Beauty will save the world, but will the world save beauty? The case of the highly endangered Vavilovia formosa (Stev.) Fed.

MIKIC, Aleksandar; SMYKAL, Petr; KENICER, Gregory; VISHNYAKOVA, Margarita; SARUKHANYAN, Nune; AKOPIAN, Janna; VANYAN, Armen; GABRIELYAN, Ivan; SMYKALOVA, Iva; SHERBAKOVA, Ekaterina; Zoric, Lana; ATLAGIC, Jovanka; ZEREMSKI-SKORIC, Tijana; Cupina, Branko; Krstic, Dorde; Jajic, Igor; Antanasovic, Svetlana; DORDEVIC, Vuk; MIHAILOVIC, Vojislav; IVANOV, Alexandr; OCHATT, Sergio; TOKER, CENGİZ; Zlatkovic, Bojan; AMBROSE, Mike

doi:10.1007/s00425-014-2136-9

Beauty will save the world, but will the world save beauty? The case of the highly endangered Vavilovia formosa (Stev.) Fed.

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MIKIC A., SMYKAL P., KENICER G., VISHNYAKOVA M., SARUKHANYAN N., AKOPIAN J. A., ...More

PLANTA, vol.240, no.5, pp.1139-1146, 2014 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 240 Issue: 5
Publication Date: 2014
Doi Number: 10.1007/s00425-014-2136-9
Journal Name: PLANTA
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.1139-1146
Keywords: Endangered plants, Ex situ conservation, Fabeae, In situ conservation, Relict plants, Vavilovia formosa
Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Main conclusion Vavilovia formosa (Stev.) Fed. is a scientifically valuable common ancestor of the plant tribe Fabeae and also important in breeding and agronomy studies of the cultivated Fabeae, but it is close to extinction. A concerted academic and geovernmental effort is needed to save it.