Valle de Zongo

BOLTIPA057
TIPAS-Bolivia-Valle de Zongo IPA boundary map

Country: Bolivia

Administrative region: Murillo (Province)

Central co-ordinates: 16.1323 S, 68.08354 W

Area: 611km²

Qualifying IPA Criteria

A(i)Site contains one or more globally threatened species, A(ii)Site contains one or more regionally threatened species, A(iii)Site contains one or more highly restricted endemic species that are potentially threatened, A(iv)Site contains one or more range restricted endemic species that are potentially threatened, B(ii)Site contains an exceptional number of species of high conservation importance, B(iii)Site contains an exceptional number of socially, economically or culturally valuable species

IPA assessment rationale

Valle de Zongo es uno de los 10 sitios IPA con mayor endemismo de Bolivia; en este sitio se encuentran 38 especies en riesgo de extinción a nivel global y ocho amenazadas a nivel nacional. También cuenta con 21 especies endémicas de rango restringido y 35 endémicas de rango altamente restringido y potencialmente amenazadas.
Además, el sitio cuenta con 373 especies de importancia socioeconómica, las mismas que suman el 11,5% del total de especies útiles documentadas para el país; incluyendo el 9,7% de especies de parientes silvestres de plantas cultivadas reconocidas para Bolivia. El sitio IPA Valle de Zongo conserva un total de 169 especies endémicas, alcanzando el 6,4% del endemismo a nivel nacional.

Site description

El sitio IPA denominado Valle de Zongo forma parte del macrodistrito Zongo. Se encuentra al norte de la ciudad de La Paz, a unos 80 km de distancia, en la provincia Murillo. Limita al norte con Guanay, con quien colinda como sitio IPA. Valle de Zongo cubre un amplio rango altitudinal, desde 800 hasta 6.080 m.s.n.m. (Navarro 2002, Cortez-Fernández 2009). Hacia el sur el valle está circundado por una extensa cadena montañosa de glaciares del Huayna Potosí – Charquini y La Cumbre, y se caracteriza por una gran cantidad de recursos hídricos que provienen de glaciares, páramos y bosques montanos (GAMLP 2012).

Hábito de Puya pearcei © MBG-Bolivia/Gustavo Miranda
Hábito de Puya pearcei © MBG-Bolivia/Gustavo Miranda
Vista panorámica de Huayna Potosí © José Valencia
Vista panorámica de Huayna Potosí © José Valencia
Puya pearcei © MBG-Bolivia/Gustavo Miranda
Puya pearcei © MBG-Bolivia/Gustavo Miranda

Botanical significance

El sitio es excepcionalmente diverso, resguardando un importante número de especies en riesgo de extinción, especies endémicas y de importancia socioeconómica. Alberga poblaciones enteras de algunas plantas. Por ejemplo, Philibertia zongoensis (CR), Meliosma minutipetala y Parathesis angustifolia (DD), y otras 27 especies son conocidas solamente de este sitio IPA en el mundo. De las 38 especies en riesgo de extinción a nivel global que se encuentran en este sitio, 29 son especies endémicas, entre ellas Oreopanax thaumasiophyllus (EN) y Puya solomonii (VU).
Además de estas especies en riesgo de extinción, el sitio concentra un total de 373 especies de plantas útiles. De ellas 21 son especies de parientes silvestres de plantas cultivadas de géneros como Lupinus, Oxalis, Rubus y Solanum principalmente, Solanum unilobum (VU) pariente del tomate de árbol (Baldaszti 2024).

Habitat and geology

El Valle de Zongo se encuentra en la Cordillera Oriental y Nevados. Este valle transcurre en torno al río Zongo, el mismo que nace del deshielo de nevados como el Huayna Potosí y se dirige hasta confluir con el río Coroico. Su paisaje está conformado desde glaciares hasta valles profundos. El sitio IPA Zongo tiene un amplio rango altitudinal, que va desde los 800 m hasta los 6.080 m, y un clima desde lo frío del altiplano, templado en los valles y el clima cálido del trópico (Eyzaguirre 2008). Toda esta variación y, en especial, sus hábitats hacen de Zongo un sitio con una flora muy particular. De acuerdo con la clasificación de vegetación y los Sistemas ecológicos de Bolivia (Navarro & Ferreira 2011, Navarro 2011) y la agrupación según la clasificación de hábitats de la UICN (2012), y la agrupación según la clasificación de hábitats de la UICN (2012), el hábitat con mayor extensión es el Bosque húmedo montano subtropical/tropical, el cual se conforma con bosques yungueños, bosques de Polylepis y otras comunidades. Otro hábitat que destaca son los Pastizales de gran altitud, que incluyen los pajonales de la Puna húmeda (Navarro 2011).

