Carex madida J.R.Starr, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 179: 34 (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 madida J.R.Starr, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 179: 34 (2015)

Carex madida = Uncinia lacustris G.A.Wheeler, Aliso 14: 141 (1995).

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 110 ECU-AMA22 (HUTI, UPOS) ; recordNumber: 110; recordedBy: Morales Alonso, A., Jiménez Mejías, P., Masa Iranzo, I & Sánchez, E.; occurrenceID: 110 ECU-AMA22 (HUTI, UPOS); Taxon: scientificName: Carex madida J.R.Starr; Location : country: Ecuador; stateProvince: Carchi; locality: Reserva Ecologica El Angel ; verbatimLocality: carretera a las Lagunas Verdes del Volcan Chiles ; locationRemarks: Carchi. Reserva Ecologica El Angel , carretera a las Lagunas Verdes del Volcan Chiles. 00°47.3118'N 077°53.5117W, 3682 m, borde de camino en pajonal con formaciones de Espeletia spp.; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: P. Jiménez-Mejías; dateIdentified: 2022; Event: eventDate: 6 Aug 2022; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: QCA221830 ; recordNumber: 166; recordedBy: V. Yunapanta & S. Chimbolema; occurrenceID: QCA221830; Taxon: scientificName: Carex madida J.R.Starr; Location: country: Ecuador; stateProvince: Carchi; locality: Reserva Ecologica El Angel ; verbatimLocality: Cantones de Tulcán, Espejo y Mira, en la zona de amortiguamiento de la Reserva Ecológica El Ángel; locationRemarks: Carchi. Cantones de Tulcan , Espejo y Mira, en la zona de amortiguamiento de la Reserva Ecológica El Ángel. 00°40'N 77°51W, 3635 m, bosque siempreverde montano alto y páramo de frailejones; georeferenceProtocol: label; Event: eventDate: Oct-08-2011; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: QCA 221804 ; recordNumber: 397; recordedBy: H. Valles & S. Chimbolema; occurrenceID: QCA 221804; Taxon: scientificName: Carex madida J.R.Starr; Location: country: Ecuador; stateProvince: Carchi; locality: Reserva Ecologica El Angel ; verbatimLocality: Cantón Espejo, parroquia de la Libertad; verbatimElevation: 3781 m; locationRemarks: Carchi. Cantón Espejo, parroquia de la Libertad, Reserva Ecológica El Ángel. 00°42'N, 77°52'W, 3781 m,; georeferenceProtocol: label; Event : eventDate: Jun-20-2011; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: QCA 38381 ; recordNumber: 386; recordedBy: P. Ramsay & P.J. Merrow-Smith; occurrenceID: QCA 38381 ; Taxon: scientificName: Carex madida J.R.Starr; Location : country: Ecuador; stateProvince: Chimborazo; locality: Collanes Valley , Paramo de los Altares ; locationRemarks: Chimborazo. Collanes Valley , Páramo de los Altares , 01°40'S 78°24'W, 3900 m, páramo grassland; georeferenceProtocol: label; Event : eventDate: Sep-03-1987; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 118 ECU-AMA22 (HUTI, UPOS) ; recordNumber: 118; recordedBy: Morales Alonso, A., Jiménez Mejías, P., Masa Iranzo, I & Sánchez, E.; occurrenceID: 118 ECU-AMA22 (HUTI, UPOS); Taxon: scientificName: Carex madida J.R.Starr; Location : country: Ecuador; stateProvince: Imbabura; locality: National Park Cotacachi-Cayapas ; locationRemarks: Imbabura. Parque Nacional Cotacachi-Cayapas , 00°19.79'N 078°20.53'W, 3918 m, acequia en pajonal, cerca del camino; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: P. Jiménez-Mejías; dateIdentified: 2022; Event: eventDate: 7 Aug 2022; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 96ECU-AMA22 (HUTI, UPOS) ; recordNumber: 96; recordedBy: Morales Alonso, A., Jiménez Mejías, P., Masa Iranzo, I & Sánchez, E.; occurrenceID: 96ECU-AMA22 (HUTI, UPOS); Taxon: scientificName: Carex madida J.R.Starr; Location : country: Ecuador; stateProvince: Pichincha; locality: National Park Cayambe-Coca ; verbatimLocality: orillas de una pequeña laguna; locationRemarks: Pichincha. Parque Nacional Cayambe-Coca , 00°19.4672'S 078°12.0532'W, 4167 m; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: P. Jiménez-Mejías; dateIdentified: 2022; Event: eventDate: 4 Aug 2022; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 99ECU-AMA22 (UPOS) ; recordNumber: 99; recordedBy: Morales Alonso, A., Jiménez Mejías, P., Masa Iranzo, I & Sánchez, E.; occurrenceID: 99ECU-AMA22 (UPOS); Taxon: scientificName: Carex madida J.R.Starr; Location : country: Ecuador; stateProvince: Pichincha; locality: National Park Cayambe-Coca ; verbatimLocality: en turbera; locationRemarks: Pichincha. Parque Nacional Cayambe-Coca , 00°19.6955'S 078°12.0338'W, 4117 m, en turbera; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: P. Jiménez-Mejías; dateIdentified: 2022; Event: eventDate: 4 Aug 2022; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: QCA 225822 ; recordNumber: 5799; recordedBy: K. Romoleroux & G. Peyre; occurrenceID: QCA 225822; Taxon: scientificNameID: Carex madida J.R.Starr; Location: country: Ecuador; stateProvince: Carchi; locality: Tulcan , Paramo de El Angel ; verbatimElevation: 3778 m; locationRemarks: Tulcán, Páramo de El Ángel, 3778 m; georeferenceProtocol: label; Record Level : collectionID: QCA 225822

Taxon discussion

This species belongs to sect. Carex Uncinia (see C. ecuadorensis ), which remarkably includes three of the four Ecuadorian endemic Carex species (Fig. 1 B,b,C,c).

Carex madida was reported as vulnerable (VU) in the Ecuadorian Red List (as Uncinia lacustris ), based on the known existence of only three localities, all in protected areas (Cayambe-Coca, Cotacachi-Cayapas and Cotopaxi National Parks) in the provinces of Pichincha, Napo and Imbabura, respectively. Here, we report its presence in two additional provinces (Carchi and Chimborazo) and one addition to a protected area (Reserva Ecológica El Ángel). We confirm its persistence in two of the formerly known localities, where it seems abundant. Since the plants occur in Espeletia formations very close to the Colombian border, it is very likely that this species also occurs in the neighbouring country, from which it has not been reported yet.

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.