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Paul Licht (Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:30:31 PDT)

Diversity was measured by the #families, #genera, #species in the
collection. The UC Garden tops all other N. American gardens in the
families and genera and has the 3rd largest number of species. However,
it appears our collection is unequaled based on the number of
acquisitions with provenance (of wild origin)k. In fact, we would easily
have greater diversity if we didn't adhere to our policy of wild
collected material with provenance. In thinking of this, it is a way
that PBS may help us build the collection. We could discuss this issue.

I'm off to pollinate our new titan arum.
Paul

Paul Licht, Director
Univ. California Botanical Garden
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Berkeley, CA 94720
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On 7/28/2010 9:20 PM, Tim Harvey wrote:

Paul,

What metrics do you use to determine diversity?

Thanks,

T

Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:25:46 -0700
From: plicht@berkeley.edu
This work is being done to raise funds to support the Garden collection,
which I have recently determined is one of the most diverse in North
America. We are preparing an article on our South African geophyte
collection for an upcoming issue of The Bulb.
Paul

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