Conservation issues

El Valle de Zongo forma parte del macrodistrito de Zongo, un área que presenta una notable variación en cuanto a su altitud, con gran cantidad de recursos hídricos que provienen de glaciares, páramos y bosques montanos. Es un área con alto aprovechamiento hidroeléctrico para La Paz y el país, pues cuenta con un sistema de generación eléctrica que proviene del caudal del río Zongo y sus afluentes (GAMLP 2012). Así también el sitio se caracteriza por su producción y comercialización de la hoja de coca (Erythroxylum coca) (Esquerdo 2009). En contraste, el Valle de Zongo se sitúa entre pisos altitudinales, bosques húmedos yungueños que, sumados a otros atributos y su elevado endemismo en flora, lo hacen un área con gran valor de conservación. Existen en esta región Áreas Claves para la Biodiversidad (KBA), las cuales coinciden con el sitio IPA designado, sustentando su importancia de conservación para su flora, recurso hídrico y hábitats.

Site assessor(s)

Assessed by:

Maira T. Martinez-Ugarteche, Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno; Herbario del Oriente Boliviano (USZ), Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado; Department of Accelerated Taxonomy, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Elmer Cuba-Orozco, Unidad de Ecología Animal y Zoología, Instituto de Ecología, Carrera de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Puras y Naturales, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés; Instituto Experimental de Biología “Luis Adam Briançon”. Facultad de Ciencias Químico Farmacéuticas

Liliana Arroyo-Herbas, Fundación Amigos de la Naturaleza (FAN)

Oriana A. Lino-Villalba, Fundación Amigos de la Naturaleza (FAN)

Bente B. Klitgaard, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Date of first assessment: 1st Sep 2025

