LOGOTYPE Central Fountain in Jardim Botânico Da Ajuda A detail of the fountain was chosen as the emblem for the EuroGard VIII. At the center of the lower level of Jardim Botânico Da Ajuda stands a monumental fountain, the Fonte das Quarenta Bicas (Fountain of the Forty Spouts). The eighteenth-century fountain has actually forty-one water spouts, disguised as serpents, fish or sea horses. Plenty more statues of frogs, shells and ducks decorate the fountain which is placed in the middle of a large basin filled with water plants. This fountain represents the idea that there was about aquatic animals at XVIII century, and represents also the aquatic biodiversity rarities, as the horses’ sea in the top of it. Presently, represents the fountain of knowledge, since the Botanic Garden, the laboratories of Chemistry and Physics, the House of Drawing and the Natural History Office had made part of the first museology center of Natural History in Portugal. BOOK OF ABSTRACTS 8th EUROGARD Congress Lisboa, May 7th-11th 2018 Edited by Mª DALILA ESPÍRITO SANTO ANA LUÍSA SOARES MANUELA VELOSO Revised by Members of the Scientific Programme Committee 2-3 8TH EUROGARD CONGRESS SECRETARIAT JARDIM BOTÂNICO DA AJUDA and HERBÁRIO JOÃO DE CARVALHO E VASCONCELLOS Instituto Superior de Agronomia 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal Tel: 351 21 3622503 Fax: 351 21 3622503 E-mail: [email protected] ASSOCIAÇÃO DOS AMIGOS DO JARDIM BOTÂNICO DA AJUDA Jardim Botânico da Ajuda Calçada da Ajuda s/ nº 1300-010 Lisboa E-mail: [email protected] ORGANIDEIA ORGANIZAÇÃO PROFISSIONAL DE CONGRESSOS, LDA. E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +351 239 801 008 Homepage: www.eurogard2018.org Designed by: Léna Dos Gabriella Sógor Mattia Spagnolo Edition: ISBN 978-972-8669-75-1 Copies printed: 300 Published by: ISA Press/LEAF Printed by: Depósito legal: EUROGARD VIII BOTANIC GARDENS, PEOPLE AND PLANTS FOR A SUSTAINABLE WORLD In support of The United Nations Decade on Biodiversity and the European Green Week Green cities for a Greener future #EUGREENWEEK An initiative of the 21 > 25 May 2018 Organized by With the patronage of Co-organized by With the support of Sponsored by 8th European Garden Congress. Lisbon, May 7-11, 2018 WELCOME On behalf of the European Botanic Gardens Consortium, the University of Lisbon and Jardim Botânico da Ajuda (Botanic Garden of Ajuda) on the occasion of its 250th annversary are delighted to invite you to participate in the 8th European Congress of Botanic Gardens – EuroGard VIII, that will be held in Lisbon, 7th-11th may 2018. Under the theme “Botanic Gardens, People and Plants for a Sustainable World”, it is intended to address many of the issues to which Botanic Gardens are contributing, in particular raising public awareness of environmental conservation challenges that our planet faces. Biodiversity conservation and regulations, and collaborations with developing countries or countries in economic transition, regarding the implementation of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation, remain the main objectives of Botanic Gardens. EuroGard VIII aims to bring together the participation of all Botanic Gardens in Europe and other regions such as North Africa, which together with the countries of Southern Europe, constitute one of the most important hotspots in the world – the Mediterranean Region. Moreover, the 15th Symposium of the Ibero-Macaronesian Association of Botanic Gardens will take place at the same time, during which the aim is to assess the work carried out to meet the Aïchi Biodiversity Targets adopted by the Iberian-Macaronesian botanic gardens for 2020. Dalila Espírito Santo Head of Eurogard VIII Congress 4 8th European Garden Congress. Lisbon, May 7-11, 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS LOGOTYPE WELCOME 4 CONGRESS COMMITTEES 6 THE CONGRESS 8 SOCIAL PROGRAMME 10 THEMES 12 DETAILED PROGRAMME 16 KEYNOTE ADDRESSES 38 ORAL PRESENTATIONS 48 POSTERS 158 INDEX 208 SPONSORS 220 5 8th European Garden Congress. Lisbon, May 7-11, 2018 CONGRESS COMMITTEES Costantino Bonomi (EBGC, Museo delle Scienze, Trento, Italy) HONOUR COMMITTEE Cristina Castel-Branco (ULisboa, ISA, CEABN, Portugal) President of Republic, Professor Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa Eleni Maloupa (EBGC, Balkan Botanic Garden of Kroussia, Greece ) Ministry of Education, Professor Tiago Brandão Rodrigues José Carlos Brito (University of Porto, CIBIO-InBio, Portugal) Ministry of Agriculture, Dr. Luís Capoulas Santos Urve Sinijärv (EBGC, The Botanical Garden of Tartu University, Estonia) Rector of the University of Lisbon, Professor António Cruz Serra Koen Es ( EBGC, The Network of Belgium Botanic Gardens and Arboreta) President of Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Professor Amarílis Varennes Manuela Veloso (LEAF, National Institute de Mendonça of Agriculture and Veterenary