| Name | CAIB Collection |
| Cite as | BGJBB CAIB |
| Description | The Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Territory of the Balearic Islands promotes forestry restoration and regeneration projects and plant conservation programmes in the Balearic islands. One of the priorities of this work aimed at safeguarding the islands' plants is to conserve seeds in at least three different seed banks. Thus, the Seed Bank of the Barcelona Botanical Garden holds a collection of seeds in deposit from the Species Protection Service of the Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Territory of the Balearic Islands. |
| Provenance | The collection comes from the Balearic Islands: 43 lots of seeds from 10 taxa collected in 2007–2010, and 19 lots of 7 taxa collected in 2008–2011. |
| Kingdom coverage | Plantae |
| Taxon coverage | Apium bermejoi, L.Llorens, Euphorbia margalidiana Kuhbier & Lewej., Limonium, Medicago citrina (Font Quer) Greuter, Silene cambessedesii Boiss. & Reut. |
| Collectors | Calvo, Jorge Cardona, Carles Cursach, Joana Fraga, Pere Manzano, Xavier Tena, David |
| Collection type | Living |
| Primary purpose | Research |
| Include types | No |
| Grouping principle | Repository |
| Development statuses | Active growth |
| Documentation state | All the lots in the collection have been prepared for conservation. All specimens are identified to species level and all lots are geo-referenced. |
| Specimen preservation methods | Dried, Frozen |
| Preparation and conservation | Cleaning and separation of seeds from the rest of the flower or plant structures. Then, the lot is weighed, dehydrated with silica gel in a dehydration chamber and placed in airtight tubes. Finally, the lot is conserved in a freezer at -18ºC. |
| Institution | Botanical Garden of Barcelona - Seed Bank |
| Parent collection | Barcelona Botanical Garden Seed Collection |
| Associated person | Miriam Aixart (Seed Bank Curator), |
