Androcymbium Rechingeri Greuter (1842) in Greece Androcymbium Rechingeri by Funding: Green Fund
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Project title: Management actions to achieve You can also contribute Favourable Conservation Status for the priority plant to the conservation of species of the Habitats Directive Androcymbium rechingeri Greuter (1842) in Greece Androcymbium rechingeri by Funding: Green Fund respecting the environment National Funding Programme: “NATURAL and the law ENVIRONMENT & INNOVATIVE ACTIONS 2020”, Priority Axis 1 «BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACTIONS» parking your vehicles outside the Budget: € 80.000 protected area Project implementation / Benefi ciary: CIHEAM Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania keeping to the designated pathways (CIHEAM-MAICh) not removing or cutting wild plants Project duration: April 2020 - May 2022 Androcymbium rechingeri Acknowledgements: We thank the Municipalities of paper on recycled - Printing (CIHEAM-MAICh) of Chania Institute Agronomic Mediterranean Layout: not destroying the sand dunes Kissamos and Kantanos – Selino for their cooperation. We also thank the business owners at Falasarna beach for their A rare plant not leaving rubbish behind contribution to the conservation of the plant. in danger of extinction! informing others about this rare plant and how they can contribute to its conservation Decentralised Administration of Crete Forest Directorate of Chania By protecting the habitat Information of Androcymbium rechingeri we also protect other rare and threatened species found in the same Mediterranean Plant Conservation Unit, CIHEAM- MAICh, tel.: +30 28210 35053, e-mail: fl [email protected] fragile ecosystem. Management Body of Samaria National Park – West Crete, tel.: +30 28210 45570, e-mail: [email protected] Decentralised Administration of Crete – Forest Did you know? Directorate of Chania, tel.: +30 28210 84209, Gramvousa e-mail: [email protected] In Greece it is found Falasarna The leafl et can be downloaded from the project page on the website of CIHEAM-MAICh only on the west www.iamc.ciheam.org Bellevalia brevipedicellata Centaurea pumilio coast of Crete. Elafonisi Androcymbium rechingeri Greuter Protection status A perennial bulbous plant of short size (up to It is protected by the Presidential Decree 67/81 10 cm high) with leaves up to 15 cm long. and the Bern Convention, and it is included in Each plant usually produces more than Annexes ΙΙ* and IV of the Habitats Directive. 4 impressive white fl owers with thin purple Conservation actions stripes. The life It fl owers from December to February and Actions implemented to improve the cycle of the the aboveground parts of the plant die off conservation status of the plant include: plant in summer. fencing and designation of pathways Conservation status plantings for reinforcement of the plant populations The plant has been characterised as Endangered (EN) according to the Red List collection and storage of seeds of the International Union for the Conservation raising awareness of the residents and visitors. of Nature (IUCN). Seed storage in the Plantings Threats Seed Bank of MAICh Tourism and agricultural activities. 1. It fl owers from December to February. In the areas of Elafonisi and Falasarna the plant 2. From the end of May is found on sandy and clay soils near the beach to the beginning of June where thousands of visitors and vehicles come the aboveground parts during the summer. of the plant die off . The fences of the project are temporary and will remain in place until the natural environment recovers. 3. In summer only the bulb of the plant remains under the sand. 4. From November to December the seeds germinate and the bulbs grow back. .