Holger Behrens<p>An analysis of 2.2 million plant records from 50 living collections reveals collections grow slower as botanic gardens near capacity, mirroring biological resource limits. Plant variety plateaus before collection size, showing expanding size won't boost diversity. CBD implementation led to a decline in plant introductions from wild/countries, showing its impact. Threatened species need prioritization in collections.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservation</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BotanicGardens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BotanicGardens</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/CBD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CBD</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ICCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICCP</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02633-z" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41559-024</span><span class="invisible">-02633-z</span></a></p>