Date of latest reassessment: 31st Oct 2025


IPA criterion A species

Species Qualifying sub-criterion ≥ 1% of global population ≥ 5% of national population 1 of 5 best sites nationally Entire global population Socio-economically important Abundance at site
Saurauia rusbyi Britton A(i) True True False False False Occasional
Eryngium buchtienii H.Wolff A(iv) True True False False False Unknown
Philibertia zongoensis Goyder A(i) True True True True False Scarce
Scyphostelma beckii (Morillo) Liede & Meve A(i) True True False False False Occasional
Scyphostelma solomonii Meve & Y.M.Pineda A(iii) True True False True False Unknown
Hydrocotyle escondida M.Mend. A(iii) True True True True False Unknown
Hydrocotyle zongoana M.Mend. A(iii) True True True True False Unknown
Oreopanax thaumasiophyllus Harms A(i) True True True False False Frequent
Baccharis glomerata Joch.Müll. A(i) True True False False False Occasional
Baccharis longipedicellata (Joch.Müll.) G.Heiden A(iv) True True True False False Unknown
Critoniopsis steinbachii H.Rob. A(i) True True False False False Occasional
Dendrophorbium ayopayense (Cuatrec.) D.J.N.Hind A(i) True True False False False Occasional
Dendrophorbium tabacifolium (Rusby) C.Jeffrey A(i) True True False False False Occasional
Jungia woodii D.J.N.Hind A(iii) True True True True False Unknown
Lepidaploa beckii H.Rob. A(iv) True True False False False Unknown
Lepidaploa solomonii H.Rob. A(iv) True True False False False Unknown
Mniodes argentea (Wedd.) M.O.Dillon A(iv) True True False False False Unknown
Ophryosporus kuntzei Hieron. A(i) True True False False False Scarce
Oyedaea bullata J.Kost. A(i) True True True False False Scarce
Verbesina cumingii Sch.Bip. A(i) True True False False False Occasional
Begonia subcaudata Rusby ex L.B.Sm. & Schub. A(iv) True True True False False Unknown
Puya solomonii G.S.Varad. A(i) True True True False False Occasional
Brunellia boliviana Britton ex Rusby A(ii) True False False False False Unknown
Centropogon gloriosus (Britton) Zahlbr. A(i) True True True False False Occasional
Siphocampylus dubius Zahlbr. A(ii) True True True False False Unknown
Siphocampylus werdermannii E.Wimm. A(ii) True True True False False Unknown
Pycnophyllopsis keraiopetala Mattf. A(i) True False False False False Occasional
Cyathea zongoensis Lehnert A(ii), A(iii) True True True False False Unknown
Carex beckii G.A.Wheeler A(iii) True True True True False Unknown
Hypolepis woodii Schwartsb. A(iii) True True True True False Unknown
Elaphoglossum cardioglossum Mickel A(iii) True True False False False Unknown
Demosthenesia fabulosa (Sleumer) A.C.Sm. A(iii) True True True False False Unknown
Diogenesia racemosa (Herzog) Sleumer A(ii), A(iv) True True False False False Unknown
Erythroxylum bangii Rusby A(iii) True True True True False Unknown
Inga approximata T.D.Penn. A(i) True True False False True Scarce
Lupinus altiplani C.P.Sm. A(iv) True True False False False Scarce
Macrocarpaea cinchonifolia (Gilg) Weaver A(i) True False False False False Scarce
Symbolanthus australis Struwe A(i) True True False False False Scarce
Columnea oblongifolia Rusby A(iv) True True False False False Unknown
Sticherus jacha J.Gonzales A(iv) True True False False False Unknown
Isoetes herzogii U.Weber A(i) True True False False True Occasional
Aegiphila buchtienii Moldenke A(i) True True False False False Occasional
Persea buchtienii O.C.Schmidt A(i) True True False False False Occasional
Nototriche sajamensis (Hieron.) A.W.Hill A(i) True False False False False Scarce
Stromanthe angustifolia Rusby A(iii) True True True True False Unknown
Axinaea glandulosa Ruiz & Pav. ex D. Don A(i) True False False False False Scarce
Chaetogastra capitata (Naudin) P.J.F.Guim. & Michelang. A(iv) True True True False True Unknown
Chaetogastra tetrapetala (Cogn.) P.J.F.Guim. & Michelang. A(iv) True True False False False Unknown
Meriania axinaeoides Gleason A(i) True True False False False Occasional
Meriania pulcherrima Herzog A(i) True True False False False Occasional
Miconia amabilis Cogn. A(i) True True False False False Occasional
Miconia glomerulifera Cogn. A(i) True True False False False Occasional
Miconia neei Jan.M.Burke & Michelang. A(i) True True False False False Occasional
Miconia obliqua Gleason A(iv) True True False False False Unknown
Miconia recondita Wurdack A(i) True False False False False Scarce
Neea longipedunculata Britton ex Rusby A(i) True False False False False Occasional
Baskervilla boliviana T.Hashim. A(iii) True True False True False Unknown
Cyclopogon bangii (Rolfe ex Rusby) Schltr. A(iii) True True True True False Unknown
Epidendrum bolivianum Schltr. A(iii) True True False False False Unknown
Epidendrum zongoincomptum Hágsater & E.Santiago A(iii) True True True True False Unknown
Lepanthes zongoensis Luer A(iii) True True True True False Unknown
Masdevallia ishikoi Luer A(iii) True True True True False Unknown
Masdevallia zongoensis Luer & Hirtz A(iii) True True True True False Unknown
Pterichis lunatilabia Kolan., Baranow & S.Nowak A(iii) True True True False False Unknown
Stelis beckii Luer & R.Vásquez A(iii) True True True False False Unknown
Stelis cavatella Luer & R.Vásquez A(iii) True True True False False Unknown
Stelis punchinello Luer & R.Vásquez A(iii) True True False True False Unknown
Stelis solomonii Luer A(iii) True True False True False Unknown
Stelis varicella Luer & R.Vásquez A(iii) True True False True False Unknown
Stelis zongoensis Luer & R.Vásquez A(iii) True True True True False Unknown
Trichosalpinx solomonii Luer A(iii) True True True True False Unknown
Oxalis tuberosa subsp. unduavensis (Rusby) Lourteig A(iv) True True False False True Unknown
Oxalis yungasensis Rusby A(iv) True True True False True Unknown
Passiflora macropoda Killip A(ii), A(iv) True True False False False Unknown
Peperomia magnifoliiflora G.Mathieu A(iii) True True False True False Unknown
Peperomia pseudocobana Yunck. A(iv) True True False False False Unknown
Peperomia yanacachiana Yunck. A(iv) True True False False False Unknown
Piper bolivianum C.DC. A(i) True False False False False Scarce
Piper coriaceilimbum C.DC. A(iv) True True True False False Unknown
Axonopus andinus G.A.Black A(i) True True True False False Occasional
Festuca copei Renvoize A(i) True True False False False Scarce
Gerritea pseudopetiolata Zuloaga, Morrone & Killeen A(i) True True True False True Occasional
Elaphoglossum solomonii A.Rojas A(iii) True True True True False Unknown
Polystichum congestum M.Kessler & A.R.Sm. A(iii) True True False True False Unknown
Polystichum maximum M.Kessler & A.R.Sm. A(iii) True True False True False Unknown
Parathesis angustifolia Lundell A(iii) True True True True False Scarce
Roupala filiflora K.S.Edwards & Prance A(i) True True False False False Occasional
Polylepis pepei B.B.Simpson A(i) True False False False True Scarce
Rubus holtenii Kuntze A(iv) True True False False True Unknown
Manettia tomentosa (Jacq.) Forsyth f. A(iv) True True False False False Unknown
Sabicea boliviensis Wernham A(iii) True True True False False Unknown
Meliosma minutipetala Arbeláez A(iii) True True True True False Scarce
Selaginella angustifolia Valdespino A(iii) True True True True False Unknown
Brugmansia sanguinea (Ruiz & Pav.) D.Don A(i) True False False False True Unknown
Solanum unilobum (Rusby) Bohs A(i) True False False False True Scarce
Symplocos hiemalis Lingelsh. A(i) True False False False False Occasional
Ruellia haenkeana f. lutea Wassh. & J.R.I.Wood A(iii) True True False False False Unknown

