<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><italic>Senecio fontanicola</italic> is endemic to black-bog-rush fens of southern Austria, northwestern Slovenia and north-eastern Italy. It is characterized by oblanceolate leaves, a low number of supplementary bracts and glabrous achenes and it grows in marshy spring areas, fens and reed beds, between elevations from 20 to 850 m. The species was never described with molecular traits and during the last decades, <italic>S. fontanicola</italic> showed a dramatic decline due to land reclamation for agriculture. Therefore, the present study aims to characterize <italic>S. fontanicola</italic> using the molecular barcoding technique and to updated its distribution to propose a global risk category for the species, based on IUCN criteria. The three molecular markers used in this study (<italic>trn</italic>H<italic>-psb</italic>A, <italic>rbc</italic>L, and ITS) clearly distinguished <italic>S. fontanicola</italic> from <italic>S. doria.</italic> s.s. and the revised distribution allowed the definition of the conservation status of the species, that is <italic>Endangered</italic>-EN B2ab(i, ii, iii, iv) following the B criterion of the IUCN guidelines.</p></abstract>

Senecio fontanicola is endemic to black-bog-rush fens of southern Austria, northwestern Slovenia and north-eastern Italy. It is characterized by oblanceolate leaves, a low number of supplementary bracts and glabrous achenes and it grows in marshy spring areas, fens and reed beds, between elevations from 20 to 850 m. The species was never described with molecular traits and during the last decades, S. fontanicola showed a dramatic decline due to land reclamation for agriculture. Therefore, the present study aims to characterize S. fontanicola using the molecular barcoding technique and to updated its distribution to propose a global risk category for the species, based on IUCN criteria. The three molecular markers used in this study (trnH-psbA, rbcL, and ITS) clearly distinguished S. fontanicola from S. doria. s.s. and the revised distribution allowed the definition of the conservation status of the species, that is Endangered-EN B2ab(i, ii, iii, iv) following the B criterion of the IUCN guidelines.

Molecular study on <italic>Senecio fontanicola</italic> (<italic>S. doria</italic> group, <italic>Asteraceae</italic>) and its conservation status

Department of Agriculture, Food, Environmental and Animal Science

Laboratory of Phytogeography and Applied Geobotany

Department of Planning, Design, and Technology of Architecture

Hacquetia

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Senecio fontanicola is endemic to black-bog-rush fens of southern Austria, northwestern Slovenia and north-eastern Italy. It is characterized by oblanceolate...

Molecular study on Senecio fontanicola (S. doria group, Asteraceae) and its conservation status

Published Online: Feb 14, 2019

Page range: 87 - 95

Received: Jun 08, 2018

Accepted: Sep 03, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/hacq-2018-0006

Keywords
alkaline fens, DNA barcoding, conservation status, Senecioneae

© 2019 Elisa Pellegrini et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Molecular study on Senecio fontanicola (S. doria group, Asteraceae) and its conservation status

Published Online: Feb 14, 2019

Page range: 87 - 95

Received: Jun 08, 2018

Accepted: Sep 03, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/hacq-2018-0006

Keywordsalkaline fens, DNA barcoding, conservation status, Senecioneae

© 2019 Elisa Pellegrini et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
alkaline fens, DNA barcoding, conservation status, Senecioneae