Diversity of the genus Polylepis (Rosaceae, Sanguisorbeae) in the Peruvian Andes

Authors

  • Wilfredo Mendoza Laboratorio de florística, Departamento de Dicotiledóneas, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM). Av. Arenales 1256, Jesús María, Lima 11, Perú.
  • Asunción Cano 1 Laboratorio de florística, Departamento de Dicotiledóneas, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM). Av. Arenales 1256, Jesús María, Lima 11, Perú. 2 Instituto de Investigación de Ciencias Biológicas Antonio Raimondi (ICBAR), Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v18i2.228

Keywords:

Polylepis, diversity, endemics, distribution, Peru.

Abstract

This study provides information on the diversity of Peruvian species of Polylepis. Nineteen (19) species are reported here (more than 70% of the 27 species registered for the whole Andean region). As a result, Peru could be considered as the country with the largest diversity of Polylepis species, in comparison with Bolivia (13), Ecuador (7), Argentina (4), Colombia (3), Chile (2), and Venezuela (1). The species occur in 19 departments of Peru, with the majority of them in Cusco (10) and Ayacucho (8). Species diversity is mostly concentrated in the Peruvian southern Andes (15 species), with the region becoming the potential center of diversification of the genus Polylepis. Regarding their altitudinal distribution, the greatest diversity (18) is found between 3000 and 4000 m.

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Published

08/15/2011

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 2 (2011)

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How to Cite

Mendoza, Wilfredo, and Asunción Cano. 2011. “Diversity of the Genus Polylepis (Rosaceae, Sanguisorbeae) in the Peruvian Andes”. Revista Peruana De Biología 18 (2): 197-200. https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v18i2.228.