Coastal flowers of the tropical Pacific : a guide to widespread seashore plants of the Pacific Islands

Abstract

The Pacific tropical botanical garden was chartered by an Act of the United States Congress in August 19, 1964 to form a non-profit corporation with these purposes: a) to establish, develop, operate and maintain for the benefit of the people of the United States an educational and scientific center in the form of a tropical botanical garden or gardens, together with such facilities as libraries, herbaria , laboratories and museums which are appropriate and necessary for encouraging and conducting research in basic and applied tropical botany. b) to foster and encourage fundamental research with respect to tropical plant life and to encourage research and study of the uses of tropical flora in agriculture, forestry, horticulture, medicine and other sciences; c) to disseminate through publications and other media the knowledge acquired at the gardens relative to basic and applied tropical botany d) to collect and ciltivate tropical flora of every nature and origin and to preserve for the people of the United States species of tropical plant life threatened and extinction e) to provide a beneficial facility which will contribute to the education, instruction, and recreation of the people of the United States.