ConservePlants Database

Species (currently accepted name)

Calendula suffruticosa subsp. maritima (Guss.) Meikle

Original name of the species in the project

Calendula maritima Guss.

Family

Asteraceae

Life form

Ch - Chamaephyte

H - Hemicryptophyte

Country (3-letters country ISO codes)

ITA

Region

Area of action (km2)

0.0025

Protected status of the action area (National)

Regional Nature Reserve

Protected status of the action area (European)

Natura 2000

Land property (public or private)

Private

Habitat classification

B - Coastal habitats

Priority habitat

No

IUCN Global

CR

IUCN Europe

NE

IUCN National

CR

Name of the project

LIFE15 NAT/IT/000914 Measures of intergrated conservation of Calendula maritima Guss., a rare threatened plant of the Sicilian vascular flora - CalMarSi LIFE

Geographic typology

National

Countries involved

1

First year of the project

2016

Duration (years)

5.5

Main Institution

Institute of Biosciences and BioResources

Category of main institution

Academic

Additional Institution - Academic

0

Additional Institution - Governmental

1

Additional Institution - NGOs

0

Additional Institutions - Private

0

Funding typology

European Union

Funding source (public or private)

Public

Funding institution

European Union

Co-funding body

several

% of co-funding

40

Total Amount of funding (Euros)

1 020 982

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

3 - Population size estimation

4 - Demography studies

5 - Species biology and ecological studies

6 - Identify habitat suitability

7 - Genetic studies

8 - Identification of populations under threat

12 - Removal of competitor invasive species

13 - Fence erection

15 - Divulgation actions (conservation dissemination to the public)

16 - Expert opinion

Conservation actions

2 - Population size estimation

5 - Plant reinforcement

8 - Removal of competitive invasive species

10 - Habitat protection

12 - Divulgation actions (conservation dissemination to the public)

Type of material

In-vitro plantlets

No. of transplantants per locality

250

Source population(s)

2 different populations

Monitoring duration

More than 5 years

Monitoring variables

Survival

Flowering

Fruiting

Recruited individuals

Seed collection for ex situ storage

No

No. of collected seeds

N/A

Other plant parts collected for ex situ conservation

Young plantlets obtained through in-vitro cultures from nodal explants of apical shoots

No. of mother plants

Unknown

Ex situ storage conditions

Plants kept in garden beds

Climate chamber conditions - temperature

26°C

Climate chamber conditions - humidity (%)

100

Ex situ cultivation

No

No. of cultivated plants

N/A

Success criteria defined

Yes

Success criteria used

Survival

Flowering

Fruiting

Recruited individuals

Action success

Yes

Action outcome (Natural recruitment observed or not)

Yes

Website link

https://lifecalmarsi.eu/

References to outputs

Carra A., Bambina M., Pasta S., Garfì G., Badalamenti O., Catalano C., Carimi F., Sajeva M. 2016. In-vitro regeneration of Calendula maritima Guss. (Asteraceae), a threatened plant endemic to western Sicily. Pakistan Journal of Botany 48(2): 589-593. https://www.pakbs.org/pjbot/PDFs/48(2)/22.pdf

Pasta S., Troìa A., Garfì G. 2017. Calendula maritima. In Pasta S., Perez-Graber A., Fazan L., Montmollin B. de (Eds) The Top 50 Mediterranean Island Plants UPDATE 2017. IUCN/SSC/Mediterranean Plant Specialist Group. Neuchâtel (Switzerland). E-book and on line. 141 pp. https://top50.iucn-mpsg.org/book

Pasta S., Garfì G., Carimi F., Marcenò C. 2017. Human disturbance, habitat degradation and niche shift: the case of the endemic Calendula maritima Guss. (W Sicily, Italy). Rendiconti Lincei 28: 415-424. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12210-017-0611-5

Notes

In-vitro plantlets were obtained from nodal explants of apical shoots.

Contributor

Giuseppe Garfi'

Contributor - contact

giuseppe.garfi@ibbr.cnr.it

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