Alexey Prokhorov

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Alexey Prokhorov

• Development of information technologies for
  botanical gardens of Russia
• http//garden.karelia.ru
• alpro_at_onego.ru

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When on the Earth there was one botanical garden,
its Director did not have necessity for
information technologies. In result we do not
have checklist of plants created and planted in
the collection of Eden.
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• Information technology developments address both
  internal and external requirements of botanical
  gardens.

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Botanical garden - documentary collection of
alive plants

• Really, all scientific, educational, ecological,
  gardening and other tasks are based on our
  collections.
• Knowledge of collections enables us
• to effectively manage garden collections
• to increase uniqueness of separate collections
• to increase the value of special collections to
  increase public interest.

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Now more than 2500 botanical gardens worldwide
(Bathlott etc., 1999)
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gt 110 botanical gardens and arboretum of Russia
in various climatic conditions
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• Space, dividing botanic gardens, first external
  factor - determining necessity of application of
  information technologies

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• The government and society have requirements for
  biodiversity conservation through botanical
  gardens.
• Gardens provide access to genetic resources,
  systems for estimation, inventory and monitoring
  of ex situ (genetic) resources, and analyses of
  these resources.

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• Few years ago Government of Russian Federation
  create document "About mobilization and
  preservation of national genetic resources of
  plants, animals, microorganisms and cell
  cultures" for
• to supply general availability of the items of
  information concerning procedures of access to
  genetic resources and also organizations
  participating in preservation and use of genetic
  resources
• to create systems of an estimation, inventory,
  monitoring and biosafety of genetic resources
  ex/in situ
• to performe an analysis of genetic resources and
  create the automated banks of passports and
  estimated data on genetic resources.

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• Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC).
• Understanding and documenting plant diversity
• (i) A widely accessible working list of known
  plant species, as a step towards a complete world
  flora
• 1) The herbaria of botanic gardens and their
  living collections contribute to and support the
  development of a working list of known plant
  species, by developing local, national and
  regional checklists, floras and monographs as
  appropriate
• (ii) A preliminary assessment of the conservation
  status of all known plant species, at national,
  regional and international levels
• 2) Botanic gardens contribute to, support,
  undertake and review national, regional and
  international threatened plant assessments to
  ensure that a preliminary evaluation is available
  in every country
• (iii) Development of models with protocols for
  plant conservation and sustainable use, based on
  research and practical experience
• 3) Botanic gardens develop and disseminate
  models, protocols and case studies for priority
  plants, their ecosystems and cultural landscapes,
  within their area of expertise and interest, as
  relevant to achieve the targets of the
  International Agenda for Botanic Gardens in
  Conservation

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Development of IT for BG.

• One of first publication on IT for BG The
  methodical instructions on the account of
  collection plants of botanical gardens with the
  help of computers, Main botanical garden,
  Moscow, 1979

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• It was in those times when the computers were
  large. But the failure of the given project is
  determined not only technical problems, but also
  many methodical mistakes, which are solved just
  now.

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• The first success is connected to occurrence of
  Database Managment Systems of Botanical
  Collections - basis of qualitative and standard
  documenting

• BG-Base
• BG-recorder

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• Next step of development of IT connected with
  former Secretary General BGCI Peter Wise Jackson
  and organisation of few computer workshops in
  Petrozavodsk, Kiev and Almaata in 1997, 1998 .

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• Plant database management system "Calypso"
  (1996-2006)
• based on ITF-standard of TDWG

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• Basis of informational space of botanical gardens
  integrated information systems on collection
  funds
• Census
• Multisite
• Systax
• Botanical collections of Russia and adjacent
  states
• Botanical collections of Belarus
• BGCI Plant Search

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Now this system include information about 55000
taxa in 95 botanical gardens
You can find botanical gardens where this taxa
are cultivated
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Botanical collections of Russia and adjacent
states
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• Structure of database of ISS

PINOPHYTA PINOPSIDA CEPHALOTAXALES
CEPHALOTAXACEAE Cephalotaxus // Siebold
Zucc. alpina // (Li) L.K.Fu RU070 RU066
drupacea // Siebold et Zucc. RU015 RU070
RU066 RU036 RU025 cv. Fastigiata Depressa
// RU072 RU074 var. fastigiata // Pilg.
RU091 fortunei // Hook. RU015 RU032
RU070 RU071 RU072 RU074 RU066 RU036 RU045 RU025
RU127 var. concolor // Franch. RU091
RU072 var. longifolia // Dallim. et
A.B.Jacks. RU127 fortuni // Hook.
var. longifolia // Dall. et Jacks. RU071
harringtonia // (Knight et Perry ex Forbes)
K.Koch RU070 RU071 RU066 RU036 RU127 cv.
Fastigiata // RU015 RU070 RU071 RU072 RU073
RU074 RU066 RU127 RU009 cv. Prostrata //
RU071 RU127 x drupacea // G.Koidz.
RU036 harringtonia x drupacea // (Knight ex
Forbes) C.Koch / Siebold et Z RU091
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• The information-analytical system "Botanical
  collections of Russia" has been created for the
  comparative analysis of botanical collections.
• http//garden.karelia.ru/look/04-04-08026/index.ht
  m

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• We examined new methods for the analysis of a
  wide set of botanical collections to estimate the
  role of ecological factors in mobilization and
  conservation of the biodiversity of plants in
  botanical gardens. The analysis of collections of
  Russian botanical gardens includes an estimation
  of a taxonomical diversity of the collections in
  relation to the world biodiversity of plants an
  estimation of the influence of the key climatic
  factors on spatial distribution of the genetic
  resources of vascular plants, and the development
  of strategies for the formation of a national
  collection of plants.

