identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
8354FF3BFF93FF95FE6458CEB4C13119.text	8354FF3BFF93FF95FE6458CEB4C13119.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Polylepis sericea Wedd.	<div><p>KEY TO THE SPECIES Of THE  POLYLEPIS SERICEA COMPLEX</p><p>1. Leaflets (2.4)3.4–3.9 X (0.8) 1.1–1.5 cm; hairs of lower leaflet surfaces yellowish, 1.3–1.7 mm long; Peru and Bolivia ............  P. canoi W.Mend.</p><p>1. Leaflets 1.4–2.7 X 0.4–1.0 cm; hairs of lower leaflet surfaces silky, whitish, 0.3–1.2 mm long; Venezuela to central Peru ...................... 2</p><p>2. Leaflets 5–8 pairs; hairs of lower leaflet surfaces sparse; inflorescences 5.8–20.0 cm long, with (16)21–50 flowers; Ecuador and southernmost Colombia ...................................................................................................  P. ochreata (Wedd.) Bitter</p><p>2. Leaflets 3–5 pairs; hairs of lower leaflet surfaces dense; inflorescences 3.9–8.1 cm long, with 5–21 flowers; Venezuela, Colombia, Peru .......... 3</p><p>3. Leaflets 4–5 pairs, with crenulate margins; hairs on lower leaflet surfaces 0.3–0.5 mm long; inflorescences with 18–21 flowers; northwestern Peru ...............................................................................................................  P. albicans Pilger</p><p>3. Leaflets 3–4 pairs, with entire margins; hairs on lower leaflet surfaces 0.6–1.0 mm long; inflorescences with 5–15 flowers; Venezuela, Colombia, central Peru ........................................................................................................................ 4</p><p>4. Leaflets (1.9)2.4–2.6 X 0.5–0.7 cm; upper leaflet surfaces with sparse to dense, sericeous hairs; inflorescences 7.2–8.1 cm long; central Peru ..........................................................................................................  P. argentea T.Boza &amp; H.Quispe</p><p>4. Leaflets 1.8–2.1 X 0.8–1.0 cm; upper leaflet surfaces glabrous; inflorescences 3.3–4.5 cm long; Venezuela and Cordillera Central of Colombia .....................................................................................................................  P. sericea Wedd.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8354FF3BFF93FF95FE6458CEB4C13119	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Espinoza, Tatiana Erika Boza;Quispe-Melgar, Harold R.;Kessler, Michael	Espinoza, Tatiana Erika Boza, Quispe-Melgar, Harold R., Kessler, Michael (2019): Taxonomic Reevaluation of the Polylepis sericea Complex (Rosaceae), with the Description of a New Species. Systematic Botany (Basel, Switzerland) 44 (2): 324-334, DOI: 10.1600/036364419X15562052252225, URL: https://doi.org/10.1600/036364419x15562052252225
8354FF3BFF93FF92FF155A3FB5B93152.text	8354FF3BFF93FF92FF155A3FB5B93152.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Polylepis albicans Pilger	<div><p>1.  POLYLEPIS ALBICANS Pilger, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 535. 1906.</p><p>TYPE: PERU. Ancash,  Cordillera Blanca above Caraz, Jun 1903, Weberbauer 3229 (holotype: B destroyed, photograph in F!, GH!, NY!).</p><p>Trees 3–7 m tall. Leaves strongly congested at the branch tips, imparipinnate with 4–5 pairs of leaflets, obtrullate in outline, 3.5–4.9 X (2.5–) 2.8–3.4 cm; rachises densely sericeous, points of leaflet attachment with a tuft of long, straight hairs, with ferruginous resin at leaflet insertion; stipular sheaths apically acute with spurs, densely sericeous on the outer surfaces; leaflets elliptic in outline, second pair from the terminal leaflet the largest, one of this pair 1.4–2.0 X 0.4–0.7 cm; margin crenulate, coriaceous, apically emarginate, basally unequally cordate; upper leaflet surfaces glabrous or sparsely sericeous; lower leaflet surfaces densely sericeous with short silky hairs 0.3–0.5 mm. long. Inflorescences pendent, 3.9–6.6(7.5) cm long, bearing 18–21 flowers; floral bracts 5.5–6.9 mm long, narrowly triangular, densely sericeous on the outer surface; rachises sericeous. Flowers 3.4–7.5 mm diam; sepals 3–4, ovate, green, densely sericeous outside; stamens 7–18, anthers orbicular, with a dense tuft of straight white hairs on the upper half; styles fimbriate, 1.4–3.2 mm long. Fruits turbinate, with variable numbers and placement of flattened spines, densely sericeous; 3.1–5.6 X 2.3–5.6 mm, including spines.</p><p>Distribution and Habitat —  Polylepis albicans occurs in northwestern Peru in the Cordillera Blanca in Ancash and in the adjacent high Andes of La Libertad. It grows in semi-humid montane forest at 3200–4800 m elevation, often alongside  P. weberbaueri (Fig. 2).</p><p>Conservation Status —The extent of occurrence (EOO) for  Polylepis albicans is estimated as 13,028 km 2, the area of occupancy (AOO) is assessed at 156 km 2, and it occurs at 24 locations. It has been collected in Huascaran National Park, which encompasses almost the entire Cordillera Blanca, so it does not seem to be under direct threat. Therefore, it would likely qualify for the Least Concern (LC) or Near Threatened (NT) category according to IUCN (2015) criteria and categories.</p><p>Notes —This species was described by Pilger (1906) based on material from Caraz, Cordillera Blanca, Peru. It was placed under  Polylepis sericea by Simpson (1979) who mentioned that populations of  P. sericea from the Cordillera Blanca are distinct by having leaflets with pronounced pubescence in both sides. We here argue that based on its distinct morphology and ecology, this taxon should be reinstated at species level.  Polylepis albicans differs from  P. sericea by a sparse to dense sericeous hair cover on the upper leaflet surfaces and on the leaf rachises (vs. glabrous in both cases in  P. sericea), shorter hairs (0.3–0.5 mm vs. 0.7–1.0 mm), and commonly reddish glandular hairs at leaflet bases (lacking in  P. sericea). Occasionally, specimens of  P. albicans resemble those of  P. argentea in leaflet shape, but leaflet margins are crenulate in  P. albicans and entire in  P. argentea . Further,  P. argentea differs from  P. albicans by the lower number of flowers in the inflorescence (5–9 vs. 18–21).</p><p>Additional Specimens Examined —   Peru. — ANCASH: Road from Yungay to <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-77.583336&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-9.033334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -77.583336/lat -9.033334)">Yauyos</a>, vicinity of <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-77.583336&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-9.033334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -77.583336/lat -9.033334)">Lagunas Llanganuco</a>, open Polylepis forest, 09°02’S 077°35’W, 10 Jul 1982, A. H. Gentry et al. 37376 (MO, USM) ;  1901–1929, A. Weberbauer 3229 (B, MO);   Cordillera Blanca near Ingenio in <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-77.6&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-11.066667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -77.6/lat -11.066667)">upper Pumapampa Valley</a>, 11°04’S 077°36’W, 15 Feb 1987, D. Boertmann 53 (AAU) ;   Parque Nacional Huascarán:  Llanganuco, 11 Jul 1982, E. M. Zardini 1535 (MO) ; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-77.5&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-9.0" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -77.5/lat -9.0)">Llanganuco Valley</a>, 09°00’S 077°30’W, Aug 1959, J. Compton Tothill 174 (F) ;   Cordillera Blanca, Laguna Paron, 30 km NE of Caraz in  northern Huascaran National Park, 10 Oct 1988, L. W. Peterson s.n. (MO) ;   Llanganuco, 29 Nov 2007, B. Lasermann II /1 (USM) ;   Quebrada Paron, Cordillera Blanca (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-77.683334&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-9.0" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -77.683334/lat -9.0)">West</a> of L. <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-77.683334&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-9.0" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -77.683334/lat -9.0)">Paron</a>), 09°00’S 077°41’W, 18 Aug 1988, O. Frimer &amp; S. M. Nielsen 042 (AAU), 043 (AAU), 044 (AAU), 059 (AAU) ;   Quebrada Carhuasccancha, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-77.25&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-9.483334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -77.25/lat -9.483334)">Cordillera Blanca</a>, 09°29’S 077°15’W, 15 Oct 1988, O. Frimer &amp; S. M. Nielsen 132 (AAU) ;   Quebrada Matará in Quebrada Ulta, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-77.53333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-9.116667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -77.53333/lat -9.116667)">Cordillera Blanca</a>, 09°07’S 077°32’W, 03 Sep 1988, O. Frimer &amp; S. M. Nielsen 104 (AAU) ;   Quebrada Paron, Cordillera Blanca (W of L. <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-77.683334&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-9.0" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -77.683334/lat -9.0)">Paron</a>), 09°00’S 077°41’W, 18 Aug 1988, O. Frimer &amp; S. M. Nielsen 045 (AAU) ;   Quebrada Ishinca, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-77.46667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-9.383333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -77.46667/lat -9.383333)">Cordillera Blanca</a>, 09°23’S 077°28’W, 23 Aug 1988, O. Frimer &amp; S. M. Nielsen 073 (AAU) ;   Quebrada Ulta, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-77.53333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-9.1" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -77.53333/lat -9.1)">Cordillera Blanca</a>, 09°06’S 077°32’W, 02 Sep 1988, O. Frimer &amp; S. M. Nielsen 107 (AAU), 108 (AAU) ;   Quebrada Rurec, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-77.28333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-9.416667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -77.28333/lat -9.416667)">Cordillera Blanca</a>, 09°25’S 077°17’W, 11 Oct 1988, O. Frimer &amp; S. M. Nielsen 125 (AAU), 126 (AAU) ;   Quebrada Rurichinchay, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-77.3&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-9.35" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -77.3/lat -9.35)">Cordillera Blanca</a>, 09°21’S 077°18’W, 06 Oct 1988, O. Frimer &amp; S. M. Nielsen 118 (AAU), 123 (AAU) ;   Quebrada Ishinca, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-77.46667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-9.383333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -77.46667/lat -9.383333)">Cordillera Blanca</a>, 09°23’S 077°28’W, 23 Aug 1988, O. Frimer &amp; S. M. Nielsen 070 (AAU), 071 (AAU), 074 (AAU), 099 (AAU), 101 (AAU) ;   Cordillera Blanca. 35 km east of  Yungay, 05 Apr 1988, S. A. Renvoize &amp; S. Laegaard 5074 (AAU, MO) ;   40 km east of  Yungay, 05 Apr 1988, S. A. Renvoize &amp; S. Laegaard 5088 A (AAU), 5088 B (AAU) ;   Cordillera Blanca. East of Yungay. Laguna de Llanganuco, 05 Apr 1988, S. A. Renvoize &amp; S. Laegaard 5066 (AAU), 5075 (AAU) ;   Carhuaz. Huascarán National Park; Quebrada Ulta, north side of valley. Shrublandgrassland mosaic with scattered Polylepis sericea trees; S- facing, moderate to gentle slopes;  soils of morainal origin, 09°07’S 077°32’W, 29 Jul 1985, D. N. Smith 11410 (MO, USM);   Huascarán National Park. N-side of main valley, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-77.416664&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-9.3" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -77.416664/lat -9.3)">Quebrada Honda. Brushfields</a> with a few open stands of Polylepis sericea, 09°18’S 077°25’W, 3 Oct 1985, D. N. Smith et al.11641 (F, MO, USM) ;   Huascarán National Park . mouth of Quebrada Ishinca. Warm slopes ;  mix of shrubby grassland and Polylepis sericea woods, 09°23’S 077°29’W, 15 Feb 1985, D. N. Smith et al. 9597 (F, MO, USM);   Shacshicucho, 26 Aug 1978, J. Mostacero L. et al. 569 (MO) ; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-31.0&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-19.0" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -31.0/lat -19.0)">Valley of R´ıo Marcará</a>, 2.5 hr from <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-31.0&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-19.0" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -31.0/lat -19.0)">Vicos</a> on trail to <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-31.0&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-19.0" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -31.0/lat -19.0)">Lejiacocha</a>, 09°19 ' 00"S 077°31 ' 00"W, 11 March 1964, P. C. Hutchison &amp; J. K. Wright 4325 (F, MO, USM) ;   Sonquenua,  Shilla, 21 Dic 1989, R. Arce &amp; J. Sánchez 188 (MO) ; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-77.4&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-9.5" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -77.4/lat -9.5)">Huaraz. Huascarán National Park</a>. Quebrada Shallap. Polylepis weberbaueri woods and bouldery slopes with grassy shrubland, 09°30’S 077°24’W, 20 Feb 1985, D. N. Smith et al. 9709 (F, MO, USM) ;  28 May 1982, E. Cerrate 7696 (MO, USM);   Comprado en la feria de plantas medicinales de Huaraz, 07 Jul 1988, E. Cerrate &amp; M. A. Ferreyra 9123 (USM) ;   Quebrada Quillcayhuanca, 30 Oct 1989, R. Arce &amp; A. Martel 163 (MO) ;   Huari. Huascarán National Park. Quebrada de Yuraccocha, a lateral valley of Quebrada Rurichinchay Shrublands, grassland, and woods ; slopes gentle to very steep;  soils over rock or morainal material, 09°22’S 077°17’W, 16 Jun 1986, D. N. Smith et al. 12737 (MO, USM);   Huascarán National Park . Quebrada Pachachaca, a lateral valley of Quebrada Rurichinchay. Dense brushfields with some grassy or boggy areas ; moderate to steep, E-facing slopes;  soils of morainal material, 09°27’S 077°16’W, 12 Jun 1986, D. N. Smith et al.12542 (F, MO);   Huascarán National Park .southside of Quebrada Carhuazcancha. Wooded ravines ;  steep, northernly slopes, 09°28’S 077°15’W, 6 May 1986, D. N. Smith et al. 12255 (MO, USM);   Llanganuco, 29 Nov 2007, B. Lasermann I12 (USM) ;   Acopalca, 09°20 ' 25"S 077°12 ' 19"W, 11 Aug 2010, Xue-Jun, Ge et al. 194 (USM) ;   Huaylas. Huascarán National Park. terminal moraine at W end of <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-77.683334&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-9.0" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -77.683334/lat -9.0)">lake Dry</a>, steep, bouldery moraine, 09°00’S 077°41’W, 29 Sep 1985, D. N. Smith 11537 (MO, USM) ; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-77.71667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-9.016666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -77.71667/lat -9.016666)">Huascarán National Park. Quebrada Parón.