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

By

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

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023-3-21

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

19

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

199--207

Subjects

Biogeography , Conservation , Endangered species , high-Andean forest , protected natural areas , range extension

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/19.2.199

 

Abstract

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.