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LITTLE-KNOWN CRASSULACEAE OF CENTRAL PERU

Author(s) GUILLERMO PINO

Source Haseltonia Number 1255-66 2006

Published By Cactus and Succulent Society of America

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Haeltonia 12 55ndash66 2006 55

1 Echeveria excelsa (Diels) A Berger

Echeveria excelsa (DielS ) a BeRGeR In Engl amp Prantl Pfanzenam ed 2 18a 473 1930Pellnitz in Fedde Repert Vl 39 p 217 1936Macbride Flora o Peru Vl XIII Part II N

3 1014 1938Cotyledon excelsa DielS In Englers Botan Jahrbuch

37 412 1906Type Ancash inter Samanco et Caraz inra prae-

dius Cajabamba in rupibus 3300ndash3400 m for maj 1903 (Weberbauer 033149 B)

A succulent glabrous herb with usually a single(ndash3) rosette (Fig 1) Roots tuberous 02ndash06 cmthick light gray to white Stem (07ndash) 17ndash3 cmdiam (5ndash) 18ndash20 cm lng rarely branched erector slightly decumbent Rosette (11ndash) 14ndash22 cmdiameter Leaves 15ndash24 sessile succulent hori-zontally fat obovate (6ndash) 9ndash13 (ndash15) cm long3ndash45 cm wide 2 cm rom apex 35ndash5 (ndash6) cm wide at middle (13ndash) 17ndash25 cm wide at base5ndash7 mm thick acute with a minute tr iangular mucr 05ndash1 mm lng 1ndash2 mm wide smetimesrecurved upper side fat t slightly cncave greenlwer side cnvex light green keeled with a red-dish blush margins smth but aceted near apex

when yung (Fig 2)Flwering stem a simple spike rarely 2 erect

40ndash75 (ndash120) cm lng 08ndash11 mm diam at base4ndash6 mm diam at apex light green near base red-

dish twards apex r becming paler just at thetip (Fig 3) Peduncular bracts 12ndash19 present nly in the proximal two thirds oblong-lanceolate35ndash5 cm long 17ndash22 (ndash25) cm wide 5ndash6 mmthick bright green Flwers 22ndash26 appearing rmMarch to May only in the distal third 2ndash21 cm

long and 09ndash12 cm diam bright red with onelanceolate bracteole spurred or trilobed at base06ndash08 mm lng and 3ndash35 mm wide green Pedi-cels absent or very short Calyx lobes united atbase erect sepals lanceolate acute 4ndash5 (ndash7)mm long 3ndash35 mm wide bright green Corolla

vid pentagnal 9ndash10 mm thick near base petalsvate-blng acuminate 13ndash2 cm lng 4ndash7 mm wide uter surace red r yellwish keeled apexuncinate recurving utwards inner surace light

yellow Stamens 10 the 5 epipetalous 8ndash9 mmlng the antesepalus 10ndash12 mm lng lamentscream 08 mm thick at base gradually tapering t02 mm Anthers vid yellw 3ndash4 mm lng and15ndash16 mm wide Gynecium vid 8ndash10 mm lng6ndash7 mm thick Carpels 5 greenish white Styles4ndash5 mm lng parallel almst tuching each therreddish near the tip stigma red (Fig 4)

PERU Dept Ancash Prv Huaylas Dist MatldquoSangra Btejardquo rad rm Cajabamba Alta t Caja-bamba Baja on rocky south-acing 45deg slopes100 m belw the rad n sil amng grasses andlow shrubs 3540 m 09deg06 28˝ S 77deg56 36˝ W

Apr 14 2006 G Pino 1665 (USM 210899 neo-type ) Dist Pamparmaacutes Huascaraacuten Natinal Parktrail between Auquispuquio and Cerro Cunka3400 m 08deg50acute S 77deg59acute W Apr 10 1985 Donald

N Smith and others 12118 (USM 102726) ProvHuaraz Dist Cochabamba 10 km by road romCochabamba open dwar orest o Escalloniaresinosa and Myrcianthes quinqueloba western

Andean slpes 2870 m 09deg27acute

S 77deg51acute

W June06 1985 Donald N Smith and others 10948 (USM 102775)

Diels described this species as Cotyledon excelsa in 1906 rm a plant cllected by August Weber-

Abstract Six little-knwn Crassulaceae rm central Peru are discussed (1) Echeveria excelsa thelargest species this genus in Peru is und r the rst time at its type lcality since Weberbauerrsquos

visit in 1906 and a new type is designated r it (2) Sedum andinum is perhaps the smallest Sedum species in Peru it has a lmst spherical leaves and its red-and-white fwers are dicult t bserve(3) Sedum incarum (B all ) p ino is a new cmbinatin r Villadia incarum its infrescence is anobscure and variable cyme which earlier may have been misinterpreted as a raceme (4) Sedumdecipiens has been re-collected or the rst time since its discovery It is rare in habitat and has adistinctive infrescence rming a diuse mnchasium (5) Sedum renzopalmae pino is presentedas a new species with yellw fwers (6) Villadia virgata remains as the nly valid species Vil-

ladia in Peru thugh there is evidence that ther species may exist

Key words Crassulaceae Echeveria Sedum Villadia

little-known crassulaceae oF central Peru

GUILLERMo PINo

6 de Agst 1146 Lima 11 Perugpinihtmailcm gpinamautarcpnetpe



56 PINOmdashCRASSULACEAE OF CENTRAL PERU

bauer (W 3149 B) Later revisins Cotyledonexcluded New World species and C excelsa

was transerred t Echeveria by Berger in 1930The type no longer exists and was probably de-stroyed during World War II as mentioned by

Walther (1972) Luckily a pht was cnservedat the Field Museum in Chicago (F 18250) andhas been cnsidered as the lecttype until nwThe locality described by Diels is vague ldquoDept

Ancash between Samanc and Caraz belw estateCajabamba in rocks between 3300 and 3100 mrdquo

