Cita del ejemplar Tipo
CHILE. Valparaíso Region: San Felipe de Aconcagua Province, Río Hidalgo, Paso La Caleta, Putaendo, 1924 m a.s.l., 32°31’33.58” S-70°23’12.73” w, 28 December 2022, A. Cádiz-Véliz 993 (holotype: CONC 202824!; isotypes: SGO!, EIF 18691!)
Referencias
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CádIz-VélIz et al (2026)
Cádiz-Véliz, A. , García, N. , Villarroel, A.E. y Zúñiga-Acevedo, P. 2026. Valeriana umbellifera (Caprifoliaceae): a new saxicolous endemic taxon from Central Chile mountains. Phytotaxa 1(741), 57–70
Regiones
Valparaíso y Del General Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins
Distribución y habitat
This species can be found on the summits of mountainous ridges of the Coastal Range and on mid-elevation slopes of the Andes, between La Ligua-Alicahue (Valparaíso Region) and Cachapoal (Libertador General Bernardo O’Higgins Region) river basins. The species occurs within an altitudinal range of 1400–2200 m a.s.l., where it is restricted to rocky outcrops embedded within the following vegetation belts: The Andean Mediterranean sclerophyllous forest is of Kageneckia angustifolia, Guindilia trinervis and the Andean Mediterranean low shrubland is of Chuquiraga oppositifolia and Nardophyllum lanatum and Coastal Mediterranean deciduous forest of Nothofagus macrocarpa and Ribes punctatum (Cádiz-Véliz et al., 2026)
Categoría de conservación
- EN B2ab(iii) (CádIz-VélIz et al (2026))
Hábito
Perennial herb, 20-45 cm tall. Flowering from October to December and fruiting from December to January.
Características claves para su identificación
Valeriana umbellifera is similar to V. hornschuchiana, but differs in having a stem with short internodes, which in olderplants is covered by bases of old petioles (vs. stem with elongate internodes and sparse leaf scars), a capituliform, terminal and contracted inflorescence resembling an umbel (vs. a paniculiform, terminal and axillary inflorescence with elongated internodes), and a distribution restricted to rock crevices (vs. mainly on rocky soil and scree) (Cádiz-Véliz, 2026).