Additional informations on the Index Seminum

Orders to bgw@botanik.uni-wuerzburg.de

Please order down to April 30, 2011.
Please take note of the agreement on the supply of plant material and send us a signed copy. Otherwise, we cannot send you seeds!

The accession number is of this shape:

AA-BBBB-C-DE

A = Year (last two digits)

XX - Year unknown
99 - 1999
00 - 2000

B = Batch number of a compiled standing

C = Compiler of a domain in the Botanical Garden

Z - Seed collected in the wild

D = Code for provenance of plants or seed

1 - Seed collected in the wild, origin and collector known
2 - Plant collected in the wild, origin and collector known
3 - Known wild source, but vegetatively propagated elsewhere
4 - Known wild source, but seed set in cultivation elsewhere
5 - Seed of wild source without exact data
6 - Plant of wild source without exact data
7 - Seed from cultivated plant
8 - Cultivated plant

E = Code for propagation in our garden

0 - Not propagated, external source
3 - Propagated vegetatively
4 - Propagated by seed
5 - Seed of re-introduced plant with prior ex-situ propagation

* - Seeds collected in the wild
+ - Seeds of cultivated plants of known wild origin

The internal accessionnumbers correspond to the plant the seeds were collected from!

Since the Convention on Biological Diversity (Rio de Janeiro, 1992) entered into force, it has become necessary for botanic gardens to comply in particular with Article 15 (Access to genetic resources), especially in connection with the exchange of plant material. Accordingly, the garden only passes on plant material under the condition that the user acts in the spirit of the Convention on Biological maintenance and supply of plant material, the garden therefore expects its partners to act in a manner that is consistent to the letter and the spirit of the Biodiversity Convention, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) and in compliance with all relevant conventions and laws relating to the protection of biological diversity.
Consequently, only those persons and institutions who accept the following conditions will receive plant material from the garden's collection:

1. On the basis of this agreement, the material is intended to serve the common good, particularly scientific study, education and the interests of environmental protection.


2. Upon accepting plant material from the garden, the recipient is obliged to document and preserve information relating to the material appropriately.


3. In the event that scientific publications on the plant material provided are produced, the origin of the material is to be cited. In addition, these publications are expected to be sent to the garden automatically, without request.


4. Intended commercial use by the recipient is not covered by this agreement. The commercialisation is the object of a separate agreement with the country of origin. This agreement underlies the provisions of the CBD, i. e. the user is obliged to share benefits with the country of origin and to forward relevant information to the authority instructed with the implementation of the CBD.


5. The garden will forward information on the material supply on request to the authority instructed with the implementation of the CBD2.


6. Plant material may only be supplied on the basis and under the conditions of this or corresponding agreements.

In order to improve storage and germination seeds have been kept in cold storage under constant conditions: +2 °C to +4 °C at 35% rel. humidity.

It is possible to collect wanted seeds from the wild near Würzburg for specific investigations.