Samanc is a small prt alng the Pacic oceanand Caraz is a city in the Andes by the Santa River at 2300 m Between those two places there areseveral towns including Nepentildea Jimbe MoroPamparomaacutes and Huata at various altitudes

Caraz lies in the s-called ldquoCallejoacuten de Huaylasrdquoa beautiul valley between tw muntain chainsCrdillera Negra t the west and Crdillera Blancat the east The latter range is s-cal led becauseo its permanently snow-covered peaks one o

which the Huascaraacuten summit at 6768 m is the

Figure 1 E excela ex situ Figure 2 Young E excela in habitat Figure 3 Detail o the inforescence andfowers o E excela Figure 4 Detail o (above let to right) gynoecium fower section complete fower withbractlet bract (beneath) lea Figure 5 Huascaraacuten summit the highest peak in Peruacute on the road to the typelocality Figure 6 E excela mature plant in habitat

1 2 3

4

5 6



HASELTONIA 12 2006 57

highest mountain in Peru (Fig 5) In our rstattempt to reach this locality we traveled romthe cast trying t reach the altitude mentinedbut the rad ascended slwly and sn wrsenedso we decided to go in the opposite direction

starting rom Caraz First we traveled north onthe highway until we ound a westbound roadthat ascended quickly t the twn Huata Ater reaching the summit o the Cordillera Negra at4350 m we observed the rare and endangeredsucculent bromeliad Puya raimondii h aRmS at4270 m Then we were surprised t learn that atwn called Cajabamba actually existed thugh itis nt mentined n the usual maps Ater a quick but utile search n the utskirts the twn wedecided t travel n t Pamparmaacutes A dense gmade it even more dicult to nd plants and

we were coming back when we decided to ask

the lcals abut it Lucki ly a man called JbinTemple knew this plant and even had a cllectedspecimen that he shwed us The place where itgrws is nt easy t reach we had t climb dwna hill by the rad t discver that the plants arenot common there either (Fig 6) The plant islocally called ldquoSiemprevivardquo probably becausethe Spaniards wh rst saw it recalled the relatedEurpean genus Sempervivum Plants are usedor medicinal purposes as are other Peruvianecheverias

Echeveria excelsa is very similar to the re-cently described E andicola pino (2005) sharing

with it the shape the lea and its apical mucrThe latter species is easily distinguished because its smaller leaves and scapes smal ler fwersand cnspicuus pedicels Accrding t Walther (1972) E excelsa belngs t Series Elatae because its tall equi lateral infrescences presence bracteles evident stem and large rsulate leaves

As the type was destroyed probably burned inthe bombing o the Berlin-Dahlem herbarium

we designate a netype r it

2 Sedum andinum B All

Sedum andinum B all J Linneacute Society 22 371885

Villadia andina (B all ) B aehni amp J F m acBRiDeCandollea 7 285 1937 Macbride Flora o Peru Vl XIII Part II N3 1010 1938

Sedum backebergii von poellnitz In Fedde Repert Vl 44 p 95 1939

Type Iter Australi Americanum Ex rupestribus Andium Peruviae juxta pagum Chicla 3800 m J Ball sn April 21ndash24 1882 (K 685)

A succulent glabrous herb caespitose much branched rm the base 3ndash7 cm tall tuts 6ndash9 (ndash25)

cm diam Stem 15ndash2 mm diam at base 6ndash10 cmlong gray brownish decumbent Branches (3ndash)5ndash20 erect or slightly decumbent 2ndash5 cm longstem 07ndash15 mm diam gray-greenish Leaves suc-culent spirally attached t stem imbricate sessilehal-clasping the stem spherical t slightly vid

2ndash35 mm lng 15ndash25 mm wide 15ndash25 mm thickobscurely acute upper and lower sides convexdull green t reddish margins btusely angulate

with a reddish blush (Fig 7)Infrescence a terminal very small cyme Flw-

ers 1ndash3 (ndash4) appearing rm March t May Apicalpedicels absent almst unnticeable in lwer fw-ers r very shrt Flwer buds 2 times 2 mm brwnish red Bracteole replaced by a normal lea Sepalsvid 25ndash3 mm lng 1ndash12 mm wide inner sidecncave dark green Petals lancelate-rhmbicalacute united at base 35ndash4 mm long 2ndash25 mm

wide outer surace with a greenish-white keelcrimsn red alngside keel white at margins inner surace red at margins with a white central verti-cal stripe and apex Stamens 10 the 5 epipetalus15 mm long the antesepalous 18 mm long la-ments white Anthers vid yellw 03 times 04 mm

Gynecium vid 2 times 3 mm Carpels 5 red Stylescream-pinkish 1ndash15 mm lng stigma white

PERU Dept Lima Prv Huarchiri Dist Chiclatwn Chicla n rcky slpe beside Restaurant

ldquoArnldrdquo Central Peruvian Highway km 107 acingnrth grwing with Peperomia verruculosa D ahl

Echeveria chiclensis (B all ) BeRGeR var chiclensis3730 m 11deg42acute18˝ S 76deg16 05˝ W Apr 6 2006 G

Pino 1642 (USM 210895 neotype ) (Fig 8) DistSan Mate Anchi II Bridge n west-acing banks Anchi River 50 m suth rm Central PeruvianHighway km 99 growing with Peperomia galioides k Unth P sp a peruviana Echeveria chi -

clensis (B all ) BeRGeR var chiclensis and Sedumincarum 3400 m 11deg44acute S 76deg15acute W Apr 6 2006G Pino 1647 (USM 210897) Central PeruvianHighway km 85 t the east abve Matucana Sept17 1954 P C Hutchison 621 (UC 1350610) Dept Ancash Prov Bolognesi Tallenga between Rac-rochaca and Pachapaque 3600ndash3700 m May 171950 E Cerrate 665 (UC 143331)

This species was described as a Sedum based nspecimens collected at Chicla by Ball in 1882

