Real Jardín Botánico (CSIC)

Contact

Contact

Silvia Villegas Navarro

Telephone

+34914203017

Address

Plaza de Murillo, 2
Madrid
28014
Madrid
ESPAÑA

Email

svillegas@rjb.csic.es

How to get

Link Google Maps

Website

http://www.rjb.csic.es/

Banco de Germoplasma Vegetal

Description

The CSIC-RJB-BGVMA Seed Bank preserves 3265 accessions numbers of natural source, mainly from the Iberian Peninsula and the Mediterranean Region. The seeds are stored in optimal conditions that ensure their long term viability. The seeds are conserved -10ºC and 5-7% humidity. The staff from the CSIC-RJB, carry out field trips to collect new material. The BGVMA is dedicated to promoting the conservation, sustainable use, and research of biological diversity within the Convention on Biological Diversity of 1992 and the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation. Some of the objetives include the ex situ conservation of 60% of the endangered Spanish flora.

Overall information

Goals

The Seed Bank (BGVMA) was founded in 1982 to conserve wild species from the Iberian Peninsula and the Mediterranean Region that can be dried and frozen. Actually the priorities are: 1. Endemic, threatened and rare species from the Iberian Peninsula. 2. All species from the Amarillydaceae, Iridaceae and Liliacea Families. 3. Endemic, threatened and rare species and species from the 6 LIC zones within the Community of Madrid.

Strengths

1. Conservación ex situ de semillas de especies endémicas, amenazadas y de interés de la Península Ibérica y Región Mediterranea.

2. Estudiar procesos de viabilidad y germinación de semillas de la Península Ibérica y Región Mediterranea.

How to cite

CSIC-Real Jardín Botánico-Banco de Germoplasma Vegetal (CSIC-RJB-BGVMA)

Access restrictions

Se actuará conforme a las decisiones de la Convención sobre Diversidad Biológica de 1992 (CBD), la Convención sobre el Comercio Internacional de especies en vías de extinción (CITES) y al Protocolo de Nagoya.

Common names

The collection includes species from the Iberian Peninsula, Balearic and Canary Islands and some others countries of the Mediterranean area. Also species from the Amarillydaceae, Iridaceae and Liliaceae Families.

Geospatial coverage

Iberian Peninsula, Balearic and Canary Islands and some others countries of the Mediterranean area.

Geographic description

Península Ibérica, Islas Baleares y Canarias y algunos otros países del área mediterránea

Temporal location

Temporal coverage

1986-present.

Datasets of the collection/database

Types of objects

Semillas, frutos.

Conservation method

Principalmente congelado y seco.

Digitalization

Nº of copies / records

3.265

Nº of species

2012

Percentage of computerization

100

Percentage of georeferenced registers

80

Does it include Type specimens?

No

Related Resources

Publications

  • Index Seminum

Access to datasets

  • N/A