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Polylepis tarapacana

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Internal ID UUID64403fa2d4d54765029766
Scientific name Polylepis tarapacana
Authority Phil.
First published in Verz. Antofagasta Pfl. : 21 (1891)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Polylepis tarapacana var. sajamensis Bitter Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 654 (1911)
Polylepis tarapacana var. brevifilamentosa Bitter Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 654 (1911)
Polylepis tarapacana var. pycnolopha Bitter Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 654 (1911)
Polylepis tarapacana var. multisquama Bitter Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 654 (1911)
Polylepis tarapacana var. multisquama Bitter Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 654 (1911)

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Language Common/alternative name
Spanish queñoa de altura
Quechua puna qiwuña

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  • Southern America
    • Southern South America
      • Chile North
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001004664
Tropicos 27800742
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:206526-2
Open Tree Of Life 213658
NCBI Taxonomy 211870
IUCN Red List 32050
IPNI 206526-2
iNaturalist 442376
GBIF 5370572
USDA GRIN 29287
Wikipedia Polylepis_tarapacana

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Characterization of Polylepis tarapacana Life Forms in the Highest-Elevation Altiplano in South America: Influence of the Topography, Climate and Human Uses López VL, Bottan L, Martínez Pastur G, Lencinas MV, Cuyckens GA, Cellini JM Plants (Basel) 28-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10180703
doi:10.3390/plants12091806
PMID:37176864
Hydroclimatic record from an Altiplano cushion peatland (24°S) indicates large-scale reorganisation of atmospheric circulation for the late Holocene Lücke A, Kock S, Wissel H, Kulemeyer JJ, Lupo LC, Schäbitz F, Schittek K PLoS One 10-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9648708
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0277027
PMID:36355747
Chromosome-level genome assemblies of four wild peach species provide insights into genome evolution and genetic basis of stress resistance Cao K, Peng Z, Zhao X, Li Y, Liu K, Arus P, Fang W, Chen C, Wang X, Wu J, Fei Z, Wang L BMC Biol 13-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9195245
doi:10.1186/s12915-022-01342-y
PMID:35698132
The Widened Pipe Model of plant hydraulic evolution Koçillari L, Olson ME, Suweis S, Rocha RP, Lovison A, Cardin F, Dawson TE, Echeverría A, Fajardo A, Lechthaler S, Martínez-Pérez C, Marcati CR, Chung KF, Rosell JA, Segovia-Rivas A, Williams CB, Petrone-Mendoza E, Rinaldo A, Anfodillo T, Banavar JR, Maritan A Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 26-May-2021
PMCID:PMC8179198
doi:10.1073/pnas.2100314118
PMID:34039710
Environmental effects of ozone depletion and its interactions with climate change: Progress report, 2016 Andrady A, Aucamp P, Austin A, Bais A, Ballaré C, Barnes P, Bernhard G, Björn L, Bornman J, Congdon N, Cory R, Flint S, de Gruijl F, Häder D, Heikkilä A, Hylander S, Longstreth J, Lucas R, Madronich S, McKenzie R, Neale P, Neale R, Norval M, Pandey K, Paul N, Raut M, Redhwi H, Robinson S, Rose K, Solomon K, Sulzberger B, Wängberg S, Williamson C, Wilson S, Worrest R, Young A, Zepp R Photochem Photobiol Sci 15-Feb-2017
PMCID:PMC6400464
doi:10.1039/c7pp90001e
PMID:28124708
Small-Scale Habitat-Specific Variation and Adaptive Divergence of Photosynthetic Pigments in Different Alkali Soils in Reed Identified by Common Garden and Genetic Tests Qiu T, Jiang L, Li S, Yang Y Front Plant Sci 05-Jan-2017
PMCID:PMC5216671
doi:10.3389/fpls.2016.02016
PMID:28111586
Coupled Socio-Environmental Changes Triggered Indigenous Aymara Depopulation of the Semiarid Andes of Tarapacá-Chile during the Late 19th-20th Centuries Lima M, Christie DA, Santoro MC, Latorre C PLoS One 25-Aug-2016
PMCID:PMC4999284
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0160580
PMID:27560499
Photosynthetic responses of trees in high-elevation forests: comparing evergreen species along an elevation gradient in the Central Andes García-Plazaola JI, Rojas R, Christie DA, Coopman RE AoB Plants 22-May-2015
PMCID:PMC4512032
doi:10.1093/aobpla/plv058
PMID:26002745
Elevational patterns of Polylepis tree height (Rosaceae) in the high Andes of Peru: role of human impact and climatic conditions Kessler M, Toivonen JM, Sylvester SP, Kluge J, Hertel D Front Plant Sci 09-May-2014
PMCID:PMC4023064
doi:10.3389/fpls.2014.00194
PMID:24847343
Reconsidering the generation time hypothesis based on nuclear ribosomal ITS sequence comparisons in annual and perennial angiosperms Soria-Hernanz DF, Fiz-Palacios O, Braverman JM, Hamilton MB BMC Evol Biol 29-Dec-2008
PMCID:PMC2637270
doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-344
PMID:19113991
Tree-line changes along the Andes: implications of spatial patterns and dynamics Young KR, León B Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 19-Dec-2006
PMCID:PMC2311430
doi:10.1098/rstb.2006.1986
PMID:17255035

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