The information stored in our database is just as important as our physical plant collections.
Most of the seeds and other living plant collections held at the Australian PlantBank have been carefully collected from the wild. Data is gathered at many points during the plant conservation journey from collection to storage and seed use.
Our information is available through the:
We also exchange detailed information through our collaborations with universities, other government land management agencies and non-government conservation agencies such as Greening Australia.
The consolidation, management, and sharing of data, preferably data collected using agreed standardised methods and formats, is fundamental to guide conservation targets and actions for threatened species and communities. Offord et al (2017) Australian Journal of Botany 65: 601-608