Gleanings

Abstract

Plant Identification is an Important Service.The New South Wales National Herbarium has received 240 duplicate specimens of South American plants to add to its collection.Many of them are species not previously represented in the collection.They include a large number of leguminous plants,and ten species of Lantana new to the Herarium's records.Plant identification is an important service to Australian farmers.It helps to keep a check on the accidental introduction of plants known to be pests,of or which may become so under Australian conditions.There is also an increasing interest in new plants,especially pasture grasses or grasses likely to be useful for the control of soil osion.It is a curious fact that Australians farming rests on the successful cultivation of crops.fruits and grasses imported from other parts of the World.Many imported plants have done much better in Australia than in their original environme- nt.and it is quite likely among the specimens recently obtained from South America may be some that will eventualy find a useful place,not only on the Australian Herbarium,but also among the pastures and cultivated crops of the future.(Agricultural Newsletter No.AGN/225).

DOI

https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.194910

Pages

58 - 59

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