Carex subsacculata (G.A.Wheeler & Goetgh.) J.R.Starr, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 179: 36 (2015)

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

Carex subsacculata (G.A.Wheeler & Goetgh.) J.R.Starr, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 179: 36 (2015)

Carex subsacculata = Uncinia subsacculata G.A.Wheeler & Goetgh., Aliso 14: 145 (1995).

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 146 ECU-AMA22 (HUTI, UPOS) ; recordNumber: 146; recordedBy: Morales Alonso, A., Jiménez Mejías, P., Masa Iranzo, I; occurrenceID: 146 ECU-AMA22 (HUTI, UPOS); Taxon: scientificName: Carex subsacculata (G.A.Wheeler & Goetgh.) J.R.Starr; Location : country: Ecuador; stateProvince: Pichincha; locality: Reserva Biologica Yanacocha ; verbatimLocality: sendero Andean Snipe ; verbatimElevation: 3620-3796 m; locationRemarks: Pichincha. Reserva Biologica Yanacocha , sendero Andean Snipe , 00°07.3179'S 078°35.1625'W, bosque alto Polylepis spp. Sobre abundante suelo mesófilo de musgos; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: P. Jiménez-Mejías; dateIdentified: 2022; Event: eventDate: 10 Aug 2022; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Taxon discussion

The last of the sect. Carex Uncinia species in our account (see C. ecuadorensis ).

Carex subsacculata was reported in the Ecuadorian Red List (as Uncinia subsacculata ) as vulnerable (VU), despite being known from a single locality, it was located in a protected area (Yanacocha Biological Reserve) in the Province of Pichincha. We confirm the persistence and healthy conservation status of this population despite the recent eruptions of the nearby Pichincha Volcano (last eruption in 2002). Carex subsacculata forms an abundant population in Polylepis forest understorey, at the very top of the Andean Snipe track in the Reserve (Fig. 1 F1,F2,f).

Figures

Figure 1. Representative photos of Carex species (capital letters) mentioned in this work and their habitats (small letters). Carex ecuadorensis: (A, a), Imbabura, Parque Nacional de Cotacachi, type locality. Carex madida: (B, b), Pichincha, Parque Nacional Cayambe-Coca, type locality; (C, c), Carchi, Reserva Ecologica El Angel. Carex punicola: (D, d), Pichincha, Parque Nacional Cotopaxi. Carex sodiroi: (E, e), Pichincha, Reserva Geobotanica Pululahua. Carex subsacculata: (F 1, F 2, f), Pichincha, Reserva Biologica Yanacocha; the specimen in picture F 1 is still inmature, while the one in picture F 2 is fully ripe.