The Endemic Plants of Chile

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  3. Family: Cyperaceae
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Cyperaceae

Carex phylloscirpoides Saldivia, S. Gebauer, Martín-Bravo & Jiménez-Mejías

Type citation

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

  • 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

Regions

Tarapacá

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.