Living in extreme environments: distribution of Lycium humile (Solanaceae), an endemic halophyte from the Altiplano-Puna region, South America

Very few Solanaceae species are able to grow in saline soils; one of them is Lycium humile. This species is endemic to the Altiplano-Puna region (Central Andes, South America) where there are multiple extreme environmental conditions such as hypersaline soils. Here we present an updated description...

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Autores principales:	María Virginia Palchetti, Juan José Cantero, Vanezza Morales-Fierro, Gloria E. Barboza, Andrés Moreira-Muñoz
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Publicado:	Pensoft Publishers 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c609ae5f03ab4eff819721ab177140172021-11-10T04:31:10ZLiving in extreme environments: distribution of Lycium humile (Solanaceae), an endemic halophyte from the Altiplano-Puna region, South America10.3897/phytokeys.185.713771314-2003https://doaj.org/article/c609ae5f03ab4eff819721ab177140172021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/71377/download/pdf/https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/71377/download/xml/https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/71377/https://doaj.org/toc/1314-2003Very few Solanaceae species are able to grow in saline soils; one of them is Lycium humile. This species is endemic to the Altiplano-Puna region (Central Andes, South America) where there are multiple extreme environmental conditions such as hypersaline soils. Here we present an updated description and distribution of L. humile including its new record for Bolivia at the edges of “Salar de Uyuni”, the largest salt flat in the world; we discuss its ecological role in saline environments by analyzing soil salinity and cover-abundance values of the studied sites. According to IUCN criteria, we recommend a category of Least Concern for L. humile, but the growing development of lithium mining in saline environments of the Altiplano-Puna region may potentially threaten exclusive communities.María Virginia PalchettiJuan José CanteroVanezza Morales-FierroGloria E. BarbozaAndrés Moreira-MuñozPensoft PublishersarticleBotanyQK1-989ENPhytoKeys, Vol 185, Iss , Pp 1-15 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Botany QK1-989 María Virginia Palchetti Juan José Cantero Vanezza Morales-Fierro Gloria E. Barboza Andrés Moreira-Muñoz Living in extreme environments: distribution of Lycium humile (Solanaceae), an endemic halophyte from the Altiplano-Puna region, South America
description	Very few Solanaceae species are able to grow in saline soils; one of them is Lycium humile. This species is endemic to the Altiplano-Puna region (Central Andes, South America) where there are multiple extreme environmental conditions such as hypersaline soils. Here we present an updated description and distribution of L. humile including its new record for Bolivia at the edges of “Salar de Uyuni”, the largest salt flat in the world; we discuss its ecological role in saline environments by analyzing soil salinity and cover-abundance values of the studied sites. According to IUCN criteria, we recommend a category of Least Concern for L. humile, but the growing development of lithium mining in saline environments of the Altiplano-Puna region may potentially threaten exclusive communities.
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author	María Virginia Palchetti Juan José Cantero Vanezza Morales-Fierro Gloria E. Barboza Andrés Moreira-Muñoz
author_facet	María Virginia Palchetti Juan José Cantero Vanezza Morales-Fierro Gloria E. Barboza Andrés Moreira-Muñoz
author_sort	María Virginia Palchetti
title	Living in extreme environments: distribution of Lycium humile (Solanaceae), an endemic halophyte from the Altiplano-Puna region, South America
title_short	Living in extreme environments: distribution of Lycium humile (Solanaceae), an endemic halophyte from the Altiplano-Puna region, South America
title_full	Living in extreme environments: distribution of Lycium humile (Solanaceae), an endemic halophyte from the Altiplano-Puna region, South America
title_fullStr	Living in extreme environments: distribution of Lycium humile (Solanaceae), an endemic halophyte from the Altiplano-Puna region, South America
title_full_unstemmed	Living in extreme environments: distribution of Lycium humile (Solanaceae), an endemic halophyte from the Altiplano-Puna region, South America
title_sort	living in extreme environments: distribution of lycium humile (solanaceae), an endemic halophyte from the altiplano-puna region, south america
publisher	Pensoft Publishers
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/c609ae5f03ab4eff819721ab17714017
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Living in extreme environments: distribution of Lycium humile (Solanaceae), an endemic halophyte from the Altiplano-Puna region, South America

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