Ater having been transerred to Villadia by Baehni in 1937 it is now considered by Thiede(2003) as best returned to Sedum We had al-ready observed this plant several times alongthe Central Peruvian Highway but could never nd it in fwer Buds are cmmn but they areminute dark red and usually nly the tip is vis-ible Flowers appear only in exceedingly rainy perids and pen n a sunny day Despite their minute size they are quite shwy the petals npen fwers expanding t a 45deg angle (Fig 9) Thecmbinatin its red and white clrs remindsone o the stripes on the Peruvian national fag(Fig 10) The infrescences usually bear ne r

two fowers The word ldquosubquadriforardquo usedby Ball implies that mst plants have up t ur fwers but this seems nt t be the rule Mrethan hal the observed inforescences had only one apical fower and the rest had mainly two(Fig 11) When the secnd fwer is rming it is




8

9

10

1211

7 8




easy t nte that there is n main axis hence it

is a very small mnchasiumSpecimens cllected at Anchi bridge are small-er (Lw 2006) while specimens rm Matucanaare greener This could be explained becauseplants that grow at a higher altitude receivemre rainall and sunlight We cnsider Sedum

backebergii a synnym S andinum because

the specimens growing at the lowest altitudeso its distribution near Matucana match the de-scription made by von Poellnitz According toThiede (2003) it would be conspecic with S dyvrandae but the latter mre clsely resemblesS incarum discussed belw Ball did nt cite a

Figure 7 sedum andinum in habitat at the dry period Figure 8 Type locality o sedum andinum at Chicla Figure9 Detail o (above let to right) apical fower bud secondary fower bud petals sepals (beneath let to right)open fower closing fower fower section leaves Figure 10 Detail o fower Figure 11 sedum andinum inhabitat at the rainy period showing fowers Figure 12 sedum incarum in habitat at the rainy period showingfowers Figure 13 Detail o (above let to right) leaves fower bud petal sepal gynoecium dry ruit (beneathlet to right) leaves fower section petal sepal bractlet mature ruit Figure 14 Type locality o sedum incarum at Rio Blanco Figure 15 Detail o inforescence common orm with two main cincinni Figure 16 Detail o inforescence less common orm with main central ax is Figure 17 Detail o unripe ruits Figure 18 Detail o mature ruits shedding seeds Figure 19 sedum incarum in habitat at the dry period showing dry ruits

1615

14

13 17

18

19




type r this species s we designate Pino 1642 as the netype

3 Sedum incarum (B All)Pino comb nov

Sedum incarum (B all ) p ino comb novVilladia incarum (B all ) B aehni amp J F m acBR iDe Candollea 7 286 1937 Macbride Flora o Peru Vl XIII Part II N 3 1012 1938

Altamiranoa incarum (B all ) BeRGeR In Engl und Prantl Pfanzenam ed 2 18a 4691930

Cotyledon incanum B all J Linneacute Society 2237 1885

Villadia dyvrandae (R aymonD -h amet ) B aehni amp

J F m acBRiDe Candollea 7 286 1937 Mac-bride Flora o Peru Vol XIII Part II No3 1011 1938

Sedum dyvrandae h amet in Englers Bot Jahrbuch

50 Beiblatt 112 10 1913 Altamiranoa dyvrandae (h amet ) BeRGeR In

Engl und Prantl Pfanzenam ed 2 18a470 1930

Type Iter Australi Americanum Ex rupestribus Andium Peruviae juxta pagum Chicla 3800 m J Ball sn April 21ndash24 1882 isotype at (K 86789ndash684)

Stem 3ndash5 (ndash8) mm diam at base 7ndash12 cm longlight gray decumbent Branches 6ndash15 erect8ndash15 cm lng stem 18ndash25 (ndash3) mm diam lightgreen to reddish Leaves succulent spirally at-

tached densely imbricate at proximal hal andon young shoots more widely spaced towardstip sessile narrwly vate t subtriangu lar (5ndash)7ndash10 mm lng 35ndash4 mm wide 28ndash35 mm thickblunt-subacute upper and lower sides convexdull green t reddish margins entire (Fig 12)

Inforescence terminal initially orming adense cyme then with a primary axis 4ndash6 cmlong 15ndash2 mm diam branching into 2 or 3lateral alternating cincinni 5ndash18 mm long 12ndash15 mm diam light green each bearing 2 or 3fwers smetimes with 2 mre cincinni at thebase 4ndash6 mm lng with 1 r 2 fwers Flwers7ndash12 appearing rm March t May apical fwer sessile at the base o the last cincinnus Flower buds 5 times 4 mm light green bracteles lancelate5ndash6 mm lng 2ndash25 mm wide Sepa ls lancelatebtuse 4ndash45 mm lng 12ndash15 mm wide Petalsoblong-rectangular acute-deltoid at tip unitedat the base straight r slightly curved utwards5ndash6 mm lng 2ndash25 mm wide induplicate uter surace white with a brwnish keel inner surace

white margins entire Stamens 10 the 5 epipet-alous 2ndash3 mm long the antesepalous 3ndash4 mmlng laments white Anthers vid yellw 04

times 06 mm Gynecium vid 3 times 4 mm Carpels5 light green Style 1 mm diam greenish whiteFruit pentalcular dehiscent 5 times 5 mm Seedsnarrowly ovoid to pyriorm 07ndash08 mm long035ndash04 mm diam brwnish range (Fig 13)

PERU Dept Lima Prv Huarchiri Dist Chi-

cla between Ri Blanc and Chicla Central Peru- vian Highway km 1025 at edge elds grwing with Oxalis peduncularis Echeveria chiclensis (B all ) BeRGeR var chiclensis 3590 m 11deg43 44˝ S76deg15 58˝ W April 6 2006 G Pino 1644 (USM

