Hypericum matangense N. Robson, Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Botany Series 20: 17 (1990)

Jimenez-Mejias, Pedro, Morales-Alonso, Ana, Oleas, Nora H, Sanchez, Enmily, Martin-Bravo, Santiago, Masa-Iranzo, Irene & S. Meseguer, Andrea, 2023, New relevant chorological and conservation data on Carex (Cyperaceae) and Hypericum (Hypericaceae) from Ecuador, Biodiversity Data Journal 11, pp. 99603-99603 : 99603

Hypericum matangense N. Robson, Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Botany Series 20: 17 (1990)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 29ECU-IMI22 (HUTI, MA) ; recordNumber: 29; recordedBy: I. Masa Iranzo, P. Jiménez Mejías, A. Morales Alonso & E. Sánchez; occurrenceID: 29ECU-IMI22 (HUTI, MA); Taxon: scientificName: Hypericum matangense N. Robson; Location : country: Ecuador; stateProvince: Morona-Santiago; locality: Paramo de Matanga ; verbatimLocality: carretera Sígsig-Gualaquiza; verbatimElevation: 3366 m; locationRemarks: Morona-Santiago. Paramo de Matanga , carretera Sígsig-Gualaquiza, 03°11.5409'S 078°47.3068'W -3,1924 -78,7885, 3366 m, Páramo con matorral; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: I. Masa-Iranzo; dateIdentified: 2022; Event: eventDate: Jul-31-2022; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Taxon discussion

Hypericum matangense (Fig. 2 B,b.) is an endemic plant from southern Ecuador. It belongs to section Hypericum Brathys (Mutis ex L.f.) Choisy.

This species is listed as vulnerable (VU) in the Ecuadorian Red List. It is known onlyfrom the type specimen collected in 1980 in the province of Morona-Santiago. The size and status of this population, and its specific threats, are unknown. Our observation is the second known collection of this species, with coordinates from the only specimen found.

Figures

Figure 2. Representative Ecuadorian Hypericum species (capital letters) mentioned in this work and their habitats (small letters). Hypericum acostanum: A & a, Loja, Celica-Guachanama road. Hypericum matangense: B & b Morona-Santiago, Paramo de Matanga. Hypericum prietoi: c Azuay, Ona-Morasloma road. Hypericum sprucei: D & d Carchi, Reserva Ecologica El Angel.