Chief Librarian & Archivist)

  3. Cytology, Royal Botanic Gardens, TW9 3AB, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England

    P. E. Brandham

  4. Conservation Unit, Royal Botanic Gardens, TW9 3AB, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England

    G. Ll. Lucas (Conservation Unit) (Conservation Unit)

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Heywood, V.H. (1976). The Role of Seed Lists in Botanic Gardens Today. In: Simmons, J.B., Beyer, R.I., Brandham, P.E., Lucas, G.L., Parry, V.T.H. (eds) Conservation of Threatened Plants. NATO Conference Series, vol 1. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2517-8_23

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