210896 neotype Fig 14) Ri Blanc betweenSan Mate and Casapalca n hill slpes amngrcks 3500 m March 25 1950 Ramoacuten Ferreyra6995 (US 2057878 USM 19611) Ri Blanc nRio Rimac 3500 m P C Hutchison 582 (UC52790) Ri Blanc pen hillside 3000ndash3500 m

April 15 1929 Killip amp Smith 21556 (US 1356730)Chicla on hill slopes 3850 m Apr 30 1995 S

Llatas 3724 (USM 112191 F 616786 as V andina )Dist San Mate Anchi II Bridge n west-acingbanks o Anchi River 50 m rom Central Peru-

vian Highway km 99 growing with Peperomia galioides k Unth Peperomia sp a peruviana

Echeveria chiclensis (B all ) BeRGeR var chiclensisand Sedum andinum 3400 m 11deg44acute S 76deg15acute W

Apr 6 2006 G Pino 1648 Central Peruvian High- way km 98 watera ll a ter Inernill Bridge andbere Cacray tunnel n rcks suthern bank river grwing with Peperomia verruculosa and

P c peruviana 3300 m 11deg44acute20˝ S 76deg15 45˝ W Apr 6 2006 G Pino 1679 Valley Atacra SanMateo on rock walls 3700 m Apr 14 1963 J G E Saunders 976 (K) Dist Casta road romSanta Eulal ia t San Pedr de Casta 4 km berethe twn n rcky walls grwing with Oxalis

peduncularis Echeveria chiclensis var chiclen-

sis Austrocylindropuntia exaltata Portulaca sp2900 m 11deg44 48˝ S 76deg35acute05˝ W June 3 2006 G Pino 1695 (USM 210903) Dist Laraos 3400 m12deg15acute S 76deg32acute W Feb 26 1991 H Beltraacuten 214 (USM 133597)

Ball described this species as Cotyledon incanum rom plants collected by him at Chicla Berger transerred it to Altamiranoa and changed thespellingmdashldquoincanumrdquo ash-graymdasht ldquoincarumrdquomdash the Incas the rulers pre-Hispanic Peru Plantsare reddish rather than entirely gray Baehni later moved the species to Villadia where it couldremain i its inforescence were a true spike or raceme Hwever we have searched extensively r similar-appearing plants with a true racemebetween Chicla and Matucana and t date nly these cymose plants have been ound For thesame reasn the synnym Villadia dyvrandae is conspecic with Sedum incarum Villadiadyvrandae is described with smewhat smaller leaves which may be due to its low altitudinalrange near Matucana

The in lorescences o S incarum are ex-tremely variable they are always apical and

mst have a lng axis abruptly ended by a ew cincinni generally tw that emerge very clset each ther resembling a dichasium thugh they are nt ppsite At the apex we generally ind a sessile lwer that terminates the in lres-cence (Fig 15) Smetimes there are very shrt




cincinni r single lwers emerging alternately at the base o the central axis which gives itthe general appearance a raceme (Fig 16) Wehave t cnsider that the descriptin was maderm dry pressed lwers and this may have led

t cnusin as t the presence true racemesPlants cllected in the Santa Eulalia Valley havea deinite mnchasium The mre mature theruits the more the inlorescences appear tobe cymes instead racemes (Fig 17ndash19) In any case due to the complex and much-branchedin lrescencemdashvery unlike the t ypical spike r raceme und in Villadiamdashwe place this speciesin Sedum a status that can be airmed later thrugh DNA analysis

There is no type designated or this plant inthe literature but an istype the riginal cl-lection was ound at Kew As the holotype wasevidently destroyed we designate the neotypeas the specimen rom Rio Blanco where it is

lcally abundant Uhl amp Mran (1999) btaineda chromosome count o the plants collected by Hutchisn ( n = 88ndash89)

4 Sedum decipiens (B Aker ) ThieDe amp lsquo T h ArT

Sedum decipiens (B akeR ) thieDe amp lsquot h aRt Novon9 124 1999

Altamiranoa decipiens (B akeR ) FRoumlDeRStRom Acta Horti Gothob 10 145 1936

Figure 20 sedum decipien in habitat at the type locality Figure 21 Detail o (above let to right) leaves cincin-

nus bractlet (beneath let to right) petals gynoecium fower fower section Figure 22 sedum decipien orminginforescences in habitat at type locality Figure 23 sedum decipien in habitat at Puente Calicanto Figure 24 Detail o cincinni and fowers

20 21

22 23

24




Villadia decipiens (B akeR ) h J acoBSen National Cact Succ J 13 76 1958

Echeveria decipiens (B akeR ) moRRen Belgique Hort 24 159 1874

Cotyledon decipiens B akeR Saundersrsquo Reugium

Botanicum 3 tab 200 1870Sedum plicatum thieDe amp lsquot h aRt Novon 9 124

1999Villadia dielsii B aehni amp J F m acBRiDe Candollea

VII 285 1937 Macbride Flora o Peru Vl XIII Part II N 3 1011 1938

Altamiranoa stricta (DielS ) a BeRGeR in Engl und Prantl Pfanzenam ed 2 18a 470 1930

Cotyledon stricta DielS in Englers Botan Jahr- buch 37 410 1906

Type Sine loco Farris sn (Re Bot 3 tab 200 Lectotype) Sedum plicatum Dept Ancash Pr Caraz in rupestribus camporum herbas

gramina plerumque annua rutices brome- liaceas cactaceas gigantium 2200ndash2500 m

May 1903 (Weberbauer 3000 B)

A succulent glabrous herb branched rom thebase (9ndash) 12ndash15 (ndash20) cm tall Stem 3ndash55 (ndash10)mm diam 10ndash15 cm long light gray erect or slightly decumbent at the base Branches 3ndash5erect t slightly decumbent 10ndash20 cm lng stem2ndash25 (ndash3) mm diam light green t reddish Leavessucculent spirally attached t stem denser alngdistal hal sessile narrwly vate t subtriangular r terete lancelate when yung (6ndash) 8ndash17 mm

long 2ndash4 mm wide 2ndash25 mm thick subacuteupper and lower sides convex green marginsentire (Fig 20)

