Snowdrop  (Galanthus krasnovii)

Threats

Galanthus krasnovii is threatened by habitat destruction and by illegal collection for the bulb trade (3). Galanthus spp. are the most heavily-traded, wild-collected bulb genus in the world (5), and G. krasnovii in Georgia are often mistakenly collected as G. woronowii, a species collected in large numbers for the bulb trade (3). In Turkey, urbanisation together with illegal collection is seriously threatening the last remaining site of this snowdrop (3).

Conservation

All Galanthus species are listed on Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) (4), which restricts their exportation, but illegal collection is rife (3). G. krasnovii is not well known in cultivation and further experimentation is required if this species is to persist in the future (3).

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