</a> Shrublands on bouldery terrain, 09°01’S 077°43’W, 8 May 1985, D. N. Smith 10606 (MO) ;   Huascarán National Park. Parón valley. Morainal material, very rocky. <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-77.7&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-9.0" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -77.7/lat -9.0)">Between</a> permanent camp and lake, 09°00’S 077°42’W, 1 Jan 1985, D. N. Smith &amp; K. Goodwin 8924 (AAU, F, MO, USM) ; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-77.71667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-9.016666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -77.71667/lat -9.016666)">Huascarán National Park. Parón Valley</a>. Shrubland, field of large boulders, 09°01’S 077°43’W, 1 Jan 1985, D. N. Smith &amp; K. Goodwin 8939 (MO, USM) ;   Huascarán National Park. Western flank of Cordillera Blanca, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-77.75&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-8.883333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -77.75/lat -8.883333)">Alpamayo-Cashapampa</a> trail. <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-77.75&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-8.883333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -77.75/lat -8.883333)">Ravines</a> with small trees and shrubs, grassland, and shrubby grassland, 08°53’S 077°45’W, 13 Mar 1985, D. N. Smith &amp; R. Valencia 10013 (MO, USM) ;   Huascarán National Park. Quebrada Santa Cruz at base of and entering <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-77.6&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-8.916667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -77.6/lat -8.916667)">Quebrada Artizonraju. Shrubland</a> at lower elevevation, and grassland above, 08°55’S 077°36’W, 16 Jan 1985, D. N. Smith et al. 9298 (F, MO, USM) ;   Huascarán National Park . Lower slopes of Cerro Pakla Puna grassland ;  steep to moderately- steep slopes, southern aspects, 08°49’S 077°57’W, 9 Apr 1986, D. N. Smith et al.12055 (AAU, F, MO, USM);   Yungay. Laguna de Llanganuco, 19 Feb 1968, A. Gutiérrez R. 249- AGR (MO), 249 (F) ;   Laguna Llanganuco, 1 Nov1984, A. Sagástegui A. et al. 12315 (F, MO) ; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-77.65&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-9.083333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -77.65/lat -9.083333)">Huascarán National Park. Lake</a> Llanganuco. Polylepis forest at lake side, 09°05’S 077°39’W, 16 Aug 1984, D. N. Smith 8210 (MO) ;   Huascarán National Park . Llanganuco sector, Quebrada Deman- da, side valley to Nevado Pisco. Grasslands and Polylepis sericea woods on morainal material ;  E-facing slopes, 09°02’S 077°37’W, 13 Apr 1985, D. N. Smith &amp; V. Cautivo 10302 (MO, USM); <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-77.55&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-9.0" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -77.55/lat -9.0)">Huascarán National Park. Quebrada Ranincuray.</a> Polylepis weberbauerii forest, including wet bottoms and talus slopes, 09°00’S 077°33’W, 11 Jan 1985, D. N. Smith et al. 9049 (AAU, F, MO, USM) ; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-77.583336&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-8.916667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -77.583336/lat -8.916667)">Huascarán National Park</a>. Morococha at largest lake. Polylepis woods and steep slopes with tussock grassland, 08°55’S 077°35’W, 15 Jan 1985, D. N. Smith et al. 9215 (AAU, F, MO, USM) ;   Quebrada Llanganuco. Cerca de la laguna y el albergue, 04 Jul 1981, E. Peréz 062 (USM) ;   Slopes below Laguna de LLanganuco in quebrada de Llanganuco ca. 25  Km above  Yungay. Just above and below the lake, 27 Jun 1966, G. Edwin &amp; J. Schunke V. 3826 (A, F) ;   Ruta Vaqueria-Portachuelo, 05 noviembre 1989, R. Arce 165 (MO) ;   Huaytajirca, en el distrito de Yanama. Procedencia:  Matca ( Yanama), 16 Dic 1989, R. Arce &amp; Abilio 186 (MO) ;   Llanganuco encima de Yungay, 27 Jun 1966, R. Ferreyra 16860 (MO) ;   Llanganuco arriba de  Yungay, 14 Dic 1967, R. Ferreyra &amp; Blount 18727 (GOET, MO, USM) ;   Llanganuco, arriba de Yungay, 22 Oct 1965, R. Ferreyra &amp; R. M. Tryon 16503 (MO, USM) ;   near  Laguna Llanganuco, 09°03 ' 54"S 077°38 ' 00"W, 14 Aug 2002, Schmidt-Lebuhn 507 (USM), 510 (USM) ;   30 km, hacia arriba:  Parque Nacional de Huascaran, 10–3-1983, S. G. Beck 7914 (GOET, MO) ;   Llanganuco <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-37.0&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-7.0" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -37.0/lat -7.0)">P. N. Huascarán</a>, 09°07 ' 00"S 077°37 ' 00"W, 07 Aug 2010, Xue-Jun et al. 025 (USM)  . —   LA LIBERTAD: Sanchez Carrion. senal ~ Huayllides. Grassland dominated by <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-78.03333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-7.883333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -78.03333/lat -7.883333)">Festuca</a>, “jilca” vegetation, many rock outcrops, NW- facing. <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-78.03333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-7.883333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -78.03333/lat -7.883333)">Freezing</a> nightime temperatures. <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-78.03333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-7.883333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -78.03333/lat -7.883333)">Rockiest</a> sites, few grasses, 07°53’S 078°02’W, 21 Aug 1982, D. N. Smith 2278 (MO, USM)  .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8354FF3BFF93FF92FF155A3FB5B93152	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Espinoza, Tatiana Erika Boza;Quispe-Melgar, Harold R.;Kessler, Michael	Espinoza, Tatiana Erika Boza, Quispe-Melgar, Harold R., Kessler, Michael (2019): Taxonomic Reevaluation of the Polylepis sericea Complex (Rosaceae), with the Description of a New Species. Systematic Botany (Basel, Switzerland) 44 (2): 324-334, DOI: 10.1600/036364419X15562052252225, URL: https://doi.org/10.1600/036364419x15562052252225
8354FF3BFF94FF90FCCC5A78B42433EB.text	8354FF3BFF94FF90FCCC5A78B42433EB.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Polylepis argentea T. Boza & H. R. Quispe 2019	<div><p>2.  Polylepis argentea T.Boza &amp; H.R.Quispe sp. nov.</p><p>TYPE: PERU. Dpto. Jun´ın: Prov. Concepción, Distrito de Andamarca, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-54.002777&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-11.691667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -54.002777/lat -11.691667)">a 2.5 km de la localidad de Alhuay</a>, [11°41 ' 30" S 74°54 ' 01" W], 4150 m, 10 Oct 2017, H.R. Quispe M. 85 (holotype: CUZ!;  isotype: USM!, Z!) .</p><p>This species differs from the morphologically closest species  Polylepis sericea Wedd. in having longer and narrower leaflets, upper leaflet surfaces almost glabrous with some hairs on the midveins, and longer inflorescences.</p><p>Trees 4–7 m tall. Leaves strongly congested at the branch tips, imparipinnate with 3 pairs of leaflets, obtrullate in outline, (2.9)3.3–4.3 X (2.6–) 3.3–4.3 cm; rachises densely sericeous, points of leaflet attachment with a tuft of long, straight hairs, sometimes with resin at leaflet insertion; stipular sheaths apically acute with spurs, densely sericeous on the outer surfaces; leaflets narrowly elliptic in outline, second pair from the terminal leaflet the largest, one of this pair (1.9)2.4–2.6 X 0.5–0.7 cm; margin entire, coriaceous, apically acute to slightly retuse, basally unequally cordate; upper leaflet surfaces almost glabrous with some hairs on the midveins to densely sericeous with silky hairs throughout; lower leaflet surfaces densely sericeous with silky hairs 0.6–0.9 mm long. Inflorescences pendent, 7.2–8.1 cm long, bearing 5–6(–9) flowers; floral bracts 4.5–5.6 mm long, narrowly triangular, densely sericeous on the outer surface; rachises sericeous. Flowers 7–9 mm diam; sepals 3–4, ovate, green, densely sericeous outside; stamens 7–10, anthers orbicular, with a dense tuft of straight white hairs on the upper half; styles fimbriate, 2.7–4 4 mm long. Fruits turbinate, with variable numbers and placement of flattened spines, densely sericeous; 2.3–2.5 X 3.5–5.3 mm including spines. Figure 3.