Arrayán :: Myrcianthes ferreyrae

Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 042

On today’s show we learn about the Arrayán, a critically endangered flowering tree native to South America, specifically the coastal fog oases of the Atiquipa District in southwestern Peru.

• (00:05) Intro
• (02:05) Species Information
• (26:40) Citations
• (28:36) Music
• (35:31) Pledge

For more information about the Arrayán and lomas fog oases conservation please see Huarango Nature Peru at https://www.huarangonature.org and the Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental (SPDA Peru) at https://spda.org.pe

Research for today’s show was compiled from:

• Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Feb 2025. Gonzales Guillen, Fiorella. “Relict Forest in Fog Oases in South America”. – https://www.bgci.org/news-events/spotlight-on-a-gtsg-member-project-relict-forest-in-fog-oases-in-south-america/
• Field Museum Of Natural History Botanical Series Vol. 13, Part 4, No. 2. Pg 756. 1958. Mcvaugh, Rogers. “Flora Of Peru”. – https://archive.org/embed/floraofperufimcva
• The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T60492231A60492909. Gonzales, F. 2014. “Myrcianthes ferreyrae.” – https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T60492231A60492909.en
• Missouri Botanical Garden – https://mbgecologicalrestoration.wordpress.com/tag/lomas-de-atiquipa/
• PLoS One. Vol. 6, no. 8. 2011:e23004. Balaguer L, Arroyo-García R, Jiménez P, et al. “Forest restoration in a fog oasis: evidence indicates need for cultural awareness in constructing the reference”. – https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0023004
• Proceedings of the 7th Brazilian Technology Symposium. Araujo, Ana & Medina, Fiorella & Flores, Patricia & Lazo, Herbert Omar. (2023). “Micropropagation of Myrcianthes Ferreyrae (McVaugh) “Arrayán”: an Endemic Species from Lomas De Atiquipa.” – http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04435-9_50
• Revista Peruana de Biología. Vol. 26, No. 2. 2019. Gonzales Guillén, Fiorella, Villasante Benavides, Francisco. “Estado de conservación de Myrcianthes ferreyrae un árbol endémico de las lomas costeras del sur del Perú”. – http://dx.doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v26i2.16380
• Tree Physiology, Volume 32, Issue 1, January 2012, Pages 65–73. David A. Ramírez, Luis Balaguer, Rosa Mancilla, Virginia González, Daniel Coaguila, Carmelo Talavera, Luis Villegas, Aldo Ortega, Percy Jiménez, José M. Moreno, “Leaf-trait responses to irrigation of the endemic fog-oasis tree Myrcianthes ferreyrae: can a fog specialist benefit from regular watering?”. – https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpr121
• UNESCO World Heritage Convention – https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/6424/

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