The Endemic Plants of Chile

Place of Publication

Novon: 26(1): 38 (2018)

Type citation

Chile. Región de Coquimbo, prov. Choapa, quebrada de Cárcamo, cerros a 4 km S, 1900 m s.n.m., 6-XII-2011, J. Macaya, R. Bustamante & M. Sepúlveda 3017 (holotype, CONC; isotypes: SGO, JBN!).

References

• Teillier & Macaya-Berti (2018)

  Teillier, S. and Macaya-Berti , J. 2018. Cinco Nuevas Especies de Chorizanthe (Polygonaceae—Eriogonoideae) del Norte de Chile. Novon 26(1):37-52

• Teillier et al (2019)

  Teillier, S , Macaya-Berti, J and Novoa, J 2019. Revisión de Chorizanthe R. Br. ex Benth. (Polygonaceae) en Chile. Gayana Botánica 79(1) 34-60

Iconography

• Teillier et al (2019): Fig. 5

Regions

Coquimbo

Conservation status

• Vulnerable (VU D2) (IUCN, 2012) (Teillier & Macaya-Berti (2018))

Descriptions

• Teillier & Macaya-Berti (2018)

Habit

Perennial herb, flowering stems to 10 cm tall.

Key characteristics

Although it is somewhat similar to C. peduncularis, it differs by being non-woody and from the inflorescence that has the longer and much more branched peduncles. The leaf rosette is similar to that of C. virgata, but differes by its more branched panicle-like inflorescences (Teiller et al., 2019).