Infrescence terminal in a lse mnchasium with 3ndash4 cincinnid branches 1ndash12 mm diam atbase 1ndash3 cm long Flowers 4ndash6 per cincinnussessile appearing rom April to June Flower buds 35ndash55 times 25ndash35 mm light green Bracteleslancelate 5ndash6 mm lng 25ndash3 mm wide Sepalsnarrwly vid 35ndash5 mm lng 15ndash2 mm widePetals oblong-rectangular acute-triangular attip united at the base bending outward at themiddle 6ndash8 mm lng 2ndash3 mm wide induplicateouter surace white with greenish keel recurv-ing outwards at apex inner surace white mar-gins subundulate Stamens 10 the 5 epipetalus3ndash4 mm long the antesepalous 4ndash5 mm longlaments white Anthers ovoid yellow 03 times05 mm Gynecium vid 15 times 25 mm Carpels5 greenish-live t brwnish Style 1 mm diam white (Fig 21)

PERU Dept Ancash Prv Huaylas Dist CarazldquoPukapachardquo road rom Caraz to Yungay 1 kmpast Caraz on southwest-acing 60deg slopes o rock and clay 100 m north o waterall grow-

ing with Puya sp Opuntia sp ldquoAlalaq kashardquo Armatocereus sp ldquoPitahayardquo and Portulaca spn rcks amng grasses and lw bushes 2380 m09deg03 42˝ S 77deg46acute37˝ W Apr 15 2006 G Pino1670 (USM 210900) Prov Huaraz Dist HuarazSan Jeroacutenim Bridge (rmerly Calicant) at Santa

River on west-acing rocky banks o the river 60deg slpe grwing with Peperomia nivalis miq

Peperomia c verruculosa D ahlS Sedum sp c reniorme Portulaca sp 3080 m 09deg3137˝ S77deg32acute09˝ W Apr 17 2006 G Pino 1673

Diels described this plant as Cotyledon stricta rm plants cllected by Weberbauer in 1903 (W 3000 B) near the town o Caraz on rocky soilamong annual grasses and shrubs near giantcacti and brmeliads In 1937 Baehni changed thename to Villadia dielsii because o the already existing Villadia stricta (Rose 1906) and so it

was knwn unti l Th iede and lsquot Har t transerredthe species t Sedum because its cymse inf-rescence Neither the names Sedum strictum (Koch 1847) and Sedum dielsii (Hamet 1913)could be used so they changed the name toSedum plicatum in 1999 The name ldquoplicatumrdquo

is well-chsen because the plicate petals thatare so distinctive in this species However thedescription o Sedum decipiens (as Cotyledondecipiens ) matches perectly Sedum plicatumand the plate chosen as lectotype (Baker 1870)looks exactly like the plants we collected romHuaraz Since this descriptin is lder we mustconserve the name Sedum decipiens and placeSedum plicatum as a synnym

Since Weberbauer n ther cllectins thisspecies have been recrded althugh this namehas been applied to various sedums rom other localities that may or may not be S decipiens

During ur stay at Caraz we lked r this spe-cies in the nearby hills but culd nt nd it Later ur riend and guide Ever Melgarej shwed usthe elds his amily at Pukapacha nly 1 kmaway rom the city His land is surrounded by beautiul west-acing muntains n which many cacti and brmeliads culd be seen rm belwHe claimed t have seen plants ur descriptinat the tp the muntains As we began t climba heavy rain commenced We ound only a ew plants which were very elngated but the leavesand inforescence matched the description (Fig22) Later we und the same species grwing at3000 m in the city Huaraz These were in better cnditin perhaps due t the higher altitude with mre rain (Fig 23) The verall distributin seemst be rm 2300ndash3000 m with the best grwth at the highest altitudes Its medicinal prperties

were already mentined by Diels wh stated thatan inusion o the plant was good or eye-painThe infrescence is distinctive in this Peruvianspecies a monochasium with loose cincinnoidbranches and small buds that take very long toopen but then fowers are white and conspicu-us (Fig 24)

5 Sedum renzopalmae Pino

sedum renzopalmae P ino p nov Planta succulenta caespitosa e basi ramosa 6ndash10 cm alta Cau- lis decumbens ad basim 18ndash22 mm diam Rami

forigeri 6ndash9 suberecti 25ndash35 cm longi 4ndash6 mm




Figure 25 sedum renzopalmae in habitat Figure 26 sedum renzopalmae ex situ Figure 27 Detail o (abovelet to right) fower buds leafess branch and buds young branch (beneath) leaves Figure 28 sedum renzopalmae fowering in habitat Figure 29 Detail o (above let to right) fower buds young fower cross sectionopen fower corolla showing bulging o the base (beneath) bractlets sepals petals carpels surrounded by opencorolla Figure 30 Details o the fowers

26

28

30

27

29

25




diam caule 1ndash16 mm diam rubro purpureo Folia succulenta conertim imbricata spiraliter disposita sessilia ovoidea vel subtriangularia

3ndash4 mm longa 25 mm lata subacuta e viridi rubentia in apricis inra insertionem in calcar

hyalinum instructa insertione ad caulem incentro conspicue rubra Inforescentia termina- lis dichasium 6ndash8 foribus apicalibus sessilibuslateralibus breviter pedicellatis bracteolis lateovatis acutibus 4ndash6 mm longibus 3ndash4 mm latis

Figure 31 villadia irgata plant in habitat on rock wall Figure 32 villadia irgata detail o leaves Figure33 villadia irgata huge inforescence in habitat Figure 34 villadia irgata detail o fowers Figure 35Detail o (above let to right) open fower fower section petals sepals bractlet immature ruit (beneath letto right) leaves