</p><p>Distribution and Habitat —  Polylepis argentea has been found in central Peru at La Mar (Ayacucho), Concepcion, Huancayo, and Satipo (Junin), and La Convencion and Urubamba (Cusco). It grows mainly in humid Andean forest at 2000–4340 m elevation. It often co-occurs with  P. pauta,  P. rodolfo-vasquezii, and  P. canoi, and although hybrids are not yet known, these might occur (Fig. 2).</p><p>Etymology —The species epithet  “ argentea ” (Latin: silvery) refers to the silvery white hairs that have a metallic lustre.</p><p>Conservation Status —The estimated extent of occurrence (EOO) for  Polylepis argentea is 23,787 km 2. The mapped area of suitable habitat produces an estimate of the occupied habitat or Area of Occupancy (AOO) of 40 km 2. This would qualify the species as VU or Vulnerable, according to IUCN (2015) criteria and categories. Boyle (2001) described extensive forest of this species in the remote Cordillera Vilcabamba.</p><p>Notes —  Polylepis argentea seems morphologically closest to  P. sericea and  P. canoi with which it shares similar lower leaflet surfaces hairs type and density. The most obvious differences between  P. argentea and these species is leaflet size, with  P. argentea having leaflets of 1.9–2.6 X 0.5–0.7 cm, whereas  P. canoi has leaflets of 2.4–3.9 X 0.8–1.5 cm and  P. sericea of 1.8–2.1 X 0.8–1.0 cm. Further,  P. argentea has shorter hairs (0.6–0.9 mm vs. 1.3–1.7 mm) than  P. canoi . In  P. canoi, the hairs on the lower leaflet surfaces are yellowish and often most pronounced on the secondary veins, whereas in  P. argentea they are silky and more evenly distributed.  Polylepis argentea has the upper leaflet surfaces with a few hairs on midveins whereas  P. sericea has totally glabrous upper leaflet surfaces. Additionally, the inflorescence length and number of flowers per inflorescence differ between the species, with  P. argentea having inflorescences 7.2–8.1 cm long with 5–9 flowers, compared with values of 3.3–4.5 cm and 9–15 flowers in  P. sericea, and 8.2–14.5 cm and 12–26 flowers in  P. canoi . The three species can also be distinguished by the number of stamens and style length, with  P. argentea having 7–10 stamens and styles 2.7–4.4 mm long, whereas the other two species have 13–15 stamens and styles 2.4–3.8 mm in  P. canoi and 1.9–2.5 mm in  P. sericea .</p><p>Polylepis argentea was first collected by B. Boyle during scientific expeditions carried out in 1997 and 1998 to the isolated Cordillera Vilcabamba where he recorded three species of  Polylepis (Boyle 2001) . The first one he called  Polylepis sp1 and described as “a tree of 4–5 m with rather small silverytomentose leaflets” (specimen Boyle 4149) dominating the fractured forest. A second species of  Polylepis “with fewer, darker green and nearly glabrous leaflets” called  Polylepis cf. sericea (Boyle 4151), occurred patchily within stands of  Polylepis sp1 as well as in monospecific stands. The third species mentioned was  Polylepis cf. pauta (Boyle 4398), described as “a common tall tree (to 25 m high) in the tall hilltop forest.” “The slightly different colours of the foliage of each species of  Polylepis made this gradation obvious even from a distance” (Boyle 2001). Disentangling these three species based on Boyle’ s specimens we assign them as follows:  Polylepis sp1 is  P. argentea,  P. cf. sericea is  P. canoi, and  P. cf. pauta is indeed  P. pauta .</p><p>Additional Specimens Examined —   Peru. — JUNÍN:  Concepcion. Andamarca, 14 Jun 2002, G. Martinez N. 18 (USM) ;   Satipo.Satipo/ La Convencion Cordillera Vilcabamba  Rio Ene slope, near summit of divide, 11°39 ' 30"S 073°40 ' 02"W, 07 Jun 1997, B. Boyle et al. 4149 (USM) ;   Huancayo. Distrito de Santo Domingo de Acobamba. A 5 km de la localidad de  Callanca . 508608, 8699728, 11°45 ' 43"S 074°55 ' 15"W, 12 Oct 2017, H. R. Quispe M. 87 (CUZ, USM, Z)  . —   AYACUCHO: La Mar. Dist. Tambo.  Estera Community,  Sector Muyuorco, 12°54 ' 19"S 073°48 ' 17"W, 29 Jun 2015, T. E. Boza E. et al. 3036 (USM, Z), 3096 (USM, Z), 3097 (USM, Z), 3098 (USM, Z), 3099 (USM, Z), 3100 (USM, Z), 3101 (USM, Z), 3102 (USM, Z), 3103 (USM, Z), 3104 (USM, Z), 3105 (USM, Z), 3106 (USM, Z)  . —   CUSCO: La Convención. Dist. Huayopata.  Abra Málaga, 13°08 ' 05"S 072°19 ' 18"W, 13 Jun 2015, T. E. Boza E. &amp; E. Urquiaga 3032 (USM, Z), 3082 (USM, Z), 3083 (USM, Z), 3084 (USM, Z) ;   Dist. Huayopata.  Localidad Panticalle, Abra Málaga, [13°08 ' 02"S 072°19 ' 32"W], 30 May 2006, J. Toivonen M. &amp; L. Puelles 84 (CUZ), 85 (CUZ), 86 (CUZ), 87 (CUZ) ;   Urubamba. Dist. Ollantaytambo, Huaytampo,  Bosque primario, 13°10 ' 47"S 072°21 ' 10"W, 07 Nov 2002, G. Calatayud et al. 1035 (CUZ, F, MO, USM) ;  Santuario Histórico Machu Pichu, camino Inca, Km 88–112, por puente Ruinas, 13°18’S 072°07’W, 20–21 Jun 1988, P. Nú~ nez V. &amp; A. Pyrke 9204 (MO);   Inkatambo, [13°18 ' 06"S 072°31 ' 44"W], Sep 2002, R. Arce &amp; J. Toivonen M. s.n. (CUZ) ;   Abra Málaga, [13°08 ' 43"S 072°18 ' 09"W], Oct 2002, R. Arce &amp; J. Toivonen M. s.n. (CUZ) ;   Qésqa, [13°17 ' 51"S 072°24 ' 57"W], Oct 2002, R. Arce &amp; J. Toivonen M. s.n. (USM) ;   Inkatambo, 13°18 ' 06"S 072°31 ' 44"W, Sep 2002, R. Arce &amp; J. Toivonen M. s.n. (USM) ;  Distrito Ollantaytambo. Localidad Abra Málaga, [13°09 ' 02"S 072°18 ' 09"W], 29 May 2006, J. Toivonen M. &amp; L. Puelles 15 (CUZ), 16 (CUZ);   Dist. Ollantaytambo. Localidad  Huaytampo, [13°10 ' 31"S 072°21 ' 03"W], 06 Jul 2006, J. Toivonen M. &amp; L. Puelles 95 (CUZ), 96 (CUZ)  .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8354FF3BFF94FF90FCCC5A78B42433EB	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Espinoza, Tatiana Erika Boza;Quispe-Melgar, Harold R.;Kessler, Michael	Espinoza, Tatiana Erika Boza, Quispe-Melgar, Harold R., Kessler, Michael (2019): Taxonomic Reevaluation of the Polylepis sericea Complex (Rosaceae), with the Description of a New Species. Systematic Botany (Basel, Switzerland) 44 (2): 324-334, DOI: 10.1600/036364419X15562052252225, URL: https://doi.org/10.1600/036364419x15562052252225
8354FF3BFF96FF9EFCCC58E0B1F43030.text	8354FF3BFF96FF9EFCCC58E0B1F43030.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Polylepis canoi W. Mend. Revista	<div><p>3.  POLYLEPIS CANOI W.Mend. Revista Peru. Biol. 12(1): 104. 2005.</p><p>TYPE: PERU. Cusco. La Convención,  Cordillera del Vilcabamba, 30 km caminando de la hacienda Luisiana y del R´ıo Apurimac, 3400 m, 17 Jul 1968, T. R. Dudley 11180 (holotype: MO!;  isotypes: NA, F!) .</p><p>Trees 4–7 m tall. Leaves strongly congested at the branch tips, imparipinnate with 3–4(5) pairs of leaflets, obtrullate in outline, (4.0–)7.9–9.4 X (4.2–) 6.7–7.5 cm; rachises densely sericeous, points of leaflet attachment with a tuft of long, straight yellowish hairs, with ferruginous resin at leaflet insertion; stipular sheaths apically acute with spurs, glabrous in both surfaces; leaflets obovate in outline, second pair from the terminal leaflet the largest, one of this pair (2.4–)3.4–3.9 X (0.8–) 1.1–1.5 cm; margin entire to slightly serrate, coriaceous, apically slightly emarginate, basally unequally cordate; upper leaflet surfaces glabrous or with sparse sericeous hairs; lower leaflet surfaces densely sericeous with yellowish hairs 1.3–1.7 mm. long. Inflorescences pendent, 8.2–14.5 cm long, bearing 12–17(26) flowers; floral bracts 7.0– 15.8 mm long, narrowly triangular, densely sericeous on the outer surface; rachises sericeous. Flowers 7.8–11.2 mm diam; sepals 3–4, ovate, green, densely sericeous outside; stamens 13–15, anthers orbicular, with a dense tuft of straight white hairs on the upper half; styles fimbriate, 2.4–3.8 mm long. Fruits turbinate, with variable numbers and placement of flattened spines, densely sericeous; 5.2 X 7.5 mm including spines.