Malaysian Vanilla: species diversity, threats and conservation action plan
The diversity in Vanilla genus from Malaysia was updated after the checklist by Soto Arenas and Cribb (2010) with the discovery of two undescribed species and few new records which made up the genus to be most likely represented by nine species. In general, wild vanilla populations were difficult to...
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| description | The diversity in Vanilla genus from Malaysia was updated after the checklist by Soto Arenas and Cribb (2010) with the discovery of two undescribed species and few new records which made up the genus to be most likely represented by nine species. In general, wild vanilla populations were difficult to locate and distributed in many habitats. The taxa localized in Peninsular and Borneo showed different physiological behaviour but experiencing similar depleting factors in their natural habitats. The Checklist of CITES Appendices rated Vanilla spp. under Appendix II which are not necessarily now threatened with extinction but their trade must be closely controlled and monitored. Malaysian Vanilla were oberved to be vulnerable to several threats including poor taxonomic information and revision, forest fragmentation, natural disaster and natural leaves abscission phenomenon. A conservatory action plan was proposed to protect the genus from depletion as they served as important secondary gene pool in the crop improvement program of V. planifolia which produce one of the world precious flavouring agent, vanillin. |
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| spelling | upm-774982020-04-15T16:43:57Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/77498/ Malaysian Vanilla: species diversity, threats and conservation action plan Mohd Raffi, Mohd Akmal Go, Rusea Abdullah, Nur Ashikin Psyquay Abdullah, Thohirah Lee Saleh, Ghizan The diversity in Vanilla genus from Malaysia was updated after the checklist by Soto Arenas and Cribb (2010) with the discovery of two undescribed species and few new records which made up the genus to be most likely represented by nine species. In general, wild vanilla populations were difficult to locate and distributed in many habitats. The taxa localized in Peninsular and Borneo showed different physiological behaviour but experiencing similar depleting factors in their natural habitats. The Checklist of CITES Appendices rated Vanilla spp. under Appendix II which are not necessarily now threatened with extinction but their trade must be closely controlled and monitored. Malaysian Vanilla were oberved to be vulnerable to several threats including poor taxonomic information and revision, forest fragmentation, natural disaster and natural leaves abscission phenomenon. A conservatory action plan was proposed to protect the genus from depletion as they served as important secondary gene pool in the crop improvement program of V. planifolia which produce one of the world precious flavouring agent, vanillin. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2016 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/77498/1/i-SIMBIOMAS%202016%2036.pdf Mohd Raffi, Mohd Akmal and Go, Rusea and Abdullah, Nur Ashikin Psyquay and Abdullah, Thohirah Lee and Saleh, Ghizan (2016) Malaysian Vanilla: species diversity, threats and conservation action plan. In: Malaysia International Biology Symposium 2016, 26-27 Oct. 2016, PICC, Putrajaya, Malaysia. (p. 36). |
| spellingShingle | Mohd Raffi, Mohd Akmal Go, Rusea Abdullah, Nur Ashikin Psyquay Abdullah, Thohirah Lee Saleh, Ghizan Malaysian Vanilla: species diversity, threats and conservation action plan |
| title | Malaysian Vanilla: species diversity, threats and conservation action plan |
| title_full | Malaysian Vanilla: species diversity, threats and conservation action plan |
| title_fullStr | Malaysian Vanilla: species diversity, threats and conservation action plan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Malaysian Vanilla: species diversity, threats and conservation action plan |
| title_short | Malaysian Vanilla: species diversity, threats and conservation action plan |
| title_sort | malaysian vanilla: species diversity, threats and conservation action plan |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/77498/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/77498/1/i-SIMBIOMAS%202016%2036.pdf |