Hybrid plants preserve unique genetic variation in the St Helena endemic trees Commidendrum rotundifolium DC Roxb. and C. spurium (G.Forst.) DC

• Published in: Conservation Genetics
• Main Authors: Gray, Alan, Perry, Annika, Cavers, Stephen, Eastwood, Antonia, Biermann, Michelle, Darlow, Andrew, Thomas, Vanessa, Lambdon, Phil
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2017
• Subjects: Ecology and Environment; St. Helena; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/514663/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/514663/1/N514663PP.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-016-0884-8

The island of St Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean has a rich endemic flora, with 10 endemic genera and 45 recognised endemic species. However, populations of most endemic species have undergone dramatic reductions or extinction due to over-exploitation, habitat destruction and competition from inv...