</p><p>Distribution and Habitat —  Polylepis canoi is distributed from the central-southeastern Peruvian Andes to the central Bolivian Andes. The species occurs in wet Andean forest at 3300–4275 m elevation. It co-occurs with  P. argentea and  P. pauta in Peru, and with  P. lanata In Bolivia (Fig. 2).</p><p>Conservation Status —The EOO is estimated as 97,613 km 2 and AOO as 68 km 2. The species is known from 14 locations among Peru and Bolivia.  Polylepis canoi would therefore be assigned a conservation status of Near Threatened (NT). A decline in AOO, extent and quality of habitat, number of locations, and number of individuals would therefore be critical for this species.</p><p>Notes —This species was treated as endemic to Peru by Mendoza (2005) when he described the species. Based on the specimens seen by us, we revise its distribution to extend to Bolivia. The specimens from Puno (Peru), and La Paz and Cochabamba (Bolivia), were previously determined as  P. sericea (e.g. Kessler 1995a). Furthermore, the specimen cited by Schmidt-Lebuhn et al. (2006) as first record of  P. pauta for Bolivia is here re-identified as  P. canoi .</p><p>Polylepis canoi seems morphologically closest to  P. ochreata and  P. sericea . However, it has obovate and larger (2.4–3.9 X 0.8–1.5 cm) leaflets than the other two species, which have elliptic and smaller (1.8–2.7 X 0.5–1.0 cm) leaflets. Additionally,  P. canoi has longer hairs (1.3–1.7 mm) than the other two species (0.7–1.2 mm).</p><p>Additional Specimens Examined —   Peru. — CUSCO: La Convención. Usually on eastern slopes c. 30 km walking distance NE from Hacienda Luisiana and the <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-73.5&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-12.5" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -73.5/lat -12.5)">Apurimac River</a>, 12°30’S 073°30’W, 19 Jul 1968, T. R. Dudley 11221 (F, USM)  .—   JUNÍN: Jauja. Distrito Molinos. Comunidad Curimarca, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-75.3&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-11.55" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -75.3/lat -11.55)">Jucha</a>, 11°33’S 075°18’W, 10 Nov 2016, F. N. Ames M. &amp; H. R. Quispe M. s.n. (Z) ;   Satipo. Junin / Cusco Prov. Satipo? La Convencion. Cordillera Vilcabamba. R´ıo <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-73.666664&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-11.65" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -73.666664/lat -11.65)">Ene</a>, slope near summit of divide, 11°39’S 073°40’W, 07 Jun 1997, B. Boyle et al.4151 (USM) ;   Distrito de Pampa Hermosa. Comunidad de Toldopampa, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-74.88333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-11.433333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -74.88333/lat -11.433333)">Tasta</a>, 11°26’S 074°53’W, 04 Oct 2016, F. N. Ames M. &amp; H. R. Quispe M. s.n. (Z)  .   PUNO: Huancasayani, on road to Limbani just east of <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-69.7&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-14.216666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -69.7/lat -14.216666)">Abra Aricoma</a>, 14°13’S 069°42’W, 28 Mar 1987, D. Boertmann 129 (AAU) ; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-69.7&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-14.216666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -69.7/lat -14.216666)">Huancasayani</a> between Abra Aricoma and Limbani, roadside and cultivated areas near houses, 14°13’S 069°42’W, 28 Mar 1987, J. S. Brandbyge 511 (AAU)  .—  Bolivia. — COCHABAMBA: Chapare. Mayka Mayu, I. Hensen 2248 (BOLV, LPB, MO, TEX); <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-65.96667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-17.2" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -65.96667/lat -17.2)">Maycamayu</a>, ca. 60 km N Sacaba, 17°12’S 065°58’W, 11 Aug 1991, M. Kessler), 2874 (GOET), 2875 (GOET), 2877 (GOET), 2878 (AAU), 2879 (GOET, MO), 2880 (GOET)  . —   LA PAZ: Bautista Saavedra,  Area Natural de Manejo Integrado Apolobamba, bajada de  Waricunca, más allá de  Chaka, por el antiguo camino  Sorapata-Apolo, 14°53 ' 19"S 068°47 ' 04"W, 28 Mar 2009, A. F. Fuentes &amp; H. Huaylla 13589 (BOLV, LPB, MA, MO, USZ) ;   Area Natural de Manejo Integrado Apolobamba, sector Chaka, bosque continuo al SE del campamento cerca de la cueva, por el antiguo camino  Laji Sorapata-Apolo, 14°53 ' 32"S 068°47 ' 12"W, 30 Mar 2009, A. F. Fuentes &amp; H. Huaylla 13634 (LPB, MO, QCA, USZ), 13639 (BOLV, LPB, MO, QCA, USZ) ;   Área Natural de Manejo Integrado Apolobamba . Bajada de Wuaricunca, más allá de  Chaka, por el antiguo camino  Hilo-Hilo - Apolo, 14°53 ' 11"S 068°47 ' 04"W, 06 Apr 2009, A. F. Fuentes &amp; S. Achá 13897 (BOLV, LPB, MA, MO, QCA, USZ) ; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-68.78333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-14.883333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -68.78333/lat -14.883333)">Chaka Machay</a> (Laji), 14°53’S 068°47’W, 14 Sep 2002, F. Zenteno 1507 (LPB) ;   Área Natural de Manejo Integrado Apolobamba, Hilo Hilo,  Juchuy Quenua ~ a medio d´ıa de Laji Sorapata., 14°54 ' 52"S 068°48 ' 08"W, 16 Apr 2009, I. Loza et al. 757 (LPB, MO), 775 (BOLV, LPB, MA, MO, USZ), 788 (LPB, MO, QCA, USZ) ;   Area Natural de Manejo Integrado Madidi, Hilo Hilo. Sobre el r´ıo  Tumamayu en la localidad de Laji Sorapata, 14°53 ' 14"S 068°51 ' 52"W, 10 Apr 2009, I. Loza et al. 635 A (LPB, MA, MO), 645 (LPB, MO, QCA, USZ) ;   Franz Tamayo. Bosque de Que ~ nuari, 14°54 ' 31"S 069°01 ' 07"W, 28 Sep 2006, A. Palabral et al. 489 (LPB) ;   Área Natural de Manejo Integrado Apolobamba,  Keara bajo, 14°42 ' 09"S 069°04 ' 35"W, 21 Nov 2007, A. Araujo M. &amp; F. Canqui 4078 (LPB, MO) ;   Parque Nacional Madidi, Puina Viejo, ca. 3 km rio abajo por camino al W del rio.  Matorrales y pajonales de sustitución del bosque de ceja de monte inferior pluvial, 14°34 ' 58"S 069°06 ' 24"W, 21 Jun 2005, A. F. Fuentes et al. 8549 (LPB, MO) ;   Parque Nacional Madidi, entre Queara y Mojos, sector  Mosquito, pajonales secundarios del bosque de yungas en ceja de monte inferior pluvial, en partes manchas de bosques, área muy húmeda en partes con suelos encharcados, 14°39 ' 37"S 068°57 ' 54"W, 26 Feb 2008, A. F. Fuentes &amp; J. Quisbert 12028 (BOLV, LPB, MO, QCA, USZ) ;   Parque Nacional Madidi, Hilo Hilo, arriba de la mina  Kanupata en la localidad de Laji Sorapata, 14°52 ' 28"S 068°51 ' 15"W, 11 Apr 2009, I. Loza, A. T. Fernández C et al. 671 (BOLV, HSB, LPB, MA, MO, NY, QCA, USZ) ;   Área Natural de Manejo Integrado Apolobamba, Hilo Hilo,  Chaka, sobre la senda hacia  Amantala, 14°53 ' 16"S 068°47 ' 16"W, 16 Aug 2009, L. Cayola et al. 3417 (BOLV, LPB, MA, MO, USZ) ;   Senda Pelechuco-Mojo, sector Tambo Quemado, a media hora del campamento siguiendo senda  Pelechuco Moxos, 14°41 ' 03"S 068°58 ' 22"W, 01 May 2003, N. Paniagua Z. et al. 5710 (LPB, MA, MO) ;   Larecaja. Bosque de la localidad de Hirola, pasando  Lipichi, 15°26 ' 41"S 068°10 ' 57"W, 05 Nov 2008, A. Palabral et al. 705 (LPB) ;   Murillo. 8 km after Palca on the road to  Iquico, 10 Nov. 1967, B. S. Vuilleumier 342 (MO)  .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8354FF3BFF96FF9EFCCC58E0B1F43030	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Espinoza, Tatiana Erika Boza;Quispe-Melgar, Harold R.;Kessler, Michael	Espinoza, Tatiana Erika Boza, Quispe-Melgar, Harold R., Kessler, Michael (2019): Taxonomic Reevaluation of the Polylepis sericea Complex (Rosaceae), with the Description of a New Species. Systematic Botany (Basel, Switzerland) 44 (2): 324-334, DOI: 10.1600/036364419X15562052252225, URL: https://doi.org/10.1600/036364419x15562052252225
