ConservePlants Database

Species (currently accepted name)

Minuartia smejkalii Dvořáková

Original name of the species in the project

Minuartia smejkalii Dvořáková

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Life form

Ch - Chamaephyte

Country (3-letters country ISO codes)

CZE

Region

Area of action (km2)

0.2

Protected status of the action area (National)

III - Natural Monument or Feature

Protected status of the action area (European)

Natura 2000

IPA

Land property (public or private)

Both

Habitat classification

E - Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens

G - Woodland, forest and other wooded land

Priority habitat

Yes

IUCN Global

DD

IUCN Europe

DD

IUCN National

CR

Name of the project

LIFE15 NAT/CZ/000818 The rescue of endemic priority plant species Minuartia smejkalii - Life for Minuartia

Geographic typology

National

Countries involved

1

First year of the project

2016

Duration (years)

5

Main Institution

Institute of Botany, CAS

Category of main institution

Academic

Additional Institution - Academic

0

Additional Institution - Governmental

1

Additional Institution - NGOs

1

Additional Institutions - Private

0

Funding typology

European Union

Funding source (public or private)

Public

Funding institution

European Union

Co-funding body

Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic

% of co-funding

15

Total Amount of funding (Euros)

735 940

Name of the funding programme

LIFE programme

Type of the action (In-situ or ex-situ)

Both

Prior knowledge on species biology

Yes

Preliminary conservation action(s) implemented by the same project or some other researchers

2 - Determining species distribution

5 - Species biology and ecological studies

6 - Identify habitat suitability

12 - Removal of competitor invasive species

Conservation actions

2 - Population size estimation

3 - Plant introduction (new population)

4 - Plant reintroduction (translocation)

5 - Plant reinforcement

6 - Removal of competing natural vegetation

7 - Removal of competing indigenous species

8 - Removal of competitive invasive species

9 - Multispecies management

10

11 - Fence construction

12 - Divulgation actions (conservation dissemination to the public)

Type of material

Juveniles

Seeds

No. of transplantants per locality

600

Source population(s)

The same population

Monitoring duration

3 years

Monitoring variables

Survival

Flowering

Recruited individuals

Plant size

Seeds production

Seed collection for ex situ storage

Yes

No. of collected seeds

25000

Other plant parts collected for ex situ conservation

None

No. of mother plants

70

Ex situ storage conditions

Planting in garden

Climate chamber conditions - temperature

N/A

Climate chamber conditions - humidity (%)

N/A

Ex situ cultivation

Yes

No. of cultivated plants

3000

Success criteria defined

Yes

Success criteria used

Survival

Flowering

Recruited individuals

Plant size

Seeds production

Action success

Yes

Action outcome (Natural recruitment observed or not)

Yes

Website link

www.kuricka.cz

References to outputs

Lozada-Gobilard S., Pankova H., Zhu J. L., Stojanova B., Munzbergova Z. 2020. Potential risk of interspecific hybridization in ex situ collections. Journal For Nature Conservation 58: 125912. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2020.125912

Stojanova B., Surinova M., Zeisek V., Munzbergova Z., Pankova H. 2020. Low genetic differentiation despite high fragmentation in the endemic serpentinophyte Minuartia smejkalii (M. verna agg., Caryophyllaceae) revealed by RADSeq SNP markers. Conservation Genetics 21(2): 187-198. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-019-01239-4

Pánková H., Husáková I., Kříž K., Münzbergová Z. 2021. Reintroduction of an endemic plant Minuartia smejkalii in Czech Republic. In: Global conservation translocation perspectives: 2021. https://iucn-ctsg.org/project/global-conservation-translocation-perspectives-2021/

Stojanova B., Munzbergova Z., Pankova H. 2021. Inbreeding depression and heterosis vary in space and time in the serpentinophyte perennial Minuartia smejkalii. Preslia 93(2): 149-168. https://doi.org/10.23855/preslia.2021.149

Notes

0

Contributor

Hana Pánková

Contributor - contact

hana.pankova@ibot.cas.cz

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