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The jara of Cartagena, a species in whose conservation work agronomists investigators of the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT), has been nominated to Plant of the Year 2018 in the web The Porches of Nature.
In the last two years, other species whose conservation has led the UPCT, Tallban garbancillo and Escombreras chamomile, were chosen Plant of the Year 2016 and 2017 respectively.
In order to help the Cartagena jara achieve this declaration, it is necessary to participate in the voting "Animal |
Plant of the Year 2018 ", which will remain open until next September 25 at 23:59 hours on the web http://losporquesdelanaturaleza.com/animal-planta-del-ano-2017/
Researchers at the School of Agricultural Engineers of the Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT) are working on a project for the conservation of Cartagena de la Sierra, awarded by the Biodiversity Foundation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment, which Is also co-financed by the Ministry of Water, Agriculture and Environment of the Region of Murcia.
The Cartagena jara (Cistus heterophyllus subsp. Carthaginensis) is a shrub up to 80-90 cm high, with a pink flower, which is among the most endangered species of flora in the Iberian Peninsula with less than 20 individuals in the wild .
It is a jara present only in the Spanish east, in the eastern section of the Sierra de Cartagena and in the Pobla de Vallbona (Valencia), included in the category "in danger of extinction" in the Spanish Catalog of Threatened Species.
In total, the nominees for Animal |
Plant of the Year 2018 are the following: Apollo butterfly (by the University of Valencia), ibis hermit and evergreen giant of La Gomera (by the University of Cordoba), born and waited from Bolòs (by the University of Barcelona), Triops emeritensis (by the University of Extremadura), European mink and Drosera longifolia (by the University of Burgos), Gadoria falukei (by the University of Seville) and jara of Cartagena (by the Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena).
The Porqués de la Naturaleza was created in October 2011 by a group of science enthusiasts from different university disciplines in order to open a space in the network in which to contrast information and to publish studies on the always attractive world of the science.
It has more than 350 informative articles, classified in different sections like Blog, Miniporqués, Dinosaurs, Landscapes, Minerals and Unusual Species.
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Source: UPCT
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