The endemic flora of Greece: Understanding and documenting plant diversity

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The endemic flora of Greece : Understanding and documenting plant diversity. / Tan, Kit.

Proceedings of the Third Global Botanic Gardens Congress, 16-20 April 2007, Wuhan, China: Building a sustainable future: the role of botanic gardens. Bind CD-rom (Session 2:1) BGCI, 2007.

Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Konferencebidrag i proceedings › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

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Tan, K 2007, The endemic flora of Greece: Understanding and documenting plant diversity. i Proceedings of the Third Global Botanic Gardens Congress, 16-20 April 2007, Wuhan, China: Building a sustainable future: the role of botanic gardens. bind CD-rom (Session 2:1), BGCI, Third Global Botanic Gardens Congress, Wuhan, Kina, 16/04/2007. <http://www.bgci.org/files/Wuhan/PapersUD/TanKit.pdf>

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Tan, K. (2007). The endemic flora of Greece: Understanding and documenting plant diversity. I Proceedings of the Third Global Botanic Gardens Congress, 16-20 April 2007, Wuhan, China: Building a sustainable future: the role of botanic gardens (Bind CD-rom (Session 2:1)). BGCI. http://www.bgci.org/files/Wuhan/PapersUD/TanKit.pdf

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Tan K. The endemic flora of Greece: Understanding and documenting plant diversity. I Proceedings of the Third Global Botanic Gardens Congress, 16-20 April 2007, Wuhan, China: Building a sustainable future: the role of botanic gardens. Bind CD-rom (Session 2:1). BGCI. 2007

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Tan, Kit. / The endemic flora of Greece : Understanding and documenting plant diversity. Proceedings of the Third Global Botanic Gardens Congress, 16-20 April 2007, Wuhan, China: Building a sustainable future: the role of botanic gardens. Bind CD-rom (Session 2:1) BGCI, 2007.

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abstract = "The Balkan Peninsula has a rich endemic flora estimated as between 2600 and 2700 taxa; c. 750 are restricted to Greece. Conservationists consider the endemic flora of a country needs protection for all time; there is a tendency to paint an alarming picture. However, unless one knows something or quite a lot about the plants, no intelligent steps can be taken towards protecting them. 520 of the c. 750 endemics are listed on the Red Data {"}endangered list{"} by the Council of Europe in 1986 but few know the nature or extent of the threat.Work is currently in preparation on an Endemic Flora of Greece. Three volumes are envisaged: the first deals with the Peloponnese; the second will cover Crete and the islands and the third, the rest of mainland Greece. It is planned to have a sound and scientific basis for plant conservation and education. Within the Balkans more than 60% of the endemic taxa have been mapped and it is already possible to recognize the hot-spots of biodiversity as these are linked to the centres of endemism. Determining the centres of diversity is an important and significant contribution to further conservation measures at the global level.",
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