Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad ISSN: 1870-3453
[email protected] Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México México Hernández, Héctor M.; Gómez-Hinostrosa, Carlos; Hoffmann, Gibrán Is geographical rarity frequent among the cacti of the Chihuahuan Desert? Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, vol. 81, núm. 1, abril, 2010, pp. 163-175 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Distrito Federal, México Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=42515998021 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 81: 163- 175, 2010 Is geographical rarity frequent among the cacti of the Chihuahuan Desert? ¿Es la rareza geográfi ca frecuente entre las cactáceas del Desierto Chihuahuense? Héctor M. Hernández*, Carlos Gómez-Hinostrosa and Gibrán Hoffmann Departamento de Botánica, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado postal 70-233, 04510 Mexico D. F., Mexico. *Correspondent:
[email protected] Abstract. With the aim of assessing the extent of geographical rarity of Mexican Cactaceae, we calculated the distribution size (area of occupancy) of 142 species from the Chihuahuan Desert. In addition, using 2 variables (number of localities and range size), we preliminarily assessed their conservation status using the current IUCN Red List criteria. The results showed enormous variation in the areas of occupancy, although from the biogeographic and conservation perspective the most exceptional group comprises the extremely narrow endemics (42 species), whose range is restricted to areas smaller than 10 km2.