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Cyperaceae

Carex recondita Muñoz-Schüler, Martín-Bravo & Jim.Mejías

Place of Publication

Phytokeys 243:: 20 (2024)

Type citation

Chile. Región Metropolitana de Santiago: Provincia de Santiago, Farellones, camino al centro de ski Valle Nevado, Tres Puntas, 2750 m.a.s.l., 33°21.39183'S, 70°15.45538'W, 16 January 2023, P. Jiménez Mejías, J.I. Márquez Corro, S. Martín Bravo & P. Muñoz Schüler 12PJM-CL23 (holotype: CONC 193519; isotypes: EIF 17307, UPOS).

Common names

  • Carex de las nieves (Muñoz-Schüler et al. (2024))

Regions

Metropolitana

Habitat

Mediterranean

Distribution and habitat

Carex recondita occurs in the area of La Parva and Farellones-Valle Nevado ski circuits with an altitudinal range of between 2750–2880 m.a.s.l. It occurs in the central Chilean Andes, in an area characterized by a semi-arid Mediterranean-type influence climate and it grows in the alpine cushion plant belt, on steep slopes around 650 m of elevation above a climatically depressed Kageneckia angustifolia treeline Muñoz-Schüler et al. (2024).

Conservation status

  • CR B2ab(ii-iv),C2a(i) (Muñoz-Schüler et al. (2024))