ConservePlants Database

Species (currently accepted name)

Primula farinosa L.

Original name of the species in the project

Primula farinosa L.

Family

Primulaceae

Life form

H - Hemicryptophyte

Country (3-letters country ISO codes)

POL

Region

Area of action (km2)

0.008

Protected status of the action area (National)

Landscape Park

Protected status of the action area (European)

Natura 2000

Land property (public or private)

Public

Habitat classification

D - Mires, bogs and fens

Priority habitat

Yes

IUCN Global

NE

IUCN Europe

LC

IUCN National

CR

Name of the project

Active conservation of Primula farinosa in its only location in Poland in the Beskid Sądecki in the Natura 2000 area

Geographic typology

National

Countries involved

1

First year of the project

2011

Duration (years)

5

Main Institution

Regional Directorate of Environmental Protection, Krakow

Category of main institution

Governmental

Additional Institution - Academic

1

Additional Institution - Governmental

0

Additional Institution - NGOs

0

Additional Institutions - Private

0

Funding typology

National

Funding source (public or private)

Public

Funding institution

Regional Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management, Krakow

Co-funding body

Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland

% of co-funding

20

Total Amount of funding (Euros)

< 10,000

Name of the funding programme

Active and conservative protection of bird’s-eye primrose Primula farinosa at the sole Polish occurrence site in Beskid Sądecki, within the area of Natura 2000

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

3 - Population size estimation

4 - Demography studies

5 - Species biology and ecological studies

6 - Identify habitat suitability

7 - Genetic studies

9 - Designing conservation and management plans

14 - Seed collection and seed bank establishment

16 - Expert opinion

Conservation actions

2 - Population size estimation

5 - Plant reinforcement

6 - Removal of competing natural vegetation

10 - Habitat protection

11 - Fence construction

12 - Divulgation actions (conservation dissemination to the public)

Type of material

Mature and already propagating plants

Seeds

No. of transplantants per locality

300

Source population(s)

The same population

Monitoring duration

More than 5 years

Monitoring variables

Survival

Flowering

Fruiting

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

100

Ex situ storage conditions

Seeds stored under ambient conditions

Plants kept in garden beds

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

Flowering

Fruiting

Recruited individuals

Action success

Yes

Action outcome (Natural recruitment observed or not)

Yes

Website link

0

References to outputs

Gajewski Z., Sitek E., Stolarczyk P., Nowak B., Kapała K. 2013. A current status of the population of Primula farinosa L. (Primulaceae) at the only one known site in Poland. Polish Journal of Ecology 61 (4): 797-804.

Gajewski Z., Boroń P., Lenart-Boroń A., Nowak B., Sitek E., Mitka J. 2018. Conservation of Primula farinosa in Poland with respect to the genetic structure of populations. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 87(2): 3577. https://doi.org/10.5586/asbp.3577

Sitek E., Nowak B., Fecowicz M., Gajewski Z., Dańda P., Kapała K., Kozik-Dąbek B. 2020. Application of horticultural and tissue culture methods for ex situ conservation of endangered Primula farinosa L. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 89(1): 8913. doi: 10.5586/asbp.8913

Notes

0

Contributor

Ewa Sitek

Contributor - contact

Ewa.Sitek@urk.edu.pl

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