
we bring you a special article on behalf of the Council of Heads of Australian Botanic Gardens (CHABG) and Botanic Gardens Australia New Zealand (BGANZ).These two botanic gardens-focused organisations are collaborating on a
Plant conservation Is intimately entwined with the conservation of species, ecological communities, ecosystems and landscapes.It underpins habitat conservation for vertebrates and complements conservation of less well known groups, such as invertebrates and fungi.Here we focus on vascular plants and plant assemblages in ecological communities, acknowledging that our understanding of conservation of non-vascular plants and algae is limited.