Increasing knowledge of the denizens of saline environments through integrative taxonomy: new Argentinian endemic taxa of<i>Liolaemus</i>(Iguania: Liolaemidae) and their evolutionary relationships

Abdala, Cristian Simón; Paz, Marcos Maximiliano; Semhan, Romina Valeria; García, Noelia Elizabeth; Aguilar-Kirigin, Alvaro J.; Farı́as, Marı́a Eugenia; Valladares, Pablo; Poblete, Roberto Gutiérrez; Quipildor, Marcelo; Valdes, Julián; Langstroth, Robert

doi:10.1080/14772000.2020.1844818

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“…In fact, L. humile is the characteristic species of an association and alliance described in Chile ( Luebert and Gajardo 2000 ). At the same time, the branches and leaves of L. humile provide material for the construction of shelters for rodents of the genus Ctenomys ( Rodentia , Ctenomyidae ), and food for lizards of the genus Liolaemus ( Squamata , Liolaemidae ), that feed on the berries, facilitating the dispersal and germination of seeds ( Abdala et al 2021 ). Other South American animals that feed on L. humile , e.g.…”

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Living in extreme environments: distribution of Lycium humile (Solanaceae), an endemic halophyte from the Altiplano-Puna region, South America

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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 cover-abundance 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.

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