Range extension of Prestoea pubens var. pubens H.E.Moore (Arecales: Arecaceae) in Colombia

By

Perdomo, Oscar
Nascimento, André R. Terra
Trujillo, Edwin Trujillo
Ubiali, Bruno

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017-2-21

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

13

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

2054--5

Subjects

allopatric variety , Andes , Caquetá , cloud forest , understory palm

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/13.1.2054

 

Abstract

This study reports an extension of 275 km to the known distribution of the understory palm Prestoea pubens var. pubens. Originally recorded from the Gorgona and Gorgonilla islands and along the Pacific coast of Colombia, the new record is from a Tropical Montane Cloud Forest in Caquetá, which is located on the eastern slopes of the East Colombian Andes. This new record makes the species trans-Andean, showing a disjunctive distribution that also occurs with other understory palms such as Aiphanes simplex, Chamaedorea pygmaea and P. ensiformis.