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 Author 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 text 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 64C6413A939157C19507EFFD53C388AB 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.