The goal of this project is to study 14 Portuguese Flora species, namely: Antirrhinum lopesianum, Chaenorhinum serpyllifolium subsp. lusitanicum, Convolvulus fernandesii, Daucus carota subsp. halophilus, Digitalis amandiana, Distichoselinum tenuifolium, Eryngium duriaei, Eryngium viviparum, Narcissus fernandesii, Omphalodes kuzinskyanae, Pseudarrhenatherum pallens, Santolina semidentata, Senecio lagascanus subsp. lusitanicus and Seseli montanum subsp. peixotoanum.

Main tasks:

        ▪             ex situ conservation

        ▪             Long term seeds conservation

        ▪             Live plants colection

        ▪             in vitro vegetative propagation

        ▪             in situ conservation

        ▪             Chemical and biochemical caracterization and screening for bioactive compounds

        ▪             Essential oils isolation, chemical and biological characterization

        ▪             Phytochemicals bioactivities characterization