An unexpected record of the endemic species Polylepis albicans Pilger (Rosaceae) in Huancavelica, Peru, with notes on its conservation and complex geographic distribution pattern

Harold Rusbelth Quispe Melgar, Yashira Stefani Llacua-Tineo, Robinson Daniel Cuadros Rojas, David Huayta Hinojosa, Katherine Lucero Lagones Poma, Fressia Nathalie Ames Martinez, Tatiana Espinoza Boza Espinoza

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Resumen

Polylepis albicans Pilger (Rosaceae) is restricted to the Cordillera Blanca in Ancash and La Libertad, northwestern Peru. Here, we report the occurrence of a new population of the species in Huancavelica, central Peru. We analyzed its morphology and compared samples of the new record with samples collected from the Cordillera Blanca, where the main populations of the species are concentrated. We discuss the complex patterns of the geographic distribution P. albicans and the implications for its conservation.
Idioma originalInglés estadounidense
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Páginas (desde-hasta)199-207
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PublicaciónCheck List
Volumen19
N.º2
DOI
EstadoIndizado - 21 mar. 2023

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Funding Information:
We thank the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnolo-gía e Innovación Tecnológica –CONCYTEC for funding Project No. 382-2019 FONDECYT; the Servicio Nacional Forestal y de Fauna Silvestre-SERFOR, which approved the research outside Protected Natural Areas through the General Management Resolution RDG--D000590-2021-MIDAGRI-SERFOR-DGGSPFFS; the Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado-SERNANP, which approved the research inside Protected Natural Areas through the Chief Resolution of National Park Huascarán No. 022-2021-SERNANP--JEF; and the Instituto Nacional de Investigación en Glaciares y Ecosistemas de Montaña-INAIGEM, for helping us with the field trips to collect samples in Ancash.

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Palabras clave

  • Biogeography
  • conservation
  • endangered species
  • high-Andean forest
  • protected natural areas
  • extension

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