SGER: Hurricane Andrew: Extraction of Botanical Specimens

1992年8月24日，飓风安德鲁严重破坏了美国大陆最大的热带植物园-佛罗里达州迈阿密的费尔柴尔德热带花园70%的活棕榈树和苏铁(约41,000份标本)。该项目将提供紧急支助，以评估损害并收集和保存标本，包括棕榈树和苏铁的树干。这些标本将出现在代表独特机会的研究项目中--它们通常不会进行，因为它们涉及到销毁稀有或不可替代的标本。在腐烂和干燥使材料变得不合适之前，必须在接下来的两周内收集样品。

On August 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew severely damaged 70% of the living collection of palms and cycads (about 41,000 accessions) st the Fairchild Tropical Garden in Miami, Florida, the largest tropical botanical garden in the continental US. This project will provide emergency support to assess the damage and to collect and preserve specimens, including trunk wood of palms and cycads. These specimens would figure in research projects that represent unique opportunities -- they would normally not be carried out as they involve destruction of rare or irreplaceable specimens. Specimen collection must occur within the next two weeks before decay and dessication render the material unsuitable.