Rediscovery of Gasteranthus extinctus L.E.Skog & L.P.Kvist (Gesneriaceae) at multiple sites in western Ecuador

Nigel C.A. Pitman; Dawson M. White; Juan Ernesto Guevara Andino; Thomas L.P. Couvreur; Riley P. Fortier; José Nicolás Zapata; Xavier Cornejo; John L. Clark; Kenneth J. Feeley; Mark K. Johnston; Alix Lozinguez; Gonzalo Rivas-Torres

doi:10.3897/phytokeys.194.79638

Rediscovery of Gasteranthus extinctus L.E.Skog & L.P.Kvist (Gesneriaceae) at multiple sites in western Ecuador

Nigel C.A. Pitman^*
, Dawson M. White
, Juan Ernesto Guevara Andino
, Thomas L.P. Couvreur
, Riley P. Fortier
, José Nicolás Zapata
, Xavier Cornejo
, John L. Clark
, Kenneth J. Feeley
, Mark K. Johnston
, Alix Lozinguez
, Gonzalo Rivas-Torres

^*Corresponding author for this work

Field Museum of Natural History
Universidad de las Americas - Ecuador
CNRS)
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
University of Miami
Universidad de Guayaquil
The Lawrenceville School

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Abstract

We report the rediscovery of the Critically Endangered cloud forest herb Gasteranthus extinctus, not seen since 1985. In 2019 and 2021, G. extinctus was recorded at five sites in the western foothills of the Ecuadorian Andes, 4–25 km from the type locality at the celebrated Centinela ridge. We describe the species’ distribution, abundance, habitat and conservation status and offer recommendations for further research and conservation efforts focused on G. extinctus and the small, disjunct forest remnants it occupies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	33-46
Number of pages	14
Journal	PhytoKeys
Volume	194
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.194.79638
State	Published - 2022

Keywords

Andes
Centinela
Chocó
Cloud forest
Endemic
Extinction
Inaturalist
Tropical forest

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Pitman, N. C. A., White, D. M., Andino, J. E. G., Couvreur, T. L. P., Fortier, R. P., Zapata, J. N., Cornejo, X., Clark, J. L., Feeley, K. J., Johnston, M. K., Lozinguez, A., & Rivas-Torres, G. (2022). Rediscovery of Gasteranthus extinctus L.E.Skog & L.P.Kvist (Gesneriaceae) at multiple sites in western Ecuador. PhytoKeys, 194, 33-46. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.194.79638

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Rediscovery of Gasteranthus extinctus L.E.Skog & L.P.Kvist (Gesneriaceae) at multiple sites in western Ecuador

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