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Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador

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Table 25. The most diverse treelet taxa by region and elevation zones with their numbers of species.

Families

Galápagos

Coastal

Amazonian

0–500 m

500–1000 m

1000–1500 m

0–500 m

500–1000 m

0–500 m

500–1000 m

Asterac. 9

Asterac. 7

Asterac. 2

Flacourtiac. 20

Solanac. 19

Flacourtiac. 26

Melastomatac. 19

Solanac. 4

Solanac. 4

Solanac. 2

Melastomatac. 18

Melastomatac. 18

Solanac. 25

Solanac. 19

Combretac. 2

Myrtac. 2

Bixac. 1

Solanac. 18

Flacourtiac. 17

Melastomatac. 24

Flacourtiac. 18

Myrtac. 2

 

Buddlejac. 1

Rubiac. 12

Arecac. 11

Rubiac. 19

Piperac. 13

   

Flacourtiac. 1

Monimiac. 10

Piperac. 11

Myrsinac. 16

Rubiac. 11

   

Malvac. 1

Piperac. 10

Monimiac. 10

Piperac. 13

Myrsinac. 10

   

Myrtac. 1

Meliac. 9

Apocynac. 8

Meliac. 13

Arecac. 9

   

Piperac. 1

Asterac. 8

Asterac. 7

Violac. 10

Monimiac. 7

   

Rubiac. 1

Myrsinac. 8

Rubiac. 7

Apocynac. 9

 
   

Verbenac. 1

   

Arecac. 9

 

Andean

1000–1500 m

1500–2000 m

2000–2500 m

2500–3000 m

3000–3500 m

3500–4000 m

4000–4500 m

> 4500 m

Melastomatac.29

Melastomatac.25

Melastomatac.25

Melastomatac.28

Asterac. 22

Melastomatac.7

Solanac. 4

Solanac.1

Solanac.24

Solanac.20

Solanac.20

Asterac.24

Melastomatac.22

Solanac. 7

Asterac. 1

 

Monimiac. 19

Monimiac. 17

Asterac. 15

Solanac. 19

Solanac. 13

Asterac. 6

Clusiac. 1

 

Asterac. 13

Asterac. 14

Araliac. 11

Aquifoliac. 10

Myrsinac. 7

Myrsinac. 4

Melastomatac.1

 

Piperac. 12

Piperac. 14

Monimiac. 11

Araliac. 9

Aquifoliac. 6

Blechnac. 2

Myricac. 1

 

Arecac. 11

Araliac. 11

Myrsinac. 8

Piperac. 8

Cunoniac. 5

Rosac. 2

   

Araliac. 9

Arecac. 10

Piperac. 7

Myrsinac. 7

 

Symplocac. 2

   

Flacourtiac. 9

Actinidiac. 9

Rubiac. 7

Rubiac. 7

       

Rubiac. 9

Myrsinac. 7

Actinidiac. 6

Cunoniac. 6

       

Actinidiac. 7

Flacourtiac. 6

Aquifoliac. 6

         

Genera

Galápagos

Coastal

Amazonian

0–500 m

500–1000 m

1000–1500 m

0–500 m

500–1000 m

0–500 m

500–1000 m

Scalesia 9

Scalesia 7

Scalesia 2

Piper 10

Piper 11

Solanum 17

Solanum 14

Psidium 2

Psidium 2

 

Siparuna 10

Solanum 11

Miconia 16

Piper 13

Solanum 2

Solanum 2

 

Solanum 10

Siparuna 10

Casearia 13

Casearia 11

     

Casearia 8

Tabernaemontana 7

Piper 13

Miconia 11

     

Miconia 7

Casearia 6

Trichilia 11

Saurauia 6

     

Trichilia 6

Conostegia 5

Siparuna 7

Siparuna 6

     

Conostegia 5

Miconia 5

Tabernaemontana 7

Picramnia 5

       

Blakea 4

Cybianthus 6

 
       

Capparis 4

Rinorea 6

 
       

Schefflera 4

Strychnos 6

 

Andean

1000–1500 m

1500–2000 m

2000–2500 m

2500–3000 m

3000–3500 m

3500–4000 m

4000–4500 m

> 4500 m

Solanum 19

Miconia 16

Miconia 18

Miconia 24

Miconia 18

Solanum 6

Solanum 3

Cestrum 1

Siparuna 17

Piper 14

Solanum 11

Ilex 10

Solanum 7

Miconia 5

Cestrum 1

 

Miconia 14

Siparuna 14

Schefflera 8

Solanum 9

Ilex 6

Gynoxys 4

Gynoxys 1

 

Piper 12

Solanum 10

Siparuna 8

Piper 8

Gynoxys 5

Blechnum 2

Hypericum 1

 

Schefflera 8

Saurauia 9

Piper 7

Weinmannia 6

Weinmannia 5

Hesperomeles 2

Miconia 1

 

Saurauia 7

Schefflera 9

Ilex 6

Chusquea 5

Chusquea 4

Myrsine 2

Myrica 1

 

Brugmansia 5

Saurauia 6

Oreopanax 5

Macrocarpaea 4

Symplocos 2

     

Carica 5

Brugmansia 5

Siparuna 5

Piper 4

Tibouchina 2

     
 

Chusquea 5

 

Symplocos 4

       
 

Weinmannia 5

           

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