We need a specimen of Peridiscus lucidus http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Peridiscaceae/Peridiscus/ to extract its total DNA but the specimens in herbariums are not good enough. This is a lab in China and it's a big cost for us to collect it in South America by ourselves. Is there any cultivated Peridiscus lucidus in Asia? Or, is there anyone can help us to collect it? ( It is found Brazil and Venezuela ) .
Hi,
As far as I can see you can purchase a DNA sample of P. lucidus from the DNA bank at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. See http://apps.kew.org/dnabank/list?family=&genus=Peridiscus&collector=&country=&_country=1&voucherLocation=
@ Highly degraded: Sorry I did not see this note. Maybe it is still worth a try in case you do not get the material from somewhere else...
@ Is there a tree in Kew: Sorry there seems to be no tree listed in Kew's living collection database: http://epic.kew.org/searchepic/summaryquery.do;jsessionid=0669F07F231C745E86AEF3BE897C62EF?scientificName=peridiscus&searchAll=true&categories=names&categories=bibl&categories=colln&categories=taxon&categories=flora&Submit.x=0&Submit.y=0
The sample was most probably collected in the wild.
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