@article{2fb9cb08afee45f791349efedfe783e9,
title = "Living in extreme environments: distribution of Lycium humile (Solanaceae), an endemic halophyte from the Altiplano-Puna region, South America",
abstract = "Very few Solanaceae species are able to grow in saline soils; one of them is Lycium humile. This species is endemic to the Altiplano-Puna region (Central Andes, South America) where there are multiple extreme environmental conditions such as hypersaline soils. Here we present an updated description and distribution of L. humile including its new record for Bolivia at the edges of “Salar de Uyuni”, the largest salt flat in the world; we discuss its ecological role in saline environments by analyzing soil salinity and coverabundance values of the studied sites. According to IUCN criteria, we recommend a category of Least Concern for L. humile, but the growing development of lithium mining in saline environments of the Altiplano-Puna region may potentially threaten exclusive communities.",
keywords = "Andes, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, conservation status, new record, saline soil, salt-tolerant",
author = "Palchetti, {Mar{\'i}a Virginia} and Cantero, {Juan Jos{\'e}} and Vanezza Morales-Fierro and Barboza, {Gloria E.} and Andr{\'e}s Moreira-Mu{\~n}oz",
note = "Funding Information: We thank Alicia Marticorena, Amalia A. Su{\'a}rez, Eva Garc{\'i}a Ib{\'a}{\~n}ez, Gabriel Bernardel-lo, James C. Solomon, Michael Dillon, Nicol{\'a}s Garc{\'i}a Berguecio, Roberto G{\"u}ller, Stephan Beck, and V{\'i}ctor Ardiles for providing information or digital images of specimens. We thank the reviewers and editor for helpful comments. We are very grateful to Javier Palchetti for his assistance in preparing the English version of the manuscript. MVP thanks Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient{\'i}ficas y T{\'e}cnicas (CONICET) for a doctoral fellowship. This work was supported by Secretar{\'i}a de Ciencia y Tec-nolog{\'i}a UNC (Res. 411–18), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient{\'i}ficas y T{\'e}cni-cas (CONICET) Argentina (PIP number 11220170100147CO) and Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Cient{\'i}fico y Tecnol{\'o}gico (Fondecyt Nº 1180211) from Agencia Na-cional de Investigaci{\'o}n y Desarrollo (ANID), Chile. Funding Information: We thank Alicia Marticorena, Amalia A. Su?rez, Eva Garc?a Ib??ez, Gabriel Bernardel-lo, James C. Solomon, Michael Dillon, Nicol?s Garc?a Berguecio, Roberto G?ller, Stephan Beck, and V?ctor Ardiles for providing information or digital images of specimens. We thank the reviewers and editor for helpful comments. We are very grateful to Javier Palchetti for his assistance in preparing the English version of the manuscript. MVP thanks Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient?ficas y T?cnicas (CONICET) for a doctoral fellowship. This work was supported by Secretar?a de Ciencia y Tecnolog?a UNC (Res. 411?18), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient?ficas y T?cnicas (CONICET) Argentina (PIP number 11220170100147CO) and Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Cient?fico y Tecnol?gico (Fondecyt N? 1180211) from Agencia Nacional de Investigaci?n y Desarrollo (ANID), Chile. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 Mar{\'i}a Virginia Palchetti et al. All Rights Reserved.",
year = "2021",
doi = "10.3897/phytokeys.185.71377",
language = "English",
volume = "185",
pages = "1--15",
journal = "PhytoKeys",
issn = "1314-2011",
}