Open AccessColecţia de cactuşi (Cactaceae Juss.) în Grădina Botanică Naţională (Institut) „Alexandru Ciubotaru”
Author(s) -
Valentina Timbali,
Sergiu Rogacico
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista botanică = journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-3814
pISSN - 1857-2367
DOI - 10.52240/1857-2367.2020.2(21).54
Subject(s) - botany , biology , taxon , germination , horticulture
During about 50 years, at the “Al. Ciubotaru” NBGI, the collection of plants of the Cactaceae family has been created and enriched, thus, now, at the end of 2020, it includes 985 taxa, in 141 genera. More than 50 % of the total number of taxa are able to reach the generative phase (flowering), and about 3540% produce fruits with seeds. The basic method of propagating cacti is by seeds. Freshly collected seeds germinate over 3 to 11 days, but the seedlings grow and develop very slowly