Conservation genomics for threatened flora

The Research Centre for Ecosystem Resilience supports threatened flora conservation programs by providing genomic information that guides how best to restore and conserve resilient healthy plant populations. 

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Using cutting-edge genomic technologies, our research supports the NSW Government’s Saving our Species and Assets of Intergenerational Significance programs, and informs the recovery and long term management of threatened flora.

We have developed a simple, standardized workflow that streamlines the collection, analysis and application of genomic information across diverse threatened plant species.

We advocate for a shift away from questioning whether genomic information is needed, and toward asking: what critical conservation questions can genomic data help us answer?

The key publications below showcase our approach, highlighting the workflow, the cost-effectiveness, and the importance of integrating genomics into conservation planning:

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Latest update

In the first half of 2025, the Research Centre for Ecosystem Resilience completed four conservation genomics reports - Grevillea beadleana, Davidsonia johnsonii, Leionema lamprophyllum subsp. fractum, Microtis angusii, co-hosted a joint Genomics-Seed workshop with PlantBank for NPWS officers, participated in the ICCB workshop in Brisbane and contributed to four scientific publications (Cascini et al. 2025, Doyle et al. 2025, McMaster et al. 2025a, 2025b).

A list of conservation genomics reports completed by the Research Centre for Ecosystem Resilience

(updated as of 8/7/2025)

The Research Centre for Ecosystem Resilience has undertaken an extensive body of conservation genomics work across a wide range of threatened species to directly inform key conservation actions such as translocations, the establishment of ex-situ collections, and the resolution of taxonomic uncertainties.

The species listed below are the subject of completed reports that have supported a number of agencies within the NSW Government and projects involving Transport NSW, various Botanic Gardens and the Big Scrub Conservancy. Links are provided for species included in our research publications.

For more information, please contact Samantha Yap

A list of conservation genomics reports completed by ReCER

(updated as of 8/7/2025)

ReCER has undertaken an extensive body of conservation genomics work across a wide range of threatened species to directly inform key conservation actions such as translocations, the establishment of ex-situ collections, and the resolution of taxonomic uncertainties.

The species listed below are the subject of completed reports that have supported a number of agencies within the NSW Government and projects involving Transport NSW, various Botanic Gardens and the Big Scrub Conservancy. Links are provided for species included in our research publications.

For more information, please contact Samantha Yap.

 

Acacia gordonii
Acacia meiantha
Acacia terminalis subsp. Eastern Sydney
Astrotricha crassifolia
Astrotricha roddii
Baloghia marmorata
Banksia vincentia
Bertya opponens
Bossiaea bombayensis
Bossiaea fragrans
Bossiaea milesiae
Caesia parviflora var. minor
Calystegia affinis
Chamaesyce psammogeton
Corokia whiteana
Daphnandra johnsonii
Davidsonia johnsonii
Diploglottis campbellii
Eidothea hardeniana
Elaeocarpus sedentarius
Endiandra floydii
Endiandra hayesii
Eucalyptus camaldulensis subsp. camaldulensis
Eucalyptus langleyi
Eucalyptus sturgissiana
Eucalyptus sp. Cattai AKA E. cryptica
Eucalyptus tetrapleura
Floydia praealta
Fontainea oraria
Grevillea beadleana
Haloragodendron lucasii
Hibbertia puberula subsp. glabrescens
Hibbertia spanantha
Hicksbeachia pinnatifolia
Homoranthus bebo
Homoranthus binghiensis
Homoranthus bruhlii
Homoranthus croftianus
Homoranthus darwinioides
Homoranthus elusus
Homoranthus floydii
Homoranthus lunatus
Homoranthus prolixus
Isopogon fletcheri
Leionema lamprophyllum subsp. fractum
Lenwebbia sp. Main Range
Marsdenia longiloba
Microtis angusii
Niemeyera whitei
Owenia cepiodora
Persoonia hirsuta
Persoonia pauciflora
Pherosphaera fitzgeraldii
Pimelea cremnophila
Pimelea spicata
Pimelea venosa
Pittosporum kororoense
Polystichum moorei
Pomaderris cocoparrana
Pomaderris delicata
Pomaderris queenslandica
Prostanthera askania
Prostanthera densa
Prostanthera marifolia
Pultenaea maritima
Pultenaea imminuta
Pultenaea parviflora
Rhizanthella slateri
Rhodamnia maideniana
Rhodamnia rubescens
Rhodomyrtus psidioides
Syzygium hodgkinsoniae
Syzygium paniculatum
Uromyrtus australis
Wollemia nobilis
Xylosma terrae-reginae
Zieria baeuerlenii
Zieria covenyi
Zieria obcordata
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