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Pteridaceae

Adiantum viscosum A. Cádiz-Véliz & A.E. Villarroel

Place of Publication

Phytotaxa 599(3): 185 (Fig. 2, 3) (2023)

Type citation

CHILE. Valparaíso Region: San Felipe de Aconcagua Province, Putaendo, Cordón del Tabaco, Quebrada de Granallas, 32°36’39.41” S; 70°46’44.72” W, 1330 m elevation, 10 October 2021, A. Cádiz-Véliz & B. Palma-Villalobos 801 (holotype: JBN!; isotypes: SGO!, CONC!)

References

  • Cádiz-Véliz et al (2023)

    Cádiz-Véliz, A , Palma-Villalobos, B , Villarroel, A E and Muñoz-Schick , M 2023. Adiantum viscosum (Pteridaceae), a new species endemic to sclerophyllous forest of Central Chile. Phytotaxa 599 (3): 183-192

Regions

Valparaíso

Distribution and habitat

Only know from the Type locality. The species inhabits rock crevices within the vegetation belt Andean Mediterranean sclerophyllous forest of Quillaja saponaria and Lithraea caustica. It is associated with Tropaeolum azureum, Colliguaja odorifera, Porlieria chilensis, and Kageneckia oblonga

Conservation status

  • Critically Endangered (CR) B1+B2ab (i,ii,iii) (Cádiz-Véliz et al (2023))