[PCA] NEWS: California native-plant classic gets a 21st-century makeover

Olivia Kwong plant at plantconservation.org
Wed Feb 1 07:13:03 CST 2012


http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-01-california-native-plant-classic-21st-century-makeover.html

California native-plant classic gets a 21st-century makeover
January 31, 2012 By Cathy Cockrell

Thanks to new molecular-genetic tools and intensive field research, 
scientists' understanding of the native flora of the Golden State -- one 
of the world's hotspots of botanical diversity -- has grown exponentially 
in the 18 years since publication of The Jepson Manual, the authoritative 
reference on California botany. New native plants have been discovered, 
evolutionary relationships redefined, additional species threatened or 
endangered by development and climate change -- the list goes on.

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