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
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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
64C6413A939157C19507EFFD53C388AB
Carex enneastachya C.B.Clarke, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 70 (1908)
Carex enneastachya
=
Carex azuayae
Steyerm., Phytologia 9: 337 (1963).
Materials
Type status:
Other material
.
Occurrence
:
catalogNumber:
QCA 36315
, QCNE 3907
; recordNumber: 2279; recordedBy:
H. Balslev
; occurrenceID:
QCA 36315
, QCNE 3907;
Taxon
:
scientificName:
Carex
enneastachya
C.B.Clarke
;
Location
:
country:
Ecuador
; stateProvince:
Cotopaxi
; locality:
National Park
Cotopaxi
; verbatimLocality:
Limpiopungo
; verbatimElevation:
3800 m
; locationRemarks:
Cotopaxi
.
Parque Nacional
Cotopaxi
,
Limpiopungo
,
0°40'S
78°0'W
,
3800 m
, laguna y alrededores; georeferenceProtocol: label;
Record Level
:
basisOfRecord:
PreservedSpecimen
Type status:
Other material
.
Occurrence
:
catalogNumber:
88ECU-AMA22 (HUTI, UPOS)
; recordNumber: 88; recordedBy:
A. Morales Alonso
,
P.
Jimenez
Mejias
&
I. Masa Iranzo
; occurrenceID: 88ECU-AMA22 (HUTI, UPOS);
Taxon
:
scientificName:
Carex
enneastachya
C.B.Clarke
;
Location
:
country:
Ecuador
; stateProvince:
Pichincha
; locality:
National Park
Cotopaxi
; verbatimLocality:
Laguna Limpiopungo
; verbatimElevation:
3864 m
; locationRemarks:
Pichincha
.
Laguna Limpiopungo
,
Parque Nacional
Cotopaxi
,
00°36.8748'S
078°25.4262'W
,
3864 m
, bordes de la laguna y arroyos; georeferenceProtocol: GPS;
Identification:
identifiedBy:
P.
Jimenez-Mejias
; dateIdentified: 2022;
Record Level:
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status:
Other material
.
Occurrence
:
catalogNumber:
98ECU-AMA22 (UPOS)
; recordNumber: 98; recordedBy:
A. Morales Alonso
,
P.
Jimenez
Mejias
&
I. Masa Iranzo
; occurrenceID: 98ECU-AMA22 (UPOS);
Taxon
:
scientificName:
Carex
enneastachya
C.B.Clarke
;
Location
:
country:
Ecuador
; stateProvince:
Pichincha
; locality:
National Park Cayambe-Coca
; verbatimLocality:
Laguna
inferior; verbatimElevation:
4117 m
; locationRemarks: Pinchincha. Laguna inferior.
Parque Nacional Cayambe-Coca
,
00°19.6955'S
078°12.0338'W
,
4117 m
, turbera; georeferenceProtocol: GPS;
Identification:
identifiedBy:
P.
Jimenez-Mejias
; dateIdentified: 2022;
Record Level:
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status:
Other material
.
Occurrence
:
catalogNumber:
QCA 36663
; recordNumber: 315; recordedBy:
E. Terneus
&
P. Ramsay
; occurrenceID:
QCA 36663
;
Taxon
:
scientificName:
Carex
enneastachya
C.B.Clarke
;
Location
:
country:
Ecuador
; stateProvince:
Tungurahua
; locality:
National Park Llanganates
; verbatimLocality: laguna
Aucacocha
; verbatimElevation:
3750 m
; locationRemarks:
Tungurahua
.
Parque Nacional Llanganates
, laguna
Aucacocha
,
01°09
'36''
S
78°19
'37''
W
,
3750 m
, orillas de la laguna; georeferenceProtocol: label;
Event
:
eventDate:
13 Jan 1999
;
Record Level:
basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Taxon discussion
Carex enneastachya
is endemic from the Tropical Andes from Colombia to Bolivia. As
C. brehmeri
, it belongs to sect.
Carex Phacocystis
Dumort. (see above).
In Ecuador,
Carex enneastachya
was reported only from a handful locations in Cajas National Park at Azuay Province. Here we present additional records for another three provinces. Originally conceived as a narrowly distributed taxon, this species was listed as EN in the Ecuadorian Red List of Endemic plants under the name
C. azuayae
. However,
C. azuayae
was already synonymized by
Wheeler (1998)
to
C. enneastachya
, which effectively expands its range to other South American countries. As a consequence, this plant should not be listed as an Ecuadorian endemic and its threatened status needs revision.