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Bok Tower Gardens is one of 28 gardens that participate in the Center for Plant Conservation. Through an integrated conservation program of propagation, reintroduction, monitoring and management, Bok Tower Gardens has helped to conserve 38 rare Central and North Florida plant species, part of the National Collection of endangered and threatened plants. Of this collection, 29 are federally listed and 35 are state listed as endangered or threatened native flora.

For more information about Bok Tower Garden’s conservation efforts, contact Cheryl Peterson, the conservation program manager, at 863.676.1408, ext. 2237, or e-mail cpeterson@boktower.org.

Plants in the national collection monitored by Bok Tower Gardens include both living specimens and seeds in long-term storage and include:

Asimina tetramera (Four-petal PawPaw)
Bonamia grandiflora (Scrub Morning-glory, Large-flowered Bonamia, Florida Bonamia)
Calamintha ashei (Ashe’s Savory)
Calamintha dentata (Toothed Savory)
Chionanthus pygmaeus (Pygmy Fringe-tree)
Chrysopsis floridana (Florida Golden-aster)
Conradina brevifolia (Short-leaved Rosemary)
Conradina etonia (Etonia rosemary)
Conradina glabra (Apalachicola Rosemary)
Conradina grandiflora (Large-flowered Rosemary)
Crotalaria avonensis (Avon Park Harerbells, Avon Park Rabbit-bells) Cucurbita okeechobeensis (Okeechobee Gourd)
Cupheaas aspera (Tropical Wax Weed)
Deeringothamnus pulchellus (White Squirrel-banana, Beautiful Pawpaw)
Deeringothamnus rugelii (Rugel’s Pawpaw, Yellow Squirrel-banana)
Dicerandra christmanii (Garrett’s Mint, Christman’s Dicerandra)
Dicerandra cornutissima (Longspurred Balm, Longspurred Mint)
Dicerandra frutescens (Scrub Balm, Scrub Mint)
Dicernadra immaculate (Lakela’s Mint)
Eryngium cuneifolium (Snakeroot, Wedge-leaved Button-snakeroots, Wedge-leaved Eryngo)
Euphorbia telephioides (Telephus Spurge)
Harperocallis flava (Harper’s Beauty)
Hypericum cumulicola (Scrub Hypericum, Highlands Scrub St. John’s-wort, Highlands Scrub Hypericum)
Justicia cooleyi (Cooley’s Water-willow, Cooley’s Justicia)
Liatris ohlingerae (Florida Gay-feather, Scrub Blazingstar)
Liatris provincialis (Godfrey’s Blazing-star)
Lupinus aridorum (Scrub Lupine) Macbridea alba (White Birds-in-a-nest)
Matelea alabamensis (Alabama Anglepod, Alabama Spiny-pod)
Nolina brittoniana (Britton’s Bear-grass)
Paronychia chartacea (Papery Whitlow-wort, Paper-like Whitlow-wort)
Polygala lewtonii (Lewton’s Polygala)
Polygonella basiramia (Wireweed)
Polygonella macrophylla (Large-leaved Jointweed)
Prunus geniculata (Scrub Plum)
Spigelia gentianoides (Gentian Pinkroot)
Warea amplexifolia (Clasping Warea, Wide-leaf Warea)
Warea carteri (Carter’s Mustar, Carter’s pinelandcress, Carter’s Warea)
Ziziphus celata (Florida Ziziphus, Ancient Ziziphus)