![]() Almost four fifths of the collections were harvested from wild habitats. The taxonomic composition of the collections highlighted a substantial diversity, with 303 taxa (four extinct in the wild 56 critically endangered 105 endangered and 138 vulnerable) represented by 297 species, 199 genera and 74 families. ![]() ![]() ![]() The majority of collections originated from temperate climates and from habitats with no dry seasons but experiencing warm summer periods. The reviewed sample includes 523 collections and represents a wide geographic range, originating from 67 countries, from all nine bio-geographic continents. The data provides evidence-based results and future directions for the represented globally threatened flora that are of relevance to all plant conservation and seed banking organisations across the globe. The comprehensive dataset used spans over 45 years of worldwide conservation effort across various organisations. We reviewed the status of orthodox seed collections of globally threatened plants conserved in − 20 ☌ long-term storage at the Millennium Seed Bank, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK in terms of their geographic and bioclimatic representativeness, taxonomic and genetic diversity, quality and physiological status. ![]()
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