Composición florística de las lomas de Queneto: Un área con potencial para la conservación en la región La Libertad, Perú
This study addresses the vascular flora composition of the Queneto lomas ecosystem, a locality lacking floristic information in the Virú province, La Libertad region, northern Peru. A baseline of vascular flora was established based on botanical collections and a review of herbarium samples from the...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | Perú |
| Institución: | Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos |
| Repositorio: | Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/31128 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/rpb/article/view/31128 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Coastal Desert of Peru Lomas formations Echeandia Threatened lomas formations Virú Desierto costero del Perú formaciones de lomas formaciones de lomas amenazadas |
| Sumario: | This study addresses the vascular flora composition of the Queneto lomas ecosystem, a locality lacking floristic information in the Virú province, La Libertad region, northern Peru. A baseline of vascular flora was established based on botanical collections and a review of herbarium samples from the study area. A total of 156 species were identified, distributed across three landscape units, of which 52 are endemic to Peru. New records are also presented, and a new combination in Echeandia (Asparagaceae) is proposed. The diversity of the study area is discussed in comparison with other localities nationwide, and a possible biogeographic connection between the coastal desert and high Andean ecosystems is also considered. A land-use change in the sandbanks is reported, a latent threat that agro-industrial crops pose to endemic lomas species with restricted distribution. The purpose of this study is to draw attention to a fragile ecosystem that clearly requires short and long-term conservation measures. |
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