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Information-analytical system Botanical
collections of Russia
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• Taxonomical diversity of collections of botanical
  gardens of Russia.

Divisio Classes Ordo Familia Genus sp. subsp. cv.
PSILOTOPHYTA 1 1 1 1 4
EQUISETOPHYTA 1 1 1 1 9
LYCOPODIOPHYTA 2 3 3 5 35 11
POLYPODIOPHYTA 3 12 25 119 522 19 138
CYCADOPHYTA 1 1 3 9 54 4
GINKGOPHYTA 1 1 1 1 1
PINOPHYTA 1 7 8 48 430 101 643
GNETOPHYTA 3 3 3 3 18 1
MAGNOLIOPHYTA 2 181 327 3168 19788 2054 20992
15 210 372 3355 20861 2175 21788
Ordo Familia Genus sp. subsp. cv.
Outdoor 180 298 2031 12682 1038 19066
Indoor 186 307 2127 10031 1458 3010
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• The presence significant of taxonomical lacunas
  in botanical collections is revealed. From 175
  orders of Magnoliopsida is submitted 136, from 56
  orders of Liliopsida - 44.

• Name of order determine by number in cell

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• The list of the orders absent in collections of
  BG of Russia is prepared
• Magnoliopsida Myristicales, Lactoridales,
  Hydnorales, Rafflesiales, Cynomoriales,
  Balanophorales, Circaeasterales, Glaucidiales,
  Gyrostemonales, Myrothamnales, Barbeyales,
  Balanopales, Didymelales, Rhoipteleales,
  Paracryphiales, Physenales, Medusagynales,
  Ancistrocladales, Dioncophyllales,
  Geissolomatales, Batales, Cephalotales,
  Greyiales, Podostemales, Anisophylleales,
  Connarales, Leitneriales, Biebersteiniales,
  Metteniusales, Cardiopteridales, Medusandrales,
  Desfontainiales, Roridulales, Aralidiales,
  Torricelliales, Byblidales, Stylidiales,
  Calycerales, Hydrostachyales
• Liliopsida Burmanniales, Hanguanales,
  Philydrales, Mayacales, Xyridales, Rapateales,
  Hydatellales, Centrolepidales, Cymodoceales,
  Zosterales, Petrosaviales, Triuridales.

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We have an opportunity to define taxonomical
diversity of genus
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We have an opportunity to reveal rare taxa and to
attract attention in their conservation in
collections of botanical gardens
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Look at localisation of botanical gardens and
arboretum of Russia in hardiness zones
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• Taxonomic diversity of collection and number of
  botanical gardens in different hardiness zones

• We believe that the reason of such strange
  decrease of taxonomical diversity in the south of
  Russia is the reduction of number of botanical
  gardens. Maximum of taxonomical diversity in the
  HZ5 is determined by presence of the largest
  collections Main botanical garden (Moscow) and
  BG of Botanical institute (Sanct-Petersburg).

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Taxonomic diversity of some genera in botanical
gardens of RussiaMagnolia
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Taxonomic diversity of some genera in botanical
gardens of RussiaSalix
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Taxonomic diversity of some genera in botanical
gardens of RussiaBetula

• Such diagrams can reflect
• Ecological plasticity of taxon
• Optimum ecological conditions, probably, in the
  place of origin of taxon

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• Information technologies used for databases,
  searching and analysis are creating new
  opportunities for collection management in the
  botanical gardens.
• New systems are providing a unique opportunity
  for the comparative analysis of each gardens
  collections and helping to form individual
  collection policies that increase their
  uniqueness and the importance of collections for
  region.
• For example, access to this data is improving the
  conservation of biodiversity by increasing the
  number of taxa to be kept ex situ based on the
  uniqueness of each collection.
• Create completely new opportunities of
  coordination of activity of BG on formation of a
  rich national collections and plant conservation.

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• With the purposes of the further development of
  IT for BG some days ago are created the
  Information analytical centre of Council of
  botanical gardens of Russia at Botanic garden of
  Petrozavodsk university

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• It seems to me important to create a basis for
  geoinformation system of botanical gardens of the
  Earth. In the beginning we have created a map of
  hardiness zones of plants for N.America, Europe
  and Russia

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• Who helps to me in work

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