Viola gelida J.M.Watson & M.P.Cárdenas & A.R.Flores

Place of Publication

Gayana, Bot. 70(2): 390 (2013)

Type citation

CHILE, Región de Atacama, Prov. Copiapó, en las cercanías del Río La Gallina, 27° 47’ 38.586”S 69° 7’ 29.539”W, 4843 m, 24.10.2011, leg. M.P. Cárdenas, Vsp.01 (Holotype: CONC; isotypes: SGO, ULS, Herb. CEDREM, Herb. Watson & Flores).

References

Watson et al. (2013)

Watson, J M , Cárdenas, M P , Flores, A R , Macaya, J , Jiménez, H and Barría, J 2013. Viola gelida, a new, rare and vulnerable rosulate species from the high Andes of Atacama Region, Chile. Gayana Botánica 70(2): 390-394

Iconography

Watson et al. (2013): Figs 1 & 2

Regions

Atacama

Habitat

Semidesert and Semiarid Andean cordillera

Distribution and habitat

Very limited distribution in the Atacama Region where there are two remote sites - one site consists of fewer than ten individuals (Watson et al., 2021)

Conservation status

CR (Watson et al. (2021a))

Descriptions

Watson et al. (2013)

Habit

Perennial, dwarf, rosulate hemicryptophyte