Data Capture Project at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Authors

  • Natacha Frachon Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
  • Martin Gardner Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
  • David Rae Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24823/Sibbaldia.2009.152

Abstract

Botanic gardens, with their large holdings of living plants collected from around the world, are important guardians of plant biodiversity, but acquiring and curating these genetic resources is enormously expensive. For these reasons it is crucial that botanic gardens document and curate their collections in order to gain the greatest benefit from the plants in their care. Great priority is given to making detailed field notes and the process of documentation is often continued during the plants formative years when being propagated. However, for the large majority of plants this process often stops once the material is planted in its final garden location. The Data Capture Project at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is an attempt to document specific aspects of the plant collections so that the information captured can be of use to the research community even after the plants have died.

Author Biographies

Natacha Frachon, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Horticulturist

 

Martin Gardner, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Coordinator International Conifer Conservation Programme

David Rae, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Director of Horticulture

References

CRONK, Q. (2001). Botanic Gardens: a River of Biodiversity: lvi—lxi. In: Govier, R. et al. (2001). Catalogue of Plants 2001. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

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RAE, D., CUBEY, R., GARDNER, M., LATTA , J. & WALTER , K. (2006). RBGE Catalogue of Plants 2006. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

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THOMAS, P. & WATSON, M. (2000). Data Management for Plant Collections, A Handbook of Best-Practice, p. 24. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

Horticulture Visiting Group (2003). RBGE Internal Report. Unpublished Report from the Horticulture Review Group, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

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Published

2009-10-31

How to Cite

Frachon, N., Gardner, M., & Rae, D. (2009). Data Capture Project at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Sibbaldia: The International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, (7), 77–82. https://doi.org/10.24823/Sibbaldia.2009.152

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