The U.S. Botanic Garden is one of many botanic gardens worldwide that actively participate in the conservation of endangered species by maintaining live specimens in their collections, studying wild plants at risk, banking seeds of rare plants, and introducing rare plants to the horticultural trade. Some Rare and Endangered plants are included in the gallery below.
Rare and Endangered Plants Gallery
Wodyetia bifurcata - Foxtail palm
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Glandularia tampensis - Tampa mock vervain
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Heliconia angusta - Christmas heliconia
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Argyroxiphium sandwicense - Silversword
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Acacia koaia - Koa'oha or Koai‘a
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Kokia drynarioides - Hau hele ʻula
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Acampe longifolia - Acampe longifolia
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Guaiacum officinale - Tree of life or Lignum vitae
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Guaiacum santum - Holywood
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Delissea rhytidosperma - Kauai delissea
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Lachenalia mathewsii - Lachenalia mathewsii
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Lycaste ciliata - Lycaste orchid
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