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CHILE: Tarapacá, El Tamarugal, Comuna de Pica, porción alta de la Quebrada Guatacondo, 4121 m a.s.l., [-20.980067°, -68.790172°], 10 Dec 2013, Larraín & Spuler s.n. (holotype: SGO-170084!; isotype: UPOS-10548!)
References
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Jiménez-Mejías et al. (2021)
Jiménez-Mejías, P , Saldivia , P , Gebauer, S and Martín-Bravo, S 2021. A New Remarkable Dwarf Sedge (Carex phylloscirpoides, Cyperaceae) from Northern Chile, with Insights on the Evolution of Austral Carex Section Racemosae, Systematic Botany 46(1):34-47
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Muñoz-Schüler et al (2024)
Muñoz-Schüler, P , García-Moro, P , Márquez-Corro, J I , Penneckamp,, D , Sanz-Arnal, M , Martín-Bravo, S and Jiménez-Mejías, P 2024. The Genus Carex (Cyperaceae) in Chile: A General Update of Its Knowledge, With an Identification Key. Gayana Botánica 80(2):103-132.
Regions
Tarapacá and Antofagasta
Habitat
Desert and Andean desert
Distribution and habitat
Only known from a few sites at a very restricted area in the high Andes of the Tarapacá Region of northern Chile in the head of Guatacondo gorge from 4100 to 4350 m. This area is located close to the western limit of the Altiplano region, which is characterized by a pronounced summer rainfall season. The habitat is dominated by cushion-forming plants such as Oxychloe andina, Phylloscirpus deserticola and Deyeuxia curvula and Festuca spp.. Along the edges of this habitat, scrub vegetation is dominated by Parastrephia lucida. (Saldivia et al. 2021).
Conservation status
- Critically Endangered (B1ab(iii)) (Jiménez-Mejías et al. (2021))
Habit
Stemless Perennial, forming tight mats.