Journal
BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
Volume 18, Issue 9, Pages 2449-2471Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9601-y
Keywords
Ecological niche modelling; Fascicularia; Greigia; Ochagavia; Puya; Tillandsia
Funding
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [ZI 557/6, ZI 55771, SCHU 2426/1-1]
- Hessian initiative for the development of scientific and economic excellence (LOEWE) at the Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F)
- Frankfurt/Main
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Chile is home to 23 species of Bromeliaceae, including 2 subspecies and 4 varieties. Twenty species are endemic to the country. We examined 883 herbarium specimens from 27 herbaria for our treatment of the Bromeliaceae for the Flora de Chile. These data and field observations resulted in a comprehensive database that we used to generate distribution maps for each species. We applied ecological niche modelling to reveal distribution areas and centers of Bromeliaceae diversity. We further analysed the collecting dates of the herbarium specimens to assess possible changes in species abundance. In this study we assess the conservation status of the bromeliad species in Chile. IUCN categories were assigned to the 27 bromeliad taxa as follows: Critically endangered: 4, Endangered: 6, Vulnerable: 11, Near threatened: 2, Least concern: 4. No species has become Extinct up to now. We also put forth a hypothesis about their biogeographic history.
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