8354FF3BFF98FF9FFF3E5B25B54E32BF.text	8354FF3BFF98FF9FFF3E5B25B54E32BF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Polylepis ochreata (Wedd.) Bitter	<div><p>4.  POLYLEPIS OCHREATA (Wedd.) Bitter, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 598. 1911.</p><p>Acaena ochreata Wedd., Chlor. And. 2: 240. 1855.</p><p>TYPE: ECUADOR. Prov. Pichincha,  W slopes of Cerro Pichincha, 3600 m, May 1856, Jameson 73 (lectotype, designated by Simpson (1979, p. 28): P;  isolectotypes: A!, G!, GH!, US!; photographs in F!, MO!, US!).</p><p>Polylepis ochreata var. integra Bitter, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 598, fig. 4. 1911.</p><p>TYPE: ECUADOR. Prov. Imbabura, Volcán Mojanda, Mar. 1901, Sodiro s.n. (holotype: FI not seen; isotype: GOET!).</p><p>Polylepis stuebelii Hieron., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 313. 1896.</p><p>TYPE: ECUADOR. Prov. Napo, E slope of Cerro Quilindana ~ near  Bambasacha, 3700 m, Stübel 204 (holotype: B destroyed, photograph in F!, MO!, NY!, US!).</p><p>Polylepis subintegra Benoist, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 81: 326. 1934.</p><p>TYPE: ECUADOR. Prov. Pichincha, W slopes of  Cerro Pichincha,  Taurichupa, 4000 m, 28 Nov 1930 Benoist 3356 (Holotype: P!).</p><p>Trees 4–7 m tall. Leaves strongly congested at the branch tips, imparipinnate with 5–8 pairs of leaflets, obtrullate in outline, 4.3–7.0 X 3.4–4.0 cm; rachises sparsely sericeous, points of leaflet attachment with a tuft of long, straight whitish hairs; stipular sheaths apically acute with spurs, glabrous to sparsely sericeous in the upper surface; leaflets narrowly elliptic in outline, second pair from the terminal leaflet the largest, one of this pair 1.8–2.7 X 0.5–0.7 cm; margin crenate or slightly crenate, coriaceous, apically emarginate, basally unequally cordate; upper leaflet surfaces glabrous or sparsely sericeous with hairs on the midveins; lower leaflet surfaces sparsely sericeous with whitish hairs 0.9–1.2 mm long, most conspicuous on the veins. Inflorescences pendent, 5.8–20.0 cm long, bearing (16–)21–50 flowers; floral bracts 7.6–8.1 mm long, narrowly triangular, densely sericeous on the outer surface; rachises sericeous. Flowers 4.7–8.3 mm diam; sepals 4, ovate, green, densely sericeous outside; stamens 9–15, anthers orbicular, with a dense tuft of straight white hairs on the upper half; styles fimbriate, 1.9–2.5 mm long. Fruits turbinate, with variable numbers and placement of flattened spines, densely sericeous; 1.7–4.1 X 1.8–5.0 mm, including spines.</p><p>Distribution and Habitat —  Polylepis ochreata is distributed in the Andes of Ecuador in Nari~ no, and southernmost Colombia. It occurs at 2500–4030 m elevation in humid montane forest habitats. It often co-occurs with  P. pauta, with which it hybridizes extensively (Romoleroux 1996). Locally, these two species also overlap with  P. incana, and then triple hybrids have been found (Fig. 2).</p><p>Conservation Status —  Polylepis ochreata is preliminarily assessed as LC or NT, based on an area of occupancy (AOO) estimated at 140 km 2 and an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 39,588 km 2 with 24 known locations.</p><p>Notes —We argue that this taxon should be reinstated at species level based on its distinctive morphology characters, including having 5 or more leaflet pairs, glabrous to sparsely sericeous leaf rachises and leaflet margins, and 21–50 flowers per inflorescence.  Polylepis ochreata is most similar to  P. albicans and  P. argentea, with which it shares the elliptic leaflet shape, emarginate apices, and subcordate bases of the leaflets. However, the three species differ in number of leaflet pairs, with  P. ochreata having 5–8 pairs,  P. albicans 4–5, and  P. argentea 3.  Polylepis ochreata has (16)21–50 flowers per inflorescence, whereas  P. albicans has 18–21, and  P. argentea 5–6(–9).</p><p>Additional Specimens Examined —   Colombia. — NARINO ~: Cumbal,  Volcán Nevado Cumbal, N- NE slopes (from the Vereda “Las Vuertas”), 05 Mar 1999 – 09 Mar 1999, D. Stanc´ ık 2752 (COL) ;   Vereda Quilizmal,  Laguna de Cumbal, 02 Nov 2008, R. Cortés &amp; B. Devia 2550 (COL)  .  Ecuador. — AZUAY: W. Jameson s.n. (MO);   Along drinkwater-canal on W-side of <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-78.63333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-0.33333334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -78.63333/lat -0.33333334)">Atacazo</a>, c. 5 km S of Campamento, 00°20’S 078°38’W, 24 Oct 1984, S. Laegaard 53256 (AAU) ;   Bol´ıvar: Guaranda.  Parroquia Salinas . Recorrido entre los  Arrayanes y  Pambabuela . Bosque secundario.  Bosque Húmedo Montano, 01°22 ' 06"S 079°03 ' 47"W, 10 Feb 2005, H. Vargas L et al. 4696 (AAU, K, MO,  QCNE, US).— CARCHI: Km 31 west of Tulcán on road to Maldonado, 00°52’N 077°55’W, 21 Jun 1984, C. A. Todzia &amp; J. W. Grimes 2485 (MO); E. Asplund 17037 (S); Cantón Montúfar. Loma El Corazón (Breta~ na), al sureste de Huaca, al este de la Colonia Huaque~ na. R´ıo Minas. Bosque muy húmedo Montano. Bosque primario; suelos volcánicos, 00°35’N 077°42’W, 9 Apr 1989, G. A. Tipaz 35 (AAU, MO); Carretera Tulcán - Tufi~ no - Maldonado, 12 Oct 1986, K. Romoleroux 189 (AAU, QCA); a 33 km de Tulcán, K. Romoleroux 173 (AAU, QCA); Southern slopes of Volcan Chiles, 00°49’S 077°57’W, 21 Oct 1987, P. M. Ramsay &amp; P. J. Merrow-Smith 911 (QCNE); R. Bensman 418 (MO, WIS); Road Tulcan - Maldonado, near Volcán Chiles.  Polylepis forest and paramo, 00°48’N 077°56’W, 16 Aug 1985, S. Laegaard 54967D (AAU, QCA), 54967E (AAU, QCA), 54967F (AAU, QCA); Volc. Los Chiles, along road 9 km W of Tufi~ no.  Espeletia páramo with a small remain of mountain forest, 00°49’N 077°57’W, 10 Mar 1992, S. Laegaard 101661 (AAU, GOET, QCA); Road Tulcán - Maldonado, near Volcán Chiles.  Polylepis forest and paramo, 00°48’N 077°56’W, 16 Aug 1985, S. Laegaard 54966 (AAU, MO, QCA); S slopes of volcan Chiles, 14–16 km W of Tufi~ no on road to Maldonado; 0–1 km S of the road, 00°47’N 077°57’W, 18 Jan 1988, U. Molau et al. 2536 (AAU, GB, MO, QCA); Tulcán, 33.4 km W of Tulcán on road to Maldonado, Páramo de Chiles on Colombia border, 00°48 ' 19"N 077° 53 ' 03"W, 22 Sep 1979, A. H. Gentry &amp; E. Schupp 26342 (AAU, MO, QCA); Camino Tufi~ no, Sitio Agua Hediondas, en la base del Volcán Chiles, l´ ımite con Colombia. Bosque muy húmedo montano. Bosque secundario. Suelos volcánicos. 00°48’N 077°54’W, 08 Nov 1993, W. A. Palacios 11847 (AAU, MO, QCNE); Carretera entre Tulcán y Maldonado, Faldas del Volcán Chiles; punto más alto del cruce de carretera. Bosque de páramo, 00°45’N 077°59’W, 19 May 1991, W. A. Palacios &amp; D. Rubio 7349 (AAU, MO). COTOPAXI: Quebrada Faldiguera. Hcda. El Pongo. cuadrat. 50x 10 m, 00°41’S 078°45’W, 16 Feb 1991, P. M. JØrgensen et al. 93000 (AAU, MO, QCA).