ConservePlants Database

Species (currently accepted name)

Dianthus morisianus Vals.

Original name of the species in the project

Dianthus morisianus Vals.

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Life form

H - Hemicryptophyte

Country (3-letters country ISO codes)

ITA

Region

Area of action (km2)

0.001

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

B - Coastal habitats

Priority habitat

Yes

IUCN Global

CR

IUCN Europe

CR

IUCN National

CR

Name of the project

CARE-MEDIFLORA

Geographic typology

International

Countries involved

6

First year of the project

2016

Duration (years)

3

Main Institution

Mediterranean Plant Specialist Group (IUCN/SSC)/Maich Crete

Category of main institution

NGO

Additional Institution - Academic

2

Additional Institution - Governmental

5

Additional Institution - NGOs

1

Additional Institutions - Private

0

Funding typology

European Union

Funding source (public or private)

Private

Funding institution

Mava Foundation

Co-funding body

University of Cagliari

% of co-funding

20

Total Amount of funding (Euros)

> 1,500,000

Name of the funding programme

Mediaterranean Basin action

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

8 - Identification of populations under threat

9 - Designing conservation and management plans

13 - Fence erection

14 - Seed collection and seed bank establishment

15 - Divulgation actions (conservation dissemination to the public)

16 - Expert opinion

17 - Translocations

Conservation actions

5 - Plant reinforcement

11 - Fence construction

12 - Divulgation actions (conservation dissemination to the public)

Type of material

Juveniles

No. of transplantants per locality

38

Source population(s)

The same population

Monitoring duration

Up to 3 years

Monitoring variables

Survival

Flowering

Recruited individuals

Seed collection for ex situ storage

Yes

No. of collected seeds

Unknown

Other plant parts collected for ex situ conservation

None

No. of mother plants

>50

Ex situ storage conditions

Seeds stored under ambient conditions

Climate chamber conditions - temperature

N/A

Climate chamber conditions - humidity (%)

N/A

Ex situ cultivation

Yes

No. of cultivated plants

80

Success criteria defined

Yes

Success criteria used

Survival rate

Flowering rate

Flower production

Number of recruits

Action success

Yes

Action outcome (Natural recruitment observed or not)

Yes

Website link

http://www.care-mediflora.eu/en/

References to outputs

Fenu G., Giusso del Galdo G., Montmollin B. de, Gotsiou P., Cogoni D., Piazza C., Fournaraki C., Kyratzis A., Vicens M., Christodoulou C., Bacchetta G. 2017. Active management actions for the conservation of the endangered Mediterranean island flora: the CARE-MEDIFLORA project. Plant Sociology, Vol. 54, No. 2, Suppl. 1, pp. 101-110. doi: 10.7338/pls2017542S1/10

Fenu G., Bacchetta G., Christodoulou C.S., Cogoni D., Fournaraki C., Giusso del Galdo G.P., Gotsiou P., Kokkinaki A., Kyratzis A., Piazza C., Vicens M., Montmollin B. de, authors; Fenu G., Gotsiou P., Cogoni D., Kokkinaki A., Montmollin B. de, editors. CARE-MEDIFLORA –Conservation Actions for Threatened Μediterranean Ιsland Flora: Ex Situ and In Situ Joint Actions: Final Report. Chania: CIHEAM Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania (MAICH), 2019. http://www.care-mediflora.eu/en/outputs/final_report. ISBN: 978-960-7365-36-1

Fenu G., Bacchetta G., Christodoulou C.S., Fournaraki C., Giusso del Galdo G., Gotsiou P., Kyratzis A., Piazza C., Vicens M., Pinna M.S., de Montmollin B. 2019. An early evaluation of translocation actions for endangered plant species on Mediterranean islands. Plant diversity 41(2): 94-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pld.2019.03.001

Fenu G., Bacchetta G., Christodoulou C.S., Cogoni D., Fournaraki C., Giusso del Galdo G.P., Gotsiou P., Kyratzis A., Piazza C., Vicens M., de Montmollin B. 2020. A Common Approach to the Conservation of Threatened Island Vascular Plants: First Results in the Mediterranean Basin. Diversity 12: 157. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12040157

Notes

Total budget of the project dedicated to several plant species.

Contributor

Donatella Cogoni

Giuseppe Fenu

Gianluigi Bacchetta

Contributor - contact

d.cogoni@unica.it

gfenu@unica.it

bacchet@unica.it

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