Saurauia rusbyi Britton

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Occasional

Eryngium buchtienii H.Wolff

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iv)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Philibertia zongoensis Goyder

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
True
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Scarce

Scyphostelma beckii (Morillo) Liede & Meve

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Occasional

Scyphostelma solomonii Meve & Y.M.Pineda

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
True
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Hydrocotyle escondida M.Mend.

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
True
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Hydrocotyle zongoana M.Mend.

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
True
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Oreopanax thaumasiophyllus Harms

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Frequent

Baccharis glomerata Joch.Müll.

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Occasional

Baccharis longipedicellata (Joch.Müll.) G.Heiden

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iv)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Critoniopsis steinbachii H.Rob.

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Occasional

Dendrophorbium ayopayense (Cuatrec.) D.J.N.Hind

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Occasional

Dendrophorbium tabacifolium (Rusby) C.Jeffrey

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Occasional

Jungia woodii D.J.N.Hind

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
True
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Lepidaploa beckii H.Rob.

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iv)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Lepidaploa solomonii H.Rob.

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iv)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Mniodes argentea (Wedd.) M.O.Dillon

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iv)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Ophryosporus kuntzei Hieron.

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Scarce

Oyedaea bullata J.Kost.

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Scarce

Verbesina cumingii Sch.Bip.

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Occasional

Begonia subcaudata Rusby ex L.B.Sm. & Schub.

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iv)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Puya solomonii G.S.Varad.

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Occasional

Brunellia boliviana Britton ex Rusby

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(ii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
False
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Centropogon gloriosus (Britton) Zahlbr.

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Occasional

Siphocampylus dubius Zahlbr.

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(ii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Siphocampylus werdermannii E.Wimm.

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(ii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Pycnophyllopsis keraiopetala Mattf.

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
False
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Occasional

Cyathea zongoensis Lehnert

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(ii), A(iii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Carex beckii G.A.Wheeler

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
True
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Hypolepis woodii Schwartsb.

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
True
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Elaphoglossum cardioglossum Mickel

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Demosthenesia fabulosa (Sleumer) A.C.Sm.

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Diogenesia racemosa (Herzog) Sleumer

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(ii), A(iv)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Erythroxylum bangii Rusby

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
True
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Inga approximata T.D.Penn.

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
True
Abundance at site:
Scarce

Lupinus altiplani C.P.Sm.

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iv)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Scarce

Macrocarpaea cinchonifolia (Gilg) Weaver

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
False
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Scarce

Symbolanthus australis Struwe

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Scarce

Columnea oblongifolia Rusby

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iv)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Sticherus jacha J.Gonzales

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iv)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Isoetes herzogii U.Weber

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
True
Abundance at site:
Occasional

Aegiphila buchtienii Moldenke

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Occasional

Persea buchtienii O.C.Schmidt

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Occasional

Nototriche sajamensis (Hieron.) A.W.Hill

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
False
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Scarce

Stromanthe angustifolia Rusby

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
True
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Axinaea glandulosa Ruiz & Pav. ex D. Don

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
False
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Scarce

Chaetogastra capitata (Naudin) P.J.F.Guim. & Michelang.