— IMBABURA: W slopes of Volcán Cayambe, 27 Jul 1967, B. Sparre 17789 (AAU, S); Laguna Mojanda, camino, foret ˆd’ altitude, 00°08’N 078°15’W, 1 feb 1996, F. Billiet &amp; B. Jadin 6762 (BR, MO); Road from Otovalo to Laguna Mojanda, collections made along road, 00°10’N 078°20’W - 00°15’N 078°20’W, 22 May 1989, J. F. Smith 1992 (MO); Laguna Mojanda, at the southern part of Laguna Negra, forested slopes near the lake, 00°08’N 078°15’W, 29 Jun 1983, J. S. Brandbyge 42200 (AAU, MO, NY, QCA); K. Romoleroux 339 (QCA); V´ıa hacia la laguna de Mojanda, 02 Nov 1987, K. Romoleroux et al. 475 (AAU, QCA); At road Chauasqui - Merced de Buenos Aires, km 20, near pass, 00°33’N 078°17’W, 10 Dec 1984, S. Laegaard 53475 (AAU, MO, QCA); Otavalo, Forested path to Laguna Mojanda (La v´ıa antiguo a Mojanda por el cementario), Paramo, 00° 10 ' 00"N 078° 15 ' 00"W, 31 Dec 00, J.L. Clark 5820 (QCA, US).— LOJA: Paramo of Fierro Urcu SW of Saraguro, 03°43’S 079°19’W, 21 Nov 1996, B. Øllgaard, G.P. Lewis, P. Lozano &amp; B. Merino 2121 (AAU); Road Loja-Saraguro, 8.5 km N of San Lucas, track to Fierro Urco, km 11, vegetation: tussock grass paramo on 30–40 cm deep black humid soil, with  Polylepis forest in small declivity, 15 Jan 1998, G. P. Lewis &amp; C. E. Hughes 3804 (AAU, MO); Road Loja-Cuenca, km 50, track to Fierro Urco, km 11, vegetation: Grass paramo with pockets of bosque andino, 03°41’S 079°17’W, 25 Oct. 1996, G. P. Lewis &amp; P. Lozano 2724 (AAU, MO); Road Loja-Saraguro, km 52, track to fierro Urco, km 10. Vegetation:  Polylepis forest in small declivity of tussock-grass paramo, 03°42’S 079°18’W, 17 Jan 1997, G.P. Lewis et al. 2932 (AAU, MO); Paramo of Fierro Urcu SW of Saraguro, 03°43’S 079°19’W, 21 Nov 1996, G. P. Lewis et al. 2121 (AAU); J. L. Jaramillo 7332 (QCA); 7335 (GB, QCA); Cerro Chinchilla “Parroquia Celén”, 19 Sep 1984, J. L. Jaramillo 7312 (AAU, GB, MO, NY, QCA); Road San Lucas-Saraguro km 9, turn off to Fierro Urcu, 11 km to the pass, disturbed, previously burnt grass páramo, with patchy Andean forest below. Dry season, 03° 43 ' 03"S 079°19 ' 25"W, 4 Nov 2000, P.M. JØrgensen et al. 2228; Fierro Urco, Saraguro-Loja, Km 12.4 turnoff towards Fierro Urco, Km 23.8,páramo frequently burned, 03°43 ' 10"S 079°19 ' 18"W, 06 Dec 1994, P.M. JØrgensen et al. 1240 (AAU, MO); Fierro Urco, grass paramo 12 km to the left (northbound) from the Panamerican highway, 03°43’S 079°19’W, 09 Jun 1999, P. Sklenár &amp; S. Laegaard 7096 (AAU); Ca 10 km along road to Fierro Urco, in and near a small forest remain with  Polylepis sericea, 03°41’S 079°01’W, 9 Aug 1998, S. Laegaard 19109 (AAU); Ca km 12 along paramo road to Fierro Urco, 03°43’S 079°19’W, 6 Sep 1999, S. Laegaard &amp; P. Sklenár 20279 (AAU).— NAPO: Road Quito-Baeza, 7–8 km NW of Laguna de Papallacta (Páramo de Guaman´ı). Flat boggy depression, adjacent bunch grass páramo and  Polylepis -forest, 00°19’S 078°08’W, 20 Jul 1976, B. Øllgaard &amp; H. Balslev 8156 (AAU, MO, NY); Paso de Guaman´ı, quebrada, about +-4 km E Paso de Guaman´ı, on road to Papallacta, 26 Mar 1967, B. Sparre 15029 (AAU, S); Paramo de Papallacta, exact locality unknown, 12 Jan 2015, M. Kessler s.n. (Z); 3 km E of Paso de la Virgen on road Pifo - Papallacta, 00°20’S 078°11’W, 02 Jun 1985, S. Laegaard 54448 (AAU, MO, QCA); N-side of Volcán Pichincha above Hacienda Yanacocha,  Polylepis forest, 00°07’S 078°34’W, 02 Jun 1985, S. Laegaard 54457 (AAU, MO, QCA). PICHINCHA: Volcán Pichincha, N slopes, road to Hda.Yanacocha from pass on Quito-Nono road, km 7–11.2,rocky banks in scrub forest, 00°07’S 078°33’W, 10 Dec 1991, B. Øllgaard 99187 (AAU); Reserva Yanacocha, Trocha “Inca” 1–600m, 00°06 ' 44"S 078°34 ' 24"W, 11 Jun 2011, C. Ulloa et al. 2171 (MO, QCA); E. Asplund 17103 (S); NW side of Pichincha, F. Fagerlind &amp; P. Wibom s.n. (S); Camino Yanacocha NW of Volcan Pichincha, Montane cloud forest, 00°05’S 078°33’W, 10 Mar 1981, H. Balslev et al.2049 (AAU,MO, NY, QCA); I. Holmgren 664 (S); Yanococha, faldas noroccidentales, 22 Mar 1987, J. L. Jaramillo 9573 (AAU, NY,QCA); 9588 (AAU, QCA); SW-slopes of Volcán Atacazo, Remnants of forest and open parts with tussuck grasses and shrubs, 00°20’S 078°35’W, 28 Oct 1984, J. S. Brandbyge 42837 (AAU, MO, QCA); SW-slopes of Volcán Atacazo, Remnants of forest, mainly  Polylepis,  Oreopanax,  Escallonia,  Gynoxys, 00°20’S 078°35’W, 11 Oct 1984, J. S. Brandbyge 42817 (AAU,MO, QCA); 03 Nov 1987, K. Romoleroux 476 (AAU, QCA); 243 (QCA); 305 (QCA); 245 (NY, QCA); Carretera a San Juan - Atacazo, km 1–12, 00°20’S 078°35’W, 02 Sep 1990, K. Romoleroux 1060 (AAU, QCA); 350 (QCA); K. Romoleroux &amp; A. Freire 1495 (AAU, QCA); Carretera Quito-Nanegalito-Santa Ana del Tablón, desv´ıo Had. Yanacocha km 1–10 desde el desvio, 00°07’S 078°34’W, 06 Dec 1992, K. Romoleroux &amp; A. Freire 1495A (AAU); Laguna Grande de Mojanda, 00°08’N 078°16’W, 30 Jun 1988, K. Romoleroux &amp; S. Laegaard657 (AAU,QCA), 658 (AAU,QCA);Yanacocha.Sector La Despensa. Trasecta de 40 X 20, 00°07 ' 52"S 078° 35 ' 06"W, 14 Feb 2009, K. Romoleroux et al. 5413 (MO, QCA); Corazón, 00°31 ' 53"S 078°39 ' 36"W, L. Sodiro s.n. (AAU); Northern slopes of Cerro Corazón, 2–4 km W of along on the road to Hacienda El Pongo, Montane scrub along road, 00°28’S 078°36’W, 13 May 1979, L. B. Holm-Nielsen 18007 (AAU, MO); Volcán Atacazo, W slope, 17 km from San Juan.  Polylepis forest, 00°20’S 078°38’W, 25 Aug 1980, L.B. Holm-Nielsen &amp; E. Asanza C. 25115 (AAU), 25148 (AAU), 25169 (AAU); Volcán Atacazo, Luis A.Mille 364 (US); R. Benoist 4549 (S);West-side of Volcán Atacazo, along drinkwater-canal, 00°20’S 078°38’W, 11 Aug 1984, S. Laegaard 52639 (AAU,MO,QCA);Páramo de Mojanda, at Laguna Negra and S-side of Laguna Grande, 00°08’N 078°16’W, 14 May 1985, S. Laegaard 54316A (AAU, QCA); Nside of Volcán Pichincha above Hacienda Yanacocha,  Polylepis forest, 00°07’S 078°34’W, 04 Jun 1985, S. Laegaard 54459 (AAU), 54467 (AAU, MO), 54476 (AAU, MO, QCA); Along drinkwater-canal on W-side of Atacazo, c. 5 km S of Campamento, 00°20’S 078°38’W, 28 Oct 1984, S. Laegaard 53259 (AAU), 53260 (AAU); Páramo de Mojanda. at Laguna Negra and S-side of Laguna Grande, 00°08’N 078°16’W, 14 May 1985, S. Laegaard 54331 (AAU, MO, QCA), 54338 (AAU, MO, QCA), 54343 (AAU, MO, QCA); Along drinkwater-canal on Wside of Volcán Atacazo, 00°20’S 078°38’W, 24 Nov 1985, S. Laegaard 55665 (AAU, GOET, MO, QCA); At highest pass on road Mojanda-Tabacundo, 00°07’N 078°15’W, 4 Aug 2001, S. Laegaard et al. 21538B (AAU); about 500 m S of (above) Laguna Grande de Mojanda, 00°08’N 078°16’W, 30 Dec 1987, U. Molau &amp; B. Eriksen 2294 (AAU, GB, QCA); carretera Quito-San Juan-San José de la Victoria, en la cercan´ıa de San José en vegetación de borde de carretero, 00°17 ' 53"S 078°38 ' 20"W, 24 Dec 1987, V. Zak &amp; J. L. Jaramillo 3265 (AAU,GB,MO); carretera Quito-Nono-Tandayapa,desviación a Yanacocha en la localidad de Guanto-pugro, en la hacienda “ Alto Perú ”, en restos de vegetación andina, estribaciones N.O. del Volcán Pichincha, 00°05’S 078°35’W, 17 Nov 1987, V. Zak &amp; J. L. Jaramillo 2946 (AAU, GB, MO).— TABACUNDO: Lagunas Mojanda, manchas de vegetación arbórea en páramo, suelos de origen volcánico, 00°07’N 078°16’W, 30 Jul 1992 – 31 Jul 1992, W. A. Palacios et al. 10210 (AAU, MO), 10239 (AAU, MO).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8354FF3BFF98FF9FFF3E5B25B54E32BF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Espinoza, Tatiana Erika Boza;Quispe-Melgar, Harold R.;Kessler, Michael	Espinoza, Tatiana Erika Boza, Quispe-Melgar, Harold R., Kessler, Michael (2019): Taxonomic Reevaluation of the Polylepis sericea Complex (Rosaceae), with the Description of a New Species. Systematic Botany (Basel, Switzerland) 44 (2): 324-334, DOI: 10.1600/036364419X15562052252225, URL: https://doi.org/10.1600/036364419x15562052252225
