The cycad collection at Missouri Botanical Garden: Past, Present, and
Future
- Benjamin Deloso,
- Rebecca Sucher,
- Vicente Ramirez,
- Andrew Colligan
Benjamin Deloso
Missouri Botanical Garden
Corresponding Author:bdeloso@mobot.org
Author ProfileAbstract
Many plant collections of historical and conservation focus are housed
within botanic gardens worldwide, serving as important sources of
research, conservation, and education. Botanists have long been
interested in cycads with their links to early seed plant evolution. In
2024, the Missouri Botanical Garden's extensive cycad collection
contains forty-nine taxa and nine of the ten extant genera. Many of
these plants have an eclectic history and some of the living accessions
can be traced back to the 1904 World's Fair, and several cycads in the
living collections at Missouri Botanical Garden could have enhanced
conservation value if their provenance can be determined via genomics
and morphological comparisons. Plant conservation is increasingly being
hailed as a central tenant of the mission of contemporary botanic
gardens during the Anthropocene, and engaging in cycad conservation via
ex situ conservation, research, and education will serve to forward this
critical mission.18 May 2024Submitted to Plant Species Biology 24 Jul 2024Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
26 Aug 2024Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
29 Oct 20241st Revision Received
08 Nov 2024Submission Checks Completed
08 Nov 2024Assigned to Editor
08 Nov 2024Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
11 Dec 2024Reviewer(s) Assigned
05 Jan 2025Editorial Decision: Accept