Micropropagation of five endemic, rare and/or endangered Narcissus species from the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal)

The authors would like to acknowledge Universitat d’Alacant for the possibility of conducting this work by means of a grant included in the program “Becas y Contratos para la formacion de Doctores del Vicerrectorado de Investigacion, FPU2010” and specific funding for a research stay to start some of the cultures. Also, this work was partly supported by the R+D+I funding lines of the Spanish Ministry of Environment “Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino” through the project 126/SGTB/2007/4.1 ‘Caracterizacion, conservacion y multiplicacion de narcisos endemicos de Castilla-La Mancha (gen. Narcissus, Fam. Amaryllidaceae): revalorizacion de un recurso vegetal para el desarrollo sostenible de la Reserva de la Biosfera La Mancha Humeda’.