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iv)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
True
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Chaetogastra tetrapetala (Cogn.) P.J.F.Guim. & Michelang.

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iv)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Meriania axinaeoides Gleason

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Occasional

Meriania pulcherrima Herzog

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Occasional

Miconia amabilis Cogn.

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Occasional

Miconia glomerulifera Cogn.

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Occasional

Miconia neei Jan.M.Burke & Michelang.

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Occasional

Miconia obliqua Gleason

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iv)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Miconia recondita Wurdack

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
False
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Scarce

Neea longipedunculata Britton ex Rusby

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
False
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Occasional

Baskervilla boliviana T.Hashim.

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
True
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Cyclopogon bangii (Rolfe ex Rusby) Schltr.

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
True
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Epidendrum bolivianum Schltr.

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Epidendrum zongoincomptum Hágsater & E.Santiago

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
True
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Lepanthes zongoensis Luer

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
True
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Masdevallia ishikoi Luer

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
True
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Masdevallia zongoensis Luer & Hirtz

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
True
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Pterichis lunatilabia Kolan., Baranow & S.Nowak

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Stelis beckii Luer & R.Vásquez

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Stelis cavatella Luer & R.Vásquez

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Stelis punchinello Luer & R.Vásquez

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
True
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Stelis solomonii Luer

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
True
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Stelis varicella Luer & R.Vásquez

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
True
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Stelis zongoensis Luer & R.Vásquez

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
True
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Trichosalpinx solomonii Luer

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
True
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Oxalis tuberosa subsp. unduavensis (Rusby) Lourteig

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iv)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
True
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Oxalis yungasensis Rusby

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iv)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
True
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Passiflora macropoda Killip

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(ii), A(iv)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Peperomia magnifoliiflora G.Mathieu

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
True
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Peperomia pseudocobana Yunck.

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iv)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Peperomia yanacachiana Yunck.

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iv)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Piper bolivianum C.DC.

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
False
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Scarce

Piper coriaceilimbum C.DC.

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iv)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Axonopus andinus G.A.Black

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Occasional

Festuca copei Renvoize

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Scarce

Gerritea pseudopetiolata Zuloaga, Morrone & Killeen

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
True
Abundance at site:
Occasional

Elaphoglossum solomonii A.Rojas

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
True
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Polystichum congestum M.Kessler & A.R.Sm.

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
True
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Polystichum maximum M.Kessler & A.R.Sm.

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
True
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Parathesis angustifolia Lundell

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
True
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Scarce

Roupala filiflora K.S.Edwards & Prance

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Occasional

Polylepis pepei B.B.Simpson

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
False
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
True
Abundance at site:
Scarce

Rubus holtenii Kuntze

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iv)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
True
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Manettia tomentosa (Jacq.) Forsyth f.

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iv)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Sabicea boliviensis Wernham

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Meliosma minutipetala Arbeláez

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
True
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Scarce

Selaginella angustifolia Valdespino

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
True
Entire global population:
True
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Brugmansia sanguinea (Ruiz & Pav.) D.Don

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
False
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
True
Abundance at site:
Unknown

Solanum unilobum (Rusby) Bohs

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
False
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
True
Abundance at site:
Scarce

Symplocos hiemalis Lingelsh.

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(i)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
False
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Occasional

Ruellia haenkeana f. lutea Wassh. & J.R.I.Wood

Qualifying sub-criterion:
A(iii)
≥ 1% of global population:
True
≥ 5% of national population:
True
1 of 5 best sites nationally:
False
Entire global population:
False
Socio-economically important:
False
Abundance at site:
Unknown

General site habitats

General site habitat Percent coverage Importance
Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane Forest 62 Major
Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude Grassland 36 Major
Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland Forest 1 Major
Other No value Unknown

Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane Forest

Percent coverage:
62
Importance:
Major

Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude Grassland

Percent coverage:
36
Importance:
Major

Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland Forest

Percent coverage:
1
Importance:
Major

Other

Percent coverage:
No value
Importance:
Unknown

Land use types

Land use type Percent coverage Importance
Agriculture (arable) No value Major
Agriculture (pastoral) No value Major
Residential / urban development No value Minor
Utility & service lines No value Minor

