Program SC - Conservation Biology and Utilisation of the Australian Flora

In 1993, the Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research was launched to document the biological diversity of the Australian environment through establishing the taxonomic identity and relationships of native plants, their geographical distribution, and their ecological relationships. These studies primarily concentrate on significant national plant groups such as eucalypts, orchids, grasses, grevilleas, mosses, rainforest laurels and the citrus family. Research activities within their program "Conservation Biology and Utilisation of the Australian Flora" are centered around several broadly overlapping areas of investigation concerned with the evolution and conservation of native plant communities, as well as the development of improved methods of identifying, conserving and utilising the genetic resources of wild crop relatives.