The Endemic Plants of Chile

Place of Publication

PhytoKeys 211: 211: 116, figs. 1-2, 5-6 (2022)

Type citation

Chile. Región del Maule: Provincia de Curicó, Comuna de Rauco, quebrada Guayacán, 535 m a.s.l., 6 July 2021, N. García, J. Sepúlveda, A. Cádiz-Véliz, C. Soto & M. Tobar 6139 (holotype: EIF 14824; isotypes: CONC, JBN, SGO).

Common names

• miersia de Rauco (García et al. (2022))

References

• García et al. (2022)

  García, N , Cuevas, N , Sepúlveda , J E , Cádiz-Véliz, A and Román, M J 2022. Two new species of Miersia and their phylogenetic placements alongside the recently described M. putaendensis (Gilliesieae, Allioideae, Amaryllidaceae). PhytoKeys 211: 107-124.

Regions

Maule

Habitat

Mediterranean and Mountain matorral & sclerophyllous forest

Distribution and habitat

Only know from two closely occurring locations in the Province of Curicó. It occurs in rock crevices surrounded by sclerophyllous scrub of Lithraea caustica, Peumus boldus, Vachellia caven, Retanilla trinervia, Chusquea cumingii and Leucostele chiloensis. Here it has an altitudinal range of between 240 and 540 m above sea level (García et al. 2022)

Conservation status

• CRB2ab(iii) (García et al. (2022))

Habit

Flowers from May to early August. Fruits in late July and throughout August