New relevant chorological and conservation data on Carex (Cyperaceae) and Hypericum (Hypericaceae) from Ecuador
Author
Jimenez-Mejias, Pedro
Department of Biology (Botany), Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain & Area de Botanica, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemical Engineering, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain & Centro de Investigacion en Biodiversidad y Cambio Global (CIBC-UAM), Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
pjimmej@gmail.com
Author
Morales-Alonso, Ana
Area de Botanica, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemical Engineering, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
aimoralons@gmail.com
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Oleas, Nora H
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1948-4119
Centro de Investigacion de la Biodiversidad y Cambio Climatico (BioCamb) e Ingenieria en Biodiversidad y Recursos Geneticos, Facultad de Ciencias de Medio Ambiente, Universidad Tecnologica Indoamerica, Machala y Sabanilla, Quito, Ecuador
Author
Sanchez, Enmily
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5343-9349
Centro de Investigacion de la Biodiversidad y Cambio Climatico (BioCamb) e Ingenieria en Biodiversidad y Recursos Geneticos, Facultad de Ciencias de Medio Ambiente, Universidad Tecnologica Indoamerica, Machala y Sabanilla, Quito, Ecuador
Author
Martin-Bravo, Santiago
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0626-0770
Area de Botanica, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemical Engineering, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
Author
Masa-Iranzo, Irene
Real Jardin Botanico (RJB), CSIC, Madrid, Spain
Author
S. Meseguer, Andrea
Real Jardin Botanico (RJB), CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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Biodiversity Data Journal
2023
2023-03-08
11
99603
99603
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e99603
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e99603
1314-2828-11-e99603
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Carex goetghebeurii J.R.Starr, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 179: 32 (2015)
Carex goetghebeurii
=
Uncinia tenuifolia
G.A.Wheeler & Goetgh., Aliso 14: 144 (1995).
Taxon discussion
Another Ecuadorian endemic that belongs to sect.
Carex Uncinia
(see
C. ecuadorensis
).
Carex goetghebeurii
was reported as threatened (VU category) in the Ecuadorian Red List (as
Uncinia tenuifolia
). This was based on several collections of the same single population extending along a slope next to a road in Zamora-Chinchipe. We visited one of them ("13 km E of the pass, just before junction with old road", -3.9764109958906992 S, -79.10201083174987 W) and failed to find it. The location has been transformed into a quarry. This unfortunate finding depicts that this plant is already negatively affected by human activities and reveals the need to confirm the persistence of this population and, if positive, to apply urgent conservation measures.