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Abstract
The number of plant species that are endangered is increasing, and their conservation now includes ex situ protocols. For species for which seed banking is not a viable option, the only method available is micropropagation. This method ultimately results in a large number of clones of the original plant material, which can be used to cryopreserve or to reestablish the plant population. Since 1980, about 590 papers have been published on the topic of micropropagation of endangered plants, with a significant portion since 2001. A large number of these papers appear in the two journals published by the Society of In Vitro Biologists, In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology–Plant and In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology–Animal. The author with the largest number of publications is part of the research group at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens, which has had success with the micropropagation of endangered species. Ten monographs, which cover the techniques of micropropagation, are regularly referenced by papers published on this topic.