Table 1.
Selected scientific publications on micropropagation of endemic plant species, including the name of the species, the region of distribution, and the explant type.
| Species | Region | Explant | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aechmea ramosa Mart. ex Schult. f. | Atlantic Forest (Brazil) | Leaf | [26] |
| Asparagus macrorrhizus (Pedrol, Regalado & López-Encina) | “Mar Menor” lagoon, Murcia (Spain) | Rhizome buds | [27] |
| Brachystelma glabrum Hook.f. | Eastern Ghats (India) | Shoot tips and nodal explants | [28] |
| Calophyllum apetalum Willd. | Western Ghats of southern India | Shoot tips and nodal explants | [29] |
| Ceropegia noorjahaniae Ans. | Western Ghats (India) | Shoot segments (node explant) | [30] |
| Coelogyne nervosa A. Rich. | Western Ghats (South India) | Seedlings | [31] |
| Cryptanthus sinuosus (L.B. Smith) | Rio de Janeiro State (Brazil) | Stem–root axes with intact shoot apices and approximately 6–10 nodes | [32] |
| Cycladenia humilis Benth. var. jonesii (Eastw.) S.L. Welsh &N.D. Atwood | Canyonlands region of Utah and Arizona (Western U.S.A.) | Seedlings and nodal segments | [33] |
| Dianthus giganteus D’Urv subsp. banaticus (Heuff.) Tutin | Southwest Carpathians (Romenia) | Nodal explants | [34] |
| Dianthus pinifolius Sibth. et Sm. | South-eastern Balkans | Seedlings | [35] |
| Eryngium viviparum Gay | Southwest Europe (France, Spain and Portugal) | Seedlings | [24] |
| Henckelia incana (Vahl) Spreng. | Peninsular hills of India | Leaves | [36] |
| Hladnikia pastinacifolia Rchb | Plateau of Trnovski Gozd, Alps (Slovenia) | Seedlings and shoots | [37] |
| Hypericum richeri ssp. transsilvanicum (Čelak) Ciocârlan | Southeast Carpathians (Romania) | Seedlings (nodes, leaves, internodal stems and and root segments) | [38] |
| Juniperus navicularis Gand | Southwest Portugal | Shoot tips and nodal segments | [39] |
| Juniperus thurifera L. | Aure‘s Mountains (Northeastern Algeria) | Shoots | [40] |
| Magnolia dealbata Zucc. | Mexico (south–central) | Zygotic embryos | [41] |
| Laelia anceps Lindl | Mexico | Seedlings | [42] |
| Leucocroton havanensis Borhidi | Cuba | Seedlings | [43] |
| Picconia azorica (Tutin) Knobl. | Azores (Portugal) | Nodal segments | [44] |
| Plantago algarbiensis Samp. | Algarve Region (Portugal) | Seedlings | [45] |
| Plantago almogravensis Franco | Portuguese Southwest coast | Seedlings | [45] |
| Quercus euboica Pap. | Northeastern Euboia island (middle eastern Greece) | Seedlings | [46] |
| Quercus lusitanica Lam. | Iberian Peninsula and North Africa | Shoots | [47] |
| Reseda pentagyna Abdallah & A.G. Miller | Saudi Arabia | Axillary and apical buds | [48] |
| Salvia valentina Vahl and Salvia blancoana Webb & Heldr subsp. mariolensis Figuerola | Valencia Community (Spain) | Apical and nodal segments | [49] |
| Thymus lotocephalus G. López & R. Morales | Algarve Region (Portugal) | Seedlings | [50] |
| Tuberaria major (Willk.) P. Silva and Rozeira | Algarve Region (Portugal) | Seedlings | [51] |
| Zelkova sicula Di Pasquale, Garfì and Quézel | South-eastern Sicily (Italy) | Shoot segments | [52] |