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
Habitat
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))