Mongolian Almond (Amygdalus mongolica), endemic to the Gobi desert
Another focus is the collection of Central Asian plants, especially from Mongolia. These living plants nicely complement the large collection of Mongolian plants in the herbarium Halle (HAL), which is supposed to be one of the largest collections of Mongolian plants outside Russia and Mongolia.
Focus is also put on plants extinct in the wild and nearly extinct plants with regional emphasis on Saxony-Anhalt. These plants are protected from extinction and as far as possible from genetic pauperization. We cultivate, for example, the last Western European population of Artemisia rupestris that has occurred on saline springs near Artern, Germany. Other flagship species of this category are for example Carlina diae (Asteraceae) from Crete and Sophora toromiro from the Easter Islands.