Check List 10(3): 689-691, doi: 10.15560/10.3.689
Using species distribution models as a tool to discover new populations of Phaedranassa brevifolia Meerow, 1987 (Liliopsida: Amaryllidaceae) in Northern Ecuador
Nora H. Oleas‡, Alan W. Meerow§, Kenneth J. Feeley|, Jennifer Gebelein¶, Javier Francisco-Ortega|‡ Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica; Florida International University; Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Ecuador§ USDA-ARS-SHRS, National Germplasm Repository, United States of America| Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica; Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Ecuador¶ Florida International University, United States of America
Corresponding author: Nora Oleas ( noraoleas@gmail.com ) © 2017 Nora Oleas, Alan Meerow, Kenneth Feeley, Jennifer Gebelein, Javier Francisco-Ortega. 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:
Oleas N, Gebelein J, Meerow A, Feeley K, Francisco-Ortega J (2014) Using species distribution models as a tool to discover new populations of Phaedranassa brevifolia Meerow, 1987 (Liliopsida: Amaryllidaceae) in Northern Ecuador. Check List 10(3): 689-691. https://doi.org/10.15560/10.3.689 |  |
Abstract
Phaedranassa brevifolia Meerow (1987) is an endangered plant species endemic to Ecuador. Until recently, this species was only known by the type location and four other adjacent subpopulations in a restricted area of less than four km2. We combined geo-referenced occurrences of this species and bioclimatic variables to generate a prospective species distribution model. Using the resulting map as a guide for field work, we found three new populations of P. brevifolia, increasing its geographic distribution to 16 km2.
Keywords
Liliopsida; Amaryllidaceae