Abstract
Summary: A considerable number of diverse ornamental forms of Lathyrus odoratus exist which require careful conservation if they are not to be lost. Other ornamental Lathyrus species may have potential for increasing their diversity. A seedbank has been established in the United Kingdom to conserve this diversity and make the material readily available to researchers and growers throughout the world. Conventional hybridisation provides an opportunity for the existing diversity in L. odoratus to be extended. Opportunities also exist to create improved decorative forms and new colours in some other species through intra-specifi c hybridisation. Inter-specifi c hybridisation within the genus is in its infancy but early results suggest exciting improvements might be introduced by this method. Such work might also provide benefi ts for comparative genomics in the tribe Fabeae.
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