8354FF3BFF99FF9CFCA0599DB51036B3.text	8354FF3BFF99FF9CFCA0599DB51036B3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Polylepis sericea Wedd., Chlor. And.	<div><p>5.  POLYLEPIS SERICEA Wedd., Chlor. And. 2: 238. 1857.</p><p>TYPE: VENEZUELA. Mérida, Sierra Nevada, 3500 m, Jun 1847, Funck &amp; Schlim 1546 (lectotype, designated by Simpson (1979, p. 28): P!; isolectotypes: G!, photograph in F!).</p><p>Polylepis hypargyrea Bitter, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 600. 1911.</p><p>TYPE: VENEZUELA. Paramo de la Culata,  Sierra Nevada Moritz 1120 (holotype: B destroyed; isotype: BM!, photograph in F!, GH!).</p><p>Polylepis quindiensis Cuatrecasas, Revista Acad. Colomb. Ci. Exact. 4: 343 0.1941.</p><p>TYPE: COLOMBIA. Caldas, Cordillera Central, W of  Macizo del Quindio,  Nevado del Ruiz, 3400–3500, 5 May 1940, Cuatrecasas 9327 (holotype: COL!; isotypes: BC!, US!).</p><p>Trees 3–7 m tall. Leaves strongly congested at the branch tips, imparipinnate with 3–4 pairs of leaflets, obtrullate in outline, 3.9–4.2 X 2.5–3.8 cm; rachises glabrous, points of leaflet attachment with a tuft of long, straight whitish hairs; stipular sheaths apically acute with spurs, almost glabrous with some hairs at the edges on the outer surfaces and glabrous in the inner surfaces; leaflets elliptic in outline, second pair from the terminal leaflet the largest, one of this pair 1.8–2.1 X 0.8–1.0 cm; margin entire, coriaceous, apically emarginate to retuse, basally unequally cordate; upper leaflet surfaces glabrous; lower leaflet surfaces densely sericeous with whitish hairs 0.7–1.0 mm. long. Inflorescences pendent, 3.3–4.5 cm long, bearing 9–15 flowers; floral bracts 4.1–6.4 mm long, narrowly triangular, densely sericeous on the outer surface; rachises sericeous. Flowers 4.2–8.1 mm diam; sepals 4, ovate, green, densely sericeous outside; stamens 13–15, anthers orbicular, with a dense tuft of straight white hairs on the upper half; styles fimbriate, 1.9–2.5 mm long. Fruits turbinate, with variable numbers and placement of flattened spines, densely sericeous; 4.0–7.4 X 3.4–9.6 mm, including spines.</p><p>Distribution and Habitat —  Polylepis sericea is found in two distinct geographic areas, the Cordillera de Mérida in the Andes of western Venezuela and the Cordillera Central of Colombia in Caldas, Quindio, and Risaralda departments. It grows at 3300–4200 m in humid montane forest, where it is the only species of the genus (Fig. 2).</p><p>Conservation Status —The estimated Extent of Occurrence (EOO) for  Polylepis sericea is 20,856 km 2. The Area of occupancy (AOO) is 84 km 2. This would likely qualify the species as NT.</p><p>Notes —This species can be distinguished from  P. ochreata by the number of leaflet pairs (3–4 vs. 5–8), leaflet margin (entire vs. crenate), leaflet hair density (glabrous above and densely sericeous beneath in  P. sericea vs. glabrous to sparsely sericeous above and sparsely sericeous beneath in  P. ochreata), inflorescence length (3.3–4.5 cm vs. 5.8–20.0 cm), and flower number (9–15 vs. 21–50).</p><p>Additional Specimens Examined —   Colombia. — CALDAS: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-75.36667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=4.9666667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -75.36667/lat 4.9666667)">Cordillera Central</a>, vertiente occidental, vert. sudoeste del Ruiz, El Prisco, páramos, 04°58’N 075°22’W, 05 May 1940, J. Cuatrecasas 9327 (COL) ;   Cordillera central, vertiente occidental ;   cabeceras del r´ıo Otún,  Laguna del Mosquito y plan del Villar, 26 Nov 1946, J. Cuatrecasas 23257 (COL) ;   El Cisne,  Laguna del Otúm, 20 Mar 2009, W. G. Vargas 20063 (COL)  .—   QUINDÍO: Salento, Vereda Cocóra, below <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-75.416664&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=4.75" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -75.416664/lat 4.75)">Nevado del Quindio</a> [Andean forest between 3300–3400 m; subpáramo and   Polylepis -forest between 3500–3900 m;  páramo starting about 3700 m to 3950 m], 04°40’N 075°20’W-04°45’N 075°25’W, 20 May 1989 – 22 May 1989, J. L. Luteyn et al. 12974 (MO) .—   RISARALDA: Pereira. Cordillera central, en el paso de la  Laguna del Otúm hacia la Quebrada Africa, 09 Feb1980, J. M. Jaramillo D. et al. 6276 (COL)  .   Venezuela. — LARA:  Páramo del Jabón, Vertiente Oriental, 3100–3400 m, 2 Nov 1969, Cuatrecasas et al. 28216 (MERF)  .—   MÉRIDA: Caserio Mifafi, camino quebrada de  rio Chama-Caserio Mucumpis a través del páramo Piedra Blanca (entrada por la carretera Apartaderous-Pico Aguila), 14 Aug 1980, B. Stergios 2116 (MO) ;   Páramo seco y húmedo en el sector de Sto,  Domingo de Mucubaj´ı los alrededores de la Laguna de Mucubaj´ı, 29 May 1986, B. Stergios 8378 (MO) ;   Distr. Rangel. Sierra Nevada de Santo Domingo, road between Laguna de Mucubaji and Laguna Negra. Woodsample Uw: U 24380, 7 Mar 1979, E. G. B. Kieft 87 (MO) ;   Carretera hacia Pi ~ nango, páramo  Piedras Blancas, Dtto. Rangel, 03 Mar 1982, G. Aymard et al.1050 (MO) ;   Sierra Nevada, 27 Jul 1934, H. Farenholtz 1927 (GOET); 1833 (GOET) ;   Pico Bolivar, 17 Jan 1968, H. U. E. Walter 443 (GOET) ;  25 Nov 1959, H. G. Barclay 9816 (MO);  3 Dec 1959, H. G. Barclay 9951 (MO);   Sierra Nevada,  Páramo alrededores de La Laguna Verde próximo Picos Humboldt y Bonpland, 4 Dec 1959, H. G. Barclay &amp; P. Juajibioy C. 10034 (COL, MO) ;   Paramos de Laguna Grande, 21 Jan 1929, H. Pittier 13253 (MO) ;   Distrito Rangel, cascada SE of Laguna de Mucubaji and below <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-70.816666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=8.8" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -70.816666/lat 8.8)">Pico Mucu</a> ~ nuque, páramo and  Polylepis Woods, Parque Nacional Sierra Nevada, 08°48’N 070°49’W, 15 Jun 1988, L. J. Dorr &amp; L. C. Barnett 5524 (MO) ;   Margenes del  rio Chama, cerca de Apartadevos, Jul 1971, L. Aristeguieta 7886 (MO) ;   La Nevada,  Hauteur: 11,000, 1817, L. J. Schlim 1546 (MO) ;   E.  Moraine at the head of the valley above L. Mucubaj´ ı, on a small rocky cliff just above and east of the lowest falls, 21 Jul 1972, L. Loveless 1722 (MO) ;   Distrito Justo Brice ~ no, páramo y chirivital en la vertiente NW del  Alto del Totumo, hoya del R´ıo Chirur´ı, a 19.5 km de El Aguila por la carretera a Pi ~ nango, groves of trees at base of rocky cliff with large boulders, 2 Apr 1982, P. E. Berry 3812 (MO) ;   Distrito Justo Brice ~ no, páramo y chirivital en la vertiente NW del  Alto del Totumo, hoya del R´ıo Chirur´ı, a 19.5 km de El Aguila por la carretera a Pi ~ nango, 29 Apr 1982 – 1 May 1982, P. E. Berry &amp; J. A. Gomez 3844 (MO) ;   Quebrada Yoyo, 12 Apr 1930, W. Gehriger 73 (MO) ;   Andes de Merida / Steilhang oberhalb  Laguna Negra, Aug 1958, W. Schwabe s.n. (GOET) ;   Andes de Merida, Jan 1973, W. Schwabe s.n. (GOET) ;   Berghange oberhalb Laguna Negra /  Paramo, W. Schwabe s.n. (GOET) ;   Libertador, Parque Nacional Sierra Nevada, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-71.083336&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=8.55" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -71.083336/lat 8.55)">Loma Redonda Teleférico station</a> and south, 08°33’N 071°05’W, 20 May 1988, L. J. Dorr &amp; L. C. Barnett 5220 (AAU)  .—   TRUJILLO: Mun. Carache, P. N. <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-70.11667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=9.533334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -70.11667/lat 9.533334)">Dinira</a>, arriba de Mesa Arriba, debajo del Pico Cendé, ladera SO, 09°32’N 070°07’W, 1 Apr 1999, R. Duno et al. 767 (MO, VEN)  .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8354FF3BFF99FF9CFCA0599DB51036B3	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. 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