31 32

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Sepala lanceolato-ovoidea 45ndash5 mm longa 25ndash 3 mm lata Petala oblonga acuta favo-sulphurea8ndash9 mm longa 25ndash3 mm lata extus subcari- nata a basi usque ad dimidiam partem coalitaStamina lamentis favis Carpela 5 usiormia

favovirentia Squamae favae 1 times 04 mm Floret a Majo ad Junium

Type Dept Lima Prv Huarchiri Dist CastaldquoCashardquo Rad rm Santa Eulalia t San Pedr deCasta 05 km beore the town on pathway tothe right beore road turns let on rocky walls3170 m 11deg45acute19˝ S 76deg35acute51 W June 11 2006G Pin 1697 (USM 210905)

A succulent glabrous herb caespitose much-branched rom the base 6ndash10 cm tall tuts15ndash20 (ndash35) cm diam Roots li orm ormingdense mats 02ndash03 mm diam 15ndash3 cm long

pink Stem 18ndash22 mm diam at base 9ndash14 cmlong gray reddish decumbent Branches 6ndash9(ndash14) subdecumbent t erect (07ndash) 25ndash35 cmlng 4ndash6 mm diam stem 1ndash16 mm diam dark red Leaves succulent spirally attached t stemdensely imbricate sessile vidal t subtriangular3ndash4 mm lng 22ndash25 mm wide 13ndash15 mm thicksubacute bth sides cnvex uter side bscurely carinate margins btusely angulate reddish nall exposed suraces base obtuse spur hyalinethe place attachment lea t stem reddened(Figs 25 26)

Inforescence terminal a small dichasium

Flowers 6ndash8 appearing rom May to June Pedi-cels almost absent in upper fowers 2ndash3 mmlng in lwer fwers 08ndash1 mm diam dark redFlwer buds 6ndash7 mm lng times 4ndash5 mm diam lightgreen Bracteole broadly ovate acute 4ndash6 mmlong 3ndash4 mm wide outer side convex inner side concave light green-yellow Sepals lanceo-late-vate uter side cnvex inner side cncavelight green-yellw 45ndash5 mm lng 25ndash3 mm widePetals blng acute united rm the base t themiddle 8ndash9 mm long 25ndash3 mm wide bright

yellw uter surace subcar inate the apical hal expanded the basal third bullate Stamens 10the 5 epipetalus 45 mm lng the antesepalus55 mm lng laments yellw anthers vid dark yellw 06 times 03 mm Gynecium vid 6 times 3 mmCarpels 5 usirm yellwish green 4 times13 mmStyles cream liorm 15ndash2 mm long 025 mmdiam stigma white Nectary scales yellow 1 times04 mm (Fig 27 28)

PERU Dept Lima Prv Huarchiri Dist CastaldquoCashardquo rad rm Santa Eulalia t San Pedr deCasta 05 km beore the town on pathway tothe right beore road turns let on rocky walls3170 m 11deg45acute19˝ S 76deg35acute51 W June 11 2006 G

Pino 1697 (USM 210905 holotype ) Dist Langarad rm Langa t Matarachi bridge ver river Matahuara on rocks ca 300 m below the cligrwing with Peperomia sp Echeveria chiclen-

sis (B all ) BeRGeR var chiclensis Austrocylindro- puntia exaltata and Matucana haynei 3320 m

12deg09acute17˝ S 76deg23 40˝ W May 28 2006 G Pino1681

Sedum renzopalmae is the latest sedum t be dis-covered in central Peru Plants seen or collected

previously were proba bly believed to be S andi-

num which it resembles in its grwth and lea-clrHowever the latter species is smaller and has atotally dierent inforescence with a ew smallred fwers instead the bright yellw nes S renzopalmae (Fig 29 30) The name hnrs RenzPalma wh passed away nly tw days bere theplantrsquos discvery He was a superb hrticulturist andamateur btanist as well as the wner perhapsthe nest succulent cllectin in Peru His curisity led him to travel all around the world to observeand collect plants His death is a great loss to thePeruvian Cactus Sciety (SPECS) and the ther in-

ternatinal scieties t which he belnged Renz was also the great grandson o the best-knownPeruvian writer Ricard Palma

People rom the town o San Pedro de Castaknow this plant as ldquokushkardquo Its branches arebiled and used r stmach aches Casta is thenearest pint (ater a breathtaking tw hur walk)t Markawasi an ut--this-wrld mesamdashits giantrck sculptures shaped by ersin are well knwnt turists It is interesting that this new speciesgrws nly in valleys at right angles t the Equa-tr but never in thse parallel t it such as theRimac valley The vegetation in these east-west

val leys is dierent rm that the nrth-suth valleys not only in succulents but also in cacti which may be due t slar expsure and dierentpatterns rainall

6 Villadia virgata (Diels)B Aehni amp J F M AcBriDe

Villadia virgata (DielS ) B aehni amp J F m acBRiDeCandollea 7 286 1937 Macbride Flora o Peru Vl XIII Part II N 3 1012 1938

Cotyledon virgata DielS in Englers Botan Jahr- buch 37 410 1906

Altamiranoa virgata (DielS ) BeRGeR in Engl und Prantl Pfanzenam ed 2 18a 470 1930

Type Dept Ancash inter Chiquiaacuten et Tallengain muris rupibusque 3300ndash3600 m April 1903 (Weberbauer 2853 B)

A succulent glabrous herb 20ndash25 cm tall Roots3ndash5 cm lng 2ndash25 mm diam whitish Stem strictly erect 4ndash8 mm diam at base light gray bark later peeling branching at 6ndash10 cm Branches 1ndash3 erect2ndash15 cm lng stem 15ndash18 mm diam light green treddish (Fig 31) Leaves succulent spirally attachedt stem at an acute angle densely imbricate in the

distal 6ndash10 cm and n yung shts mre widely spaced towards fowering tip sessile narrowly vate t narrwly blng 6ndash9 mm lng 2ndash25 mm

wide 1ndash15 mm thick blunt-subacute upper andlwer sides cnvex spurred dull green-glaucusmargins entire (Fig 32)