Research, Portugal) President of Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food Maria Cristina Duarte (ULisboa, FCUL Research Centre, Professor Helena (Faculty of Science), cE3c, Lisbon, Oliveira Portugal; AIMJB) Director of National Museum of Natural Marko Hyvärinen (EBGC, Finnish Museum History, Dr. José Pedro Sousa Dias of Natural History) President of Lisbon Municipality, Dr. Mats Havström (EBGC, Göteborg Botanic Fernando Medina Garden, Sweeden) President of Parques de Sintra-Monte da Matthew Jebb (EBGC, National Botanic Lua, S.A., Dr. Manuel Baptista Gardens of Ireland) Michael Kiehn (EBGC, Botanischer Garten der Universitat Wien) SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Paulo Farinha Marques (AIMJB, Porto ADVISORY COUNCIL Botanical Garden, University of Porto, Ana Luísa Soares (ULisboa, ISA, LEAF, Portugal) Portugal) – Coordinator Pedro Casimiro (AIMJB, Faial Botanic Alvaro Bueno (AIMJB, Jardín Botánico Garden, Azores, Portugal) Atlantico, Gijón, Spain ) Petr Hanzelka (EBGC, Prague Botanical Ana Caperta (ULisboa, ISA, LEAF, Portugal) Garden) António Gouveia (UNESCO Cathedra, Silvia Villegas Navarro (EBGC, Real Jardín AIMJB, Coimbra Botanic Garden, Portugal) Botánico, Madrid, Spain) 6 8th European Garden Congress. Lisbon, May 7-11, 2018 Sofia Róis (LEAF, Portugal) José Sá Fernandes, Councilor for Suzanne Sharrock (BGCI) Environment, Green Infrastructure, Climate and Energy Vince Zsigmond (EBGC, Hungarian Association of Botanic Gardens and Parques de Sintra-Monte da Lua, S.A. Arboreta) (PSML) Nuno Oliveira ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) Universidade de Lisboa (ULISBOA), Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA), Suzanne Sharrock Jardim Botânico da Ajuda (JBA) Joachim Gratzfeld Dalila Espírito Santo, General European Botanic Gardens Consortium Coordination (EBGC) Elsa Breia, Administration Maïté Delmas Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto Superior Global Partnership for Plant Conservation de Agronomia, LEAF – Linking Landscape, (GPPC) Environment, Agriculture and Food Peter Wyse Jackson Pedro Arsénio, Secretariat UNESCO Portugal Ibero-Macaronesian Association of Elizabeth Silva Botanic Gardens (AIMJB) Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Álvaro Bueno diversity (CBD) Friends Association of Jardim Botânico da Robert Hoft Ajuda (AAJBA) Pedro Ivo Arriegas Sónia Azambuja, Treasurer Fátima Matias, Administration Câmara Municipal de Lisboa AND THE MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN BOTANIC GARDENS CONSORTIUM Bulgaria: Krassimir Kossev, Croatia: Biserka Juretic, Cyprus: Loukia Vassiliou, Denmark: Ole Seberg, Hungary: Vince Zsigmond, Iceland: Hjortur Thorbjornsson, Ireland: Stephen Waldren, Latvia : Ludmila Vishnevska, Lithuania : Nerijus Jurkonis, Luxembourg: Thierry Helminger, Malta: Joseph Buhagiar, Netherlands: Bert van den Wollenberg, Norway: Anne- Cathrine Scheen, Poland: Jerzy Puchalski, Portugal: Dalila Espírito-Santo, Romania : Anca Sarbu, Slovakia: Sergej Mochnacky, Slovenia: Joze Bavcon, Spain: Silvia Villegas Navarro, Switzerland : Pierre-André Loizeau, United Kingdom: Simon Toomer 7 8th European Garden Congress. Lisbon, May 7-11, 2018 THE CONGRESS The congress is part of a series of European Botanic Gardens Congresses or EUROGARD which aims at strengthening the capacity and collaboration among European botanic gardens as well as deepening their role in the society at large. EuroGard congresses are organised every three years by the hosting institution and the European Botanic Gardens Consortium with support from Botanic Gardens Conservation International. THE CONGRESS HOST - Jardim Botânico da Ajuda (JBA) In 1755, most of the downtown area of the city of Lisbon was destroyed by a catastrophic earthquake and tidal wave. The king, D. José I, decided to move the royal residence to safer ground on the hillside of Ajuda. Refusing out of fear to live in any buildings made of stone, the king instead ordered the construction of a royal pavilion made entirely out of wood, which was completed in 1756. Once installed with his family, D. José ordered the construction of an adjoining botanical garden for the education and entertainment of his grandchildren, Prince José and Prince João (the future King João VI), sons of the king’s daughter, D. Maria I. To build the garden, D. José sent for Domingos Vandelli, a naturalist from Padua, who started work in 1764. The Real Jardim Botânico da Ajuda (Royal Botanic Gardens of Ajuda) was founded around 1768 and was the first botanical garden in Portugal, occupying an area of 3.8 hectares and composed of two south-facing terraces, forming a unique vantage point from which visitors can enjoy a magnificent view of the River Tagus. In the late 18th century, botanical missions to Portugal’s overseas colonies greatly enriched the collection, which at that time grew to around 5,000 specimens.