Scientific Note: The Role of Pre-stratification Dry Storage Time in Germination Success of an Imperiled, Southern Appalachian Endemic, Houstonia montana (Rubiaceae)
Houstonia montana Small (Rubiaceae) is a federally-listed herbaceous perennial known only from 16 populations across the rock outcrops and grassy balds of North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Species recovery objectives include augmentation and/or (re)introduction into suitable habitat and the establishment of a long-term conservation collection. However, before any action involving germ- plasm storage or plant […]
Molecular Barcoding the Rare Plants of Tennessee
The focus of this study was on obtaining DNA sequence information from selected rare plant species of Tennessee and their close relatives for the nuclear ribosomal ITS region, which is widely used for molecular barcoding. New sequence data was obtained for 71 species from 18 genera. The ITS region provided a good molecular barcode for […]