Pseudogynoxys chiribogensis
| Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| PLANTAE |
TRACHEOPHYTA |
MAGNOLIOPSIDA |
ASTERALES |
COMPOSITAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Pseudogynoxys chiribogensis |
| Species Authority: |
K.Afzel. |
Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Data Deficient
ver 3.1
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| Year Published: |
2003 |
| Assessor/s: |
Montúfar, R. & Pitman, N. |
| Reviewer/s: |
Valencia, R., Pitman, N., Léon-Yánez, S. & Jørgensen, P.M. (Ecuador Plants Red List Authority) |
| Contributor/s: |
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Justification:
A subshrub endemic to Ecuador, where it is known from two collections, one at Chiriboga on the western Andean slopes. Appears in the checklist of Peru (Brako and Zarucchi 1993) as a synonym of P. sonchoides; in the Ecuadorian checklist it is treated as a distinct taxon and possibly a hybrid (Nordenstam in Jørgensen and León-Yánez 1999). No specimens of this species are housed in Ecuadorian museums. Habitat destruction is the only known threat to the species.
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Geographic Range
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Habitat and Ecology
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| Habitat and Ecology: |
A subshrub of high Andean forest (1,500–2,000 m).
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| Systems: |
Terrestrial |
| Major Threat(s): |
Habitat destruction.
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Conservation Actions
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| Conservation Actions: |
Not known to occur within any protected areas.
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