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Ex situ seed banks and the IUCN Red List

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Extinct, or just extinct in the wild? Plants lost from in situ habitat, but represented in seed banks, are labelled extinct despite the potential for restoration. A change in the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List definition of extinct in the wild is needed to improve the status and prospects of threatened plant species.

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Fig. 1: Inconsistent treatment of seeds in the application of the IUCN EX and EW categories depending on in situ or ex situ status of taxon.

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This research was partly supported by grants from the Grant of Excellence Departments, MIUR, Italy (grant nos. ARTICOLO 1, COMMI 314–337 and LEGGE 232/2016 to T.A.).

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Dalrymple, S.E., Abeli, T. Ex situ seed banks and the IUCN Red List. Nature Plants 5, 122–123 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-019-0366-3

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