Chimantaea
| Chimantaea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Wunderlichioideae |
| Genus: | Chimantaea Maguire |
| Type species | |
| Chimantaea mirabilis Maguire | |
| Species | |
|
9 | |
Chimantaea is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae.
This genus of 9 species[1] is endemic to the Pantepui,[2] a biogeographic province on the Guiana Highlands in Venezuela, Guyana, and Brazil.[3] The region is characterized by a pattern of about 50 tepuis, isolated tabletop mountains that arise from the sandstone plateau of the highlands.[3] Tepuis are known for their biodiversity, especially their concentrations of endemic species, and most are still pristine, undisturbed ecosystems.[3] The genus is almost entirely restricted to the Chimantá Massif, a complex of several of these tepuis in Bolívar, Venezuela.[2] There several species of the genus are dominant members of the higher-elevation shrublands, which are known as paramoid vegetation because of their similarity to the páramos of the Andes.[4]
Species include:[1]
- Chimantaea acopanensis
- Chimantaea cinerea
- Chimantaea eriocephala
- Chimantaea espeletoidea
- Chimantaea huberi
- Chimantaea humilis
- Chimantaea lanocaulis
- Chimantaea mirabilis
- Chimantaea rupicola
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chimantaea. The Plant List.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rull, V. (2004). Biogeography of the 'Lost World': a palaeoecological perspective. Earth-Science Reviews 67(1), 125-37.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Désamoré, A., et al. (2010). Biogeography of the Lost World (Pantepui region, northeastern South America): insights from bryophytes. Phytotaxa 9, 254-65.
- ↑ Rull, V. (2004). An evaluation of the Lost World and Vertical Displacement hypotheses in the Chimantá massif, Venezuelan Guayana. Global Ecology and Biogeography 13(2), 141-48.