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Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador

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Table 13. The ten most diverse families in each region and elevation zone with their numbers of species. The Andean zones above 1500 m are not repeated; see Table 9.

Galápagos Coastal
0–500 m 500–1000 m 1000–1500 m 0–500 m
Asterac. 62 Asterac. 47 Poac. 27 Orchidac. 307
Poac. 50 Poac. 39 Asterac. 23 Arac. 144
Cyperac. 36 Cyperac. 21 Cyperac. 14 Asterac. 131
Amaranthac. 29 Pteridac. 19 Solanac. 13 Poac. 128
Fabac. 24 Dryopteridac. 17 Boraginac. 12 Fabac. 115
Solanac. 23 Solanac. 17 Amaranthac. 9 Piperac. 100
Convolvulac. 20 Amaranthac. 15 Malvac. 9 Melastomatac. 97
Pteridac. 19 Rubiac. 15 Pteridac. 9 Rubiac. 96
Euphorbiac. 18 Thelypteridac. 15 Scrophulariac. 9 Solanac. 87
Malvac. 18 Malvac. 14 Thelypteridac. 9 Euphorbiac. 84
Coastal Amazonian Andean
500–1000 m 0–500 m 500–1000 m 1000–1500 m
Orchidac. 465 Orchidac. 307 Orchidac. 477 Orchidac. 1006
