Rediscovery of Gasteranthusextinctus L.E.Skog & L.P.Kvist (Gesneriaceae) at multiple sites in western Ecuador

We report the rediscovery of the Critically Endangered cloud forest herb Gasteranthusextinctus, not seen since 1985. In 2019 and 2021, G.extinctus was recorded at five sites in the western foothills of the Ecuadorian Andes, 4–25 km from the type locality at the celebrated Centinela ridge. We describ...

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Autores principales: Pitman, Nigel C. A., White, Dawson M., Andino, Juan Ernesto Guevara, Couvreur, Thomas L. P., Fortier, Riley P., Zapata, José Nicolás, Cornejo, Xavier, Clark, John L., Feeley, Kenneth J., Johnston, Mark K., Lozinguez, Alix, Rivas-Torres, Gonzalo
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9033745/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35586327
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.194.79638
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author Pitman, Nigel C. A.
White, Dawson M.
Andino, Juan Ernesto Guevara
Couvreur, Thomas L. P.
Fortier, Riley P.
Zapata, José Nicolás
Cornejo, Xavier
Clark, John L.
Feeley, Kenneth J.
Johnston, Mark K.
Lozinguez, Alix
Rivas-Torres, Gonzalo
author_facet Pitman, Nigel C. A.
White, Dawson M.
Andino, Juan Ernesto Guevara
Couvreur, Thomas L. P.
Fortier, Riley P.
Zapata, José Nicolás
Cornejo, Xavier
Clark, John L.
Feeley, Kenneth J.
Johnston, Mark K.
Lozinguez, Alix
Rivas-Torres, Gonzalo
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description We report the rediscovery of the Critically Endangered cloud forest herb Gasteranthusextinctus, not seen since 1985. In 2019 and 2021, G.extinctus was recorded at five sites in the western foothills of the Ecuadorian Andes, 4–25 km from the type locality at the celebrated Centinela ridge. We describe the species’ distribution, abundance, habitat and conservation status and offer recommendations for further research and conservation efforts focused on G.extinctus and the small, disjunct forest remnants it occupies.
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spelling pubmed-90337452022-05-17 Rediscovery of Gasteranthusextinctus L.E.Skog & L.P.Kvist (Gesneriaceae) at multiple sites in western Ecuador Pitman, Nigel C. A. White, Dawson M. Andino, Juan Ernesto Guevara Couvreur, Thomas L. P. Fortier, Riley P. Zapata, José Nicolás Cornejo, Xavier Clark, John L. Feeley, Kenneth J. Johnston, Mark K. Lozinguez, Alix Rivas-Torres, Gonzalo PhytoKeys Short Communication We report the rediscovery of the Critically Endangered cloud forest herb Gasteranthusextinctus, not seen since 1985. In 2019 and 2021, G.extinctus was recorded at five sites in the western foothills of the Ecuadorian Andes, 4–25 km from the type locality at the celebrated Centinela ridge. We describe the species’ distribution, abundance, habitat and conservation status and offer recommendations for further research and conservation efforts focused on G.extinctus and the small, disjunct forest remnants it occupies. Pensoft Publishers 2022-04-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9033745/ /pubmed/35586327 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.194.79638 Text en Nigel C. A. Pitman, Dawson M. White, Juan Ernesto Guevara Andino, Thomas L. P. Couvreur, Riley P. Fortier, José Nicolás Zapata, Xavier Cornejo, John L. Clark, Kenneth J. Feeley, Mark K. Johnston, Alix Lozinguez, Gonzalo Rivas-Torres https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Short Communication
Pitman, Nigel C. A.
White, Dawson M.
Andino, Juan Ernesto Guevara
Couvreur, Thomas L. P.
Fortier, Riley P.
Zapata, José Nicolás
Cornejo, Xavier
Clark, John L.
Feeley, Kenneth J.
Johnston, Mark K.
Lozinguez, Alix
Rivas-Torres, Gonzalo
Rediscovery of Gasteranthusextinctus L.E.Skog & L.P.Kvist (Gesneriaceae) at multiple sites in western Ecuador
title Rediscovery of Gasteranthusextinctus L.E.Skog & L.P.Kvist (Gesneriaceae) at multiple sites in western Ecuador
title_full Rediscovery of Gasteranthusextinctus L.E.Skog & L.P.Kvist (Gesneriaceae) at multiple sites in western Ecuador
title_fullStr Rediscovery of Gasteranthusextinctus L.E.Skog & L.P.Kvist (Gesneriaceae) at multiple sites in western Ecuador
title_full_unstemmed Rediscovery of Gasteranthusextinctus L.E.Skog & L.P.Kvist (Gesneriaceae) at multiple sites in western Ecuador
title_short Rediscovery of Gasteranthusextinctus L.E.Skog & L.P.Kvist (Gesneriaceae) at multiple sites in western Ecuador
title_sort rediscovery of gasteranthusextinctus l.e.skog & l.p.kvist (gesneriaceae) at multiple sites in western ecuador
topic Short Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9033745/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35586327
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.194.79638
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