Corrigendum to “Dispersal syndromes of Vachellia caven: Dismantling introduction hypotheses and the role of man as a conceptual support for an archaeophyte in South America” (Heliyon (2023) 9(6), (S2405844023043797), (10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17171))

In the original published version of the article, there was a misleading statement using the reference of [1]. As some critics correctly indicated, this reference does not acknowledge that guanacos were extirpated from central Chile by indigenous people; rather, it was a process primarily occurring within the last five centuries (i.e., by Spaniards) ([2], as cited in Ref. [3]). While the same study suggest that guanacos might have had limited populations due to the presence of a significant number of mountain lions in central Chile prior to European arrival [3], this information does not significantly contribute to the guanaco hypothesis section in our article. Therefore, to prevent informing readers inadequately the sentence referring to Ref. [1], and the reference itself, must be discarded. Additionally, the references indicating data from GBIF were incorrectly addressed, as they redirect the backbone taxonomy, no the specific genus and study area. The correct references should be: [107] GBIF.org (May 25, 2020) GBIF Occurrence Download https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.v5p2wt. [136] GBIF.org (May 25, 2020) GBIF Occurrence Download https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.fythyz. [138 ] GBIF.org (January 25, 2022) GBIF Occurrence Download https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.4rfzq4. The authors apologize for the errors. Both the HTML and PDF versions of the article have been updated to correct the errors. Nicolás Velasco: Writing – review & editing.