Societal Impact Statement There is increasing awareness that plants and fungi, as natural
solutions, can play an important role in tackling ongoing global environmental challenges …

The strategic goals of the United Nations and the Aichi Targets for biodiversity conservation
have not been met. Instead, biodiversity has continued to rapidly decrease, especially in …

Societal Impact Statement Plants and fungi have provided, or inspired, key pharmaceuticals
for global health challenges, including cancer, heart disease, dementia, and malaria, and …

The conservation of plants has not generated the sense of urgency—or the funding—that
drives the conservation of animals, although plants are far more important for us. There are …

This data paper presents a largely phylogeny-based online taxonomic backbone for the
Cactaceae compiled from literature and online sources using the tools of the EDIT Platform …

Abstract Cactaceae (cacti), a New World plant family, is one of the most endangered groups
of organisms on the planet. Conservation planning is uncertain as it is unclear whether …

Societal Impact Statement Crop wild relatives (CWR) are plant taxa closely related to crops
and are a source of high genetic diversity that can help adapt crops to the impacts of global …

Deserts are prioritized as recipient environments for solar energy development; however,
the impacts of this development on desert plant communities are unknown. Desert plants …

Societal Impact Statement A wide variety of plant species are threatened by illegal wildlife
trade (IWT), and yet plants receive scant attention in IWT policy and research, a matter of …

Members of the cactus family are keystone species of arid and semiarid biomes in the
Americas, as they provide shelter and resources to support other members of ecosystems …