Orchids’ micropropagation for to the sustainable management of native species from Parque Nacional y Área Natural de Manejo Integrado Cotapata (PN-ANMI Cotapata), La Paz-Bolivia

Authors

  • Cristina López Roberts Instituto de Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Campus Universitario, Calle 27 Cota Cota. La Paz-Bolivia
  • Gabriela Villegas Alvarado Instituto de Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Campus Universitario, Calle 27 Cota Cota. La Paz-Bolivia
  • Beatriz Mamani Sánchez Instituto de Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Campus Universitario, Calle 27 Cota Cota. La Paz-Bolivia
  • Juan Bermejo Franco Instituto de Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Campus Universitario, Calle 27 Cota Cota. La Paz-Bolivia
  • Milenka Aguilar Llanos Instituto de Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Campus Universitario, Calle 27 Cota Cota. La Paz-Bolivia
  • Jorge Quezada Portugal Instituto de Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Campus Universitario, Calle 27 Cota Cota. La Paz-Bolivia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15517/lank.v7i1-2.19524

Keywords:

orchids, in vitro germination, micropropagation, Yungas Mountain Forest, culture media, conservation

Abstract

Bolivia is one of eleven countries with the highest biodiversity in earth, due to its variety of ecological belts, ecotones, biogeographic affinities, heterogenic habitats and total species number (Ibish 1996). Concerning to flora, approximately 20,000 angiosperms species have been registered (Beck 1998) and 1,500 of them are included in the Orchidaceae family. The region with the highest orchid diversity corresponds to the Yungas Mountain Forest which covers 4% of the national extension and has 60% of the species, being 80% of them endemic of the zone (Vásquez, 2004).  

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Published

2015-06-17

How to Cite

López Roberts, C., Villegas Alvarado, G., Mamani Sánchez, B., Bermejo Franco, J., Aguilar Llanos, M., & Quezada Portugal, J. (2015). Orchids’ micropropagation for to the sustainable management of native species from Parque Nacional y Área Natural de Manejo Integrado Cotapata (PN-ANMI Cotapata), La Paz-Bolivia. Lankesteriana: International Journal on Orchidology, 7(1-2). https://doi.org/10.15517/lank.v7i1-2.19524