The Plant List: 5 Questions for Chuck Miller and Robert Magill of the Missouri Botanical Garden

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The Plant List: 5 Questions for Chuck Miller and Robert Magill of the Missouri Botanical Garden

<a
href="You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login"><img
class="size-full wp-image-11867" title="Rainforest jungle plants and trees. (Photo credit: © LoonChild/Fotolia)" src="You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login" alt="Rainforest jungle plants and trees. (Photo credit: © LoonChild/Fotolia)" width="250" height="162" align="left" /></a></a>In December 2010, officials at the Missouri Botanical Garden and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew published an online database of scientific names of plant species. Known as The Plant List, the creation of the database represents an important step forward in plant conservation. Here, in response to questions posed by Britannica science editor Kara Rogers, Peter Wyse Jackson, president of the Missouri Botanical Garden, and Robert Magill, senior vice president of science and conservation at the Missouri garden, discuss the background and implications of The Plant List.

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