>If a researcher or conservationist
>also maintains a personal collection of the same plants they are =
researching
>or conserving, this could constitute at conflict of interest, especially
>if the plants are rare.
It could, but it needn't. I know several
plant biologists who are also ardent
naturalists, conservationists, and
growers/propagators.
James Aldridge - Fort Worth, Texas - USA
jaldr@onramp.net OR aldrjame@tenet.edu
http://rampages.onramp.net/~jaldr