Literature Cited

Baker JG 1870 Saundersrsquo Reugium Botanicum IIITab 200

Low JE 2006 Regarding the new Sedums and Vi l-ladias o Peru Sedum Society Newsletter (UK)76 39ndash41

MacBride JF 1938 Flora o Peru Field Museum Bo- tanical Series Vol XIII Part II No 3 1009ndash1014Chicag

Pin G 2005 Echeveria andicola a new species rmCentral Peru Haseltonia 11 98ndash102

Thiede J and H lsquot Hart 1999 Transer ur Peruvian Altamiranoa species to Sedum (Crassulaceae) Novon 9 124ndash125

Thiede J 2003 Villadia pp 367ndash374 In Illustrated

Handbook o Succulent Plants Vol VI Crassula-ceae ed U Eggli Heidelberg Springer

Uhl CJ Mran R 1999 Chrmsmes Villadia and Altamiranoa American Journal o Botany 86388ndash397

Walther E 1972 Echever ia San Francisc Calirnia Academy Sciences San Francisc

Infrescence a terminal spike r shrt raceme(Fig 33) Flowers 10ndash18 appearing rom Aprilto May (Fig 34) Flower buds 3 times 4 mm lightgreen bracteles 5ndash6 mm lng 15ndash18 mm wide with a hyaline spur Pedicels shor t longer in

basal fwers 2ndash4 mm lng reddish bearing twbuds in the lwer ndes Sepals lancelate blunt25ndash5 mm lng 08ndash1 mm wide Petals blng-hex-agnal acute-triangular at tip united at the basestraight or slightly curved outwards 4ndash45 mmlng 2ndash25 mm wide induplicate bth suraces

white with brownish keel towards tip marginsentire Stamens 10 the 5 epipetalus 2ndash25 mmlng the antesepalus 25ndash3 mm lng laments

white Anthers vid yel lw Gynecium vid25 times 25 mm carpels 5ndash8 25ndash35 mm lng lightgreen Style 1 mm diam greenish white Nectary scales blng-spathulate 15ndash2 mm (Fig 35)

PERU Dept Ancash Prov Bolognesi DistChiquiaacuten 74 km (in a straight line) N Chiquiaacutenon the way to Tallenga rocky slope beside therad ca 05 km N Pachi 3280 m 10deg04acute56˝ S77deg09acute02˝ W May 8 2006 P Carrillo Reyes and M Chocce 5176 (USM 210587 neotype ) Near Chiquiaacuten 3250 m on hil l slope rocky-clay soilMay 18 1950 Ramoacuten Ferreyra 7562 (USM 19612) Footpath rom Chiquiaacuten towards Rio Pativilca3000ndash3400 m hedges and elds with numerousdry walls rck utcrps with remnants natural vegetation March 17 2001 M Weigend K Wei- gend and others 5184 (HUT 038973)

This species was described by Diels as Cotyledonvirgata rm plants cllected by Weberbauer be-tween Chiquiaacuten and Tallenga in 1903 (W 2853 B)The name prbably reers t the twig-like shapeo the erect stems Later Berger assigned it to

Altamiranoa because the petals are conspicu-ously used at the base Although all Peruvianspecies o Subamily Sedoideae were includedin Villadia by MacBride (1938) Thiede and lsquotHart (1999) transerred mst them t Sedum because the cymse infrescence leaving nly the species with true spikes r racemes in Villa- dia Ater reducing V dyvrandae t S incarumthis wuld leave V virgata as the nly Villadia species in Peru However there are a number unpublished villadias in nrthern Peru all them grwing n the eastern slpes the Andes

where they get heavier rains coming rom the

Amazon This could also explain why they dry up so easily in cultivation The plant publishedin 1995 in Quepo (vl 9 66 Fig 6) was cllectednear Huaraz and seems t be Sedum reniorme rather than V virgata

Acknowledgments

I am truly indebted to Pablo Carril lo Reyes o Guadalajara Mexico who ound and made allhabitat phts Villadia virgata presented hereand prvided material r the descriptin He iscurrently pursuing DNA studies Sedum and Vil- ladia and may in the uture make sme changesr additins t this article Thanks t INRENA r giving plant cllectin permits Thanks t HelmutRegnat r prviding the lecttype S decipiensI also want to thank brothers Benny and GuidoLmbardi r their kindness and supprt n the

dangerus trip t Huarchiri Luisa Inante r her invaluable cmpany in the Rimac Valley Cecilia

Valdivia r her help in Huaraz despite all adversi-ties and t my best riend Juan Melgarej r hisuncnditinal supprt help and cmpany in theRimac Valley Santa Eulalia Valley Caraz Callejoacutende Huaylas and the Nepentildea Valley encuragingme to continue looking or Echeveria excelsa even when bad weather and lack light almstmade me abandn the quest



92 CSJ NEw TAxA AND CoMBINATIoNS

Haseltonia 12 Errata

T w u b Gu Prsquo pp ldquoL w

Cu C Purdquo (Haseltonia 12 55ndash66)p 55 T Echeveria excelsa p B bu p ( p p) x F 18250 A 99 ICN p vp v p pf I p b D N Dv u Dv NS

p 57 p 60 Np Sedum andinum Sedum incarum w b vw J T Hu R w p w b B A x Kw K 685 K 86789-684 w u b p pf-

p 60 Sedum incarum PinoSynonyms

Villadia incarum(Ball) Baehni amp J F Mcride

Altamiranoa incarum (Ball) Berger Cotyledon incanum BallVilladia dyvrandae (Raymond-Hamet) Baehni amp J F McrideSedum dyvrandae HametAltamiranoa dyvrandae (Hamet) Berger

p 61 Sedum decipiens (Baker) hiede amp lsquot HartSynonyms Altamiranoa decipiens (Baker) Froumlderstrom

