Carex toreadora
| Carex toreadora | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Section: | Carex sect. Ovales |
| Species: | C. toreadora |
| Binomial name | |
| Carex toreadora Steyerm. | |
Carex toreadora is a little-known species of sedge from Ecuador. It was described in 1964 by the prolific plant collector Julian A. Steyermark,[1] having been collected in 1943 at an altitude of 3,785–3,900 metres (12,418–12,795 ft) in Azuay Province.[2] There it grew in "moist mossy boggy places bordering [an] alpine lake".[2] No further collections have ever been made, and the species is listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List.[3] It is classified in Carex sect. Ovales, and is thought to be closely related to species such as Carex mandoniana and Carex macloviana.[2]
References
- ↑ Mary Susan Taylor (1989). "Plant taxa described by Julian A. Steyermark". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 76: 652–780. doi:10.2307/2399648.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Julian A. Steyermark (1964). "Notes on Ecuador plants". Phytologia 9 (6): 337–350.
- ↑ N. Pitman (2004). "Carex toreadora". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved August 21, 2007.