Protected Japanese endangered plants in the UK

From 1854, when Japan opened to the world, the UK has been collecting Japanese plants wishing to obtain exotic species.

The Japanese archipelago environment, which lies across south to north, has contributed to create many complex biomes and raising over 4000 unique species in Japan. Therefor such species have attracted Western botanists and horticulturists until now.

It is considered that 356 endangered Japanese plants in their home land are gathered in UK, and at least 106 plants in these plants are extinct in Japan. For that reason, the collections are hoped to save these spices. At the same time, a British doctor says that not only Japan but every country has the problem of huge number of endangered species.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15019834

Natsumi Tsuchiya