Villadia decipiens (Baker) H JacosenEcheveria decipiens (Baker) MorrenCotyledon decipiens BSedum plicatum hiede amp lsquot HartVilladia dielsii Baehni amp J F Mcride

Altamiranoa stricta (Diels) A Berger Cotyledon stricta Diels

T p Sedum plicatum v p 66 A J T Hbu p Villadia virgata x

B (B) pf

acuta 6ndash7 cm longa 1ndash18 mm lata 2ndash2 5 mm crassa purpureo-grisea Caules forentes ad 35 cm alti cin-cinni 2 vel plerumque pedicelli minus quam 2 mmlongi sepala ascendens 2ndash5 mm longa corolla 9 mmlonga rubella-lutea

Hp (HN) M Kimnach amp G Lyons 1445 K M 2007 Echeveria lyonsii w p

Tamaulipas Mexico Cact Succ J 79 215ndash219



Haeltonia 12 55ndash66 2006 55

1 Echeveria excelsa (Diels) A Berger

Echeveria excelsa (DielS ) a BeRGeR In Engl amp Prantl Pfanzenam ed 2 18a 473 1930Pellnitz in Fedde Repert Vl 39 p 217 1936Macbride Flora o Peru Vl XIII Part II N

3 1014 1938Cotyledon excelsa DielS In Englers Botan Jahrbuch

37 412 1906Type Ancash inter Samanco et Caraz inra prae-

dius Cajabamba in rupibus 3300ndash3400 m for maj 1903 (Weberbauer 033149 B)

A succulent glabrous herb with usually a single(ndash3) rosette (Fig 1) Roots tuberous 02ndash06 cmthick light gray to white Stem (07ndash) 17ndash3 cmdiam (5ndash) 18ndash20 cm lng rarely branched erector slightly decumbent Rosette (11ndash) 14ndash22 cmdiameter Leaves 15ndash24 sessile succulent hori-zontally fat obovate (6ndash) 9ndash13 (ndash15) cm long3ndash45 cm wide 2 cm rom apex 35ndash5 (ndash6) cm wide at middle (13ndash) 17ndash25 cm wide at base5ndash7 mm thick acute with a minute tr iangular mucr 05ndash1 mm lng 1ndash2 mm wide smetimesrecurved upper side fat t slightly cncave greenlwer side cnvex light green keeled with a red-dish blush margins smth but aceted near apex

when yung (Fig 2)Flwering stem a simple spike rarely 2 erect

40ndash75 (ndash120) cm lng 08ndash11 mm diam at base4ndash6 mm diam at apex light green near base red-

dish twards apex r becming paler just at thetip (Fig 3) Peduncular bracts 12ndash19 present nly in the proximal two thirds oblong-lanceolate35ndash5 cm long 17ndash22 (ndash25) cm wide 5ndash6 mmthick bright green Flwers 22ndash26 appearing rmMarch to May only in the distal third 2ndash21 cm

long and 09ndash12 cm diam bright red with onelanceolate bracteole spurred or trilobed at base06ndash08 mm lng and 3ndash35 mm wide green Pedi-cels absent or very short Calyx lobes united atbase erect sepals lanceolate acute 4ndash5 (ndash7)mm long 3ndash35 mm wide bright green Corolla

vid pentagnal 9ndash10 mm thick near base petalsvate-blng acuminate 13ndash2 cm lng 4ndash7 mm wide uter surace red r yellwish keeled apexuncinate recurving utwards inner surace light

yellow Stamens 10 the 5 epipetalous 8ndash9 mmlng the antesepalus 10ndash12 mm lng lamentscream 08 mm thick at base gradually tapering t02 mm Anthers vid yellw 3ndash4 mm lng and15ndash16 mm wide Gynecium vid 8ndash10 mm lng6ndash7 mm thick Carpels 5 greenish white Styles4ndash5 mm lng parallel almst tuching each therreddish near the tip stigma red (Fig 4)

PERU Dept Ancash Prv Huaylas Dist MatldquoSangra Btejardquo rad rm Cajabamba Alta t Caja-bamba Baja on rocky south-acing 45deg slopes100 m belw the rad n sil amng grasses andlow shrubs 3540 m 09deg06 28˝ S 77deg56 36˝ W

Apr 14 2006 G Pino 1665 (USM 210899 neo-type ) Dist Pamparmaacutes Huascaraacuten Natinal Parktrail between Auquispuquio and Cerro Cunka3400 m 08deg50acute S 77deg59acute W Apr 10 1985 Donald

N Smith and others 12118 (USM 102726) ProvHuaraz Dist Cochabamba 10 km by road romCochabamba open dwar orest o Escalloniaresinosa and Myrcianthes quinqueloba western

Andean slpes 2870 m 09deg27acute

S 77deg51acute

W June06 1985 Donald N Smith and others 10948 (USM 102775)

Diels described this species as Cotyledon excelsa in 1906 rm a plant cllected by August Weber-

Abstract Six little-knwn Crassulaceae rm central Peru are discussed (1) Echeveria excelsa thelargest species this genus in Peru is und r the rst time at its type lcality since Weberbauerrsquos

visit in 1906 and a new type is designated r it (2) Sedum andinum is perhaps the smallest Sedum species in Peru it has a lmst spherical leaves and its red-and-white fwers are dicult t bserve(3) Sedum incarum (B all ) p ino is a new cmbinatin r Villadia incarum its infrescence is anobscure and variable cyme which earlier may have been misinterpreted as a raceme (4) Sedumdecipiens has been re-collected or the rst time since its discovery It is rare in habitat and has adistinctive infrescence rming a diuse mnchasium (5) Sedum renzopalmae pino is presentedas a new species with yellw fwers (6) Villadia virgata remains as the nly valid species Vil-

ladia in Peru thugh there is evidence that ther species may exist

Key words Crassulaceae Echeveria Sedum Villadia

little-known crassulaceae oF central Peru

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