Hypericum prietoi N. Robson, Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Botany Series 16: 58 (1987)

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

Hypericum prietoi N. Robson, Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Botany Series 16: 58 (1987)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 17ECU-IMI22 (HUTI, MA) ; recordNumber: 17; recordedBy: I. Masa Iranzo, P. Jiménez Mejías, A. Morales Alonso & E. Sánchez; occurrenceID: 17ECU-IMI22 (HUTI, MA); Taxon: scientificName: Hypericum prietoi N. Robson; Location : country: Ecuador; stateProvince: Azuay; verbatimLocality: Carretera Ona-Morasloma ; verbatimElevation: 2822 m; locationRemarks: Azuay. Carretera Ona-Morasloma , 03 26.6385'S 079° 04.5871'W, 2822 m, matorral-pastizal; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: I. Masa-Iranzo; dateIdentified: 2022; Event: eventDate: Jul-29-2022; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Taxon discussion

Hypericum prietoi (Fig. 2 c) is an endemic species of southern Ecuador. It belongs to section Hypericum Brathys (Mutis ex L.f.) Choisy.

This species is listed as endangered (EN) in the Ecuadorian Red List. Threats associated with its conservation status include overgrazing and burning. Hypericum prietoi has only been collected once at the type locality, in 1945. Our observation is the second known collection of the species. We provide the coordinates of the only specimen found.

Figures

Figure 2. Representative Ecuadorian Hypericum species (capital letters) mentioned in this work and their habitats (small letters). Hypericum acostanum: A & a, Loja, Celica-Guachanama road. Hypericum matangense: B & b Morona-Santiago, Paramo de Matanga. Hypericum prietoi: c Azuay, Ona-Morasloma road. Hypericum sprucei: D & d Carchi, Reserva Ecologica El Angel.