New strategies to save the Critically Endangered plant Grampians Pincushion Lily (Borya mirabilis, Liliaceae/Boryaceae) from extinction

格兰屏凤仙花（Borya mirabilis）是极度濒危物种（仅存7种）。迄今为止，通过标准方法增加其数量和范围以及保持或增强其遗传多样性的努力只取得了有限的成功。本提案的目的是利用对其生物学和繁殖的更多知识和理解，以更深入、更以研究为基础的方法，创造更多创新的方法来解决这些问题。特别是，植物组织培养和分子生物学将使我们能够设计出更有效的方法，并有可能创造出适用于其他濒危物种的方法，特别是Borya及其近亲。

The Grampians Pincushion Lily (Borya mirabilis) is Critically Endangered (only 7 remain). Efforts to increase its population and range and maintain or enhance its genetic diversity by standard methods have had only modest success so far. The aim of this proposal is to create more innovative methods in a deeper, more research-based approach to solving these problems by using greater knowledge and understanding of its biology and reproduction. In particular, plant tissue culture and molecular biology will allow us to devise more effective approaches and potentially create methods that could be applied to other endangered species, particularly Borya and its relatives.