Check List 19(6): 839-845, doi: 10.15560/19.6.839

On the distribution and conservation of Sievekingia hirtzii Waldvogel (Orchidaceae, Stanhopeinae): first records from Colombia

Natalia Rodríguez-S^‡, Albeiro Rojas-P^‡, Alejandro Lizcano^‡, Edwin Trujillo Trujillo^‡, Oscar Perdomo^§|

‡ Universidad de la Amazonía, Florencia, Colombia§ Universidad de Boyacá, Boyacá, Colombia| niversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Corresponding author: Oscar Perdomo ( oscarperdomobaez@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Juliana de Paula-Souza

This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Citation: Rodríguez-S N, Rojas-P A, Lizcano A, Trujillo ET, Perdomo O (2023) On the distribution and conservation of Sievekingia hirtzii Waldvogel (Orchidaceae, Stanhopeinae): first records from Colombia . Check List 19(6): 839-845. https://doi.org/10.15560/19.6.839

Abstract

We newly report two populations of the orchid Sievekingia hirtzii in the Andean–Amazonian foothills of Caquetá, Colombia. Following the B criterion of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, we propose the categorization of this species as Endangered, due to its small Area of Occupancy and Extent of Occur-rence, the limited number of populations, and habitat fragmentation and degradation caused by the expansion of agriculture. Additionally, we propose actions for in situ and ex situ conservation of this orchid, including habitat protection and cultivation in botanical gardens.

Keywords

Andes, Amazonia, Caquetá, foothills, risk of extinction