ConservePlants Database

Species (currently accepted name)

Stratiotes aloides L.

Original name of the species in the project

Stratiotes aloides L.

Family

Hydrocharitaceae

Life form

Hydrophyte

Country (3-letters country ISO codes)

ITA

Region

Area of action (km2)

0.02

Protected status of the action area (National)

None

Protected status of the action area (European)

Natura 2000

Land property (public or private)

Public

Habitat classification

C - Inland surface waters

Priority habitat

No

IUCN Global

LC

IUCN Europe

LC

IUCN National

EW

Name of the project

N/A

Geographic typology

National

Countries involved

1

First year of the project

2012

Duration (years)

1

Main Institution

University of Pavia

Category of main institution

Academic

Additional Institution - Academic

0

Additional Institution - Governmental

0

Additional Institution - NGOs

0

Additional Institutions - Private

0

Funding typology

National

Funding source (public or private)

Private

Funding institution

Fondazione Cariplo

Co-funding body

0

% of co-funding

0

Total Amount of funding (Euros)

5 000

Name of the funding programme

No name

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

In-situ

Prior knowledge on species biology

Yes

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

7 - Genetic studies

Conservation actions

4 - Plant reintroduction (translocation)

Type of material

Mature and already propagating plants

No. of transplantants per locality

500

Source population(s)

1

Monitoring duration

1 year

Monitoring variables

Survival

Seed collection for ex situ storage

No

No. of collected seeds

N/A

Other plant parts collected for ex situ conservation

None

No. of mother plants

N/A

Ex situ storage conditions

N/A

Climate chamber conditions - temperature

N/A

Climate chamber conditions - humidity (%)

N/A

Ex situ cultivation

Yes

No. of cultivated plants

>500

Success criteria defined

Yes

Success criteria used

Survival

Action success

No

Action outcome (Natural recruitment observed or not)

No

Website link

0

References to outputs

Orsenigo S., Gentili R., Smolders A.J.P., Efremov A., Rossi G., Ardenghi N.M.G., Citterio S., Abeli T. 2016. Reintroduction of a dioecious aquatic macrophyte (Stratiotes aloides L.) regionally extinct in the wild. Interesting answers from genetics. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 27(1): 10-23. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2626

Notes

All the 500 reintroduced plants died after 1 year, probably due to excessive water eutrophication.

Contributor

Simone Orsenigo

Contributor - contact

simone.orsenigo@unipv.it

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