Agriculture (arable)

Percent coverage:
No value
Importance:
Major

Agriculture (pastoral)

Percent coverage:
No value
Importance:
Major

Residential / urban development

Percent coverage:
No value
Importance:
Minor

Utility & service lines

Percent coverage:
No value
Importance:
Minor

Threats

Threat Severity Timing
Agriculture & aquaculture - Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Small-holder farming Medium Ongoing - stable
Agriculture & aquaculture - Annual & perennial non-timber crops Medium Ongoing - stable
Agriculture & aquaculture - Livestock farming & ranching - Small-holder grazing, ranching or farming Medium Ongoing - stable
Energy production & mining - Renewable energy High Ongoing - stable

Agriculture & aquaculture - Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Small-holder farming

Severity:
Medium
Timing:
Ongoing - stable

Agriculture & aquaculture - Annual & perennial non-timber crops

Severity:
Medium
Timing:
Ongoing - stable

Agriculture & aquaculture - Livestock farming & ranching - Small-holder grazing, ranching or farming

Severity:
Medium
Timing:
Ongoing - stable

Energy production & mining - Renewable energy

Severity:
High
Timing:
Ongoing - stable

Protected areas

Protected area name Protected area type Relationship with IPA Areal overlap
Espacio Natural de Conservación Hampaturi Local / Regional Nature Reserve IPA encompasses protected/conservation area 4
Parque Nacional Tuni Condoriri National Park IPA encompasses protected/conservation area 24
PN y ANMI Cotapata National Park IPA encompasses protected/conservation area 5

Espacio Natural de Conservación Hampaturi

Protected area type:
Local / Regional Nature Reserve
Relationship with IPA:
IPA encompasses protected/conservation area
Areal overlap:
4

Parque Nacional Tuni Condoriri

Protected area type:
National Park
Relationship with IPA:
IPA encompasses protected/conservation area
Areal overlap:
24

PN y ANMI Cotapata

Protected area type:
National Park
Relationship with IPA:
IPA encompasses protected/conservation area
Areal overlap:
5

Conservation designation

Designation name Protected area Relationship with IPA Areal overlap
KBA Cotapata Key Biodiversity Area IPA encompasses protected/conservation area 67
KBA Espacio Natural de Conservacion Hampaturi Key Biodiversity Area IPA encompasses protected/conservation area 4
KBA Katari - Tuni Condoriri Key Biodiversity Area IPA encompasses protected/conservation area 18
KBA Tuni Condoriri Key Biodiversity Area IPA encompasses protected/conservation area 24

KBA Cotapata

Protected area:
Key Biodiversity Area
Relationship with IPA:
IPA encompasses protected/conservation area
Areal overlap:
67

KBA Espacio Natural de Conservacion Hampaturi

Protected area:
Key Biodiversity Area
Relationship with IPA:
IPA encompasses protected/conservation area
Areal overlap:
4

KBA Katari - Tuni Condoriri

Protected area:
Key Biodiversity Area
Relationship with IPA:
IPA encompasses protected/conservation area
Areal overlap:
18

KBA Tuni Condoriri

Protected area:
Key Biodiversity Area
Relationship with IPA:
IPA encompasses protected/conservation area
Areal overlap:
24

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Clasificación de la Vegetación de Bolivia

Navarro, G., 2002

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Cortez-Fernández, C, 2009

Anfibios del Valle de Zongo (La Paz, Bolivia): II. Riqueza, abundancia y composición

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Esquerdo, W., 2009

El Valle de Zongo y la importancia histórica del cultivo de la hoja de coca

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Plan Integral de gestión para la conservación de la biodiversidad y los recursos hidrícos macrodistrito de Zongo

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Navarro, G. & W. Ferreira, 2011

Mapa de Sistemas Ecológicos de Bolivia

Eyzaguirre, A., 2008

Recreo Turístico Zongo

Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (UICN), 2012

Habitats Classification Scheme (Version 3.1)

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Baldaszti, L.C., 2024

Solanum unilobum

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Maira T. Martinez-Ugarteche, Elmer Cuba-Orozco, Liliana Arroyo-Herbas, Oriana A. Lino-Villalba, Bente B. Klitgaard (2026) Tropical Important Plant Areas Explorer: Valle de Zongo (Bolivia). https://tipas.kew.org/site/valle-de-zongo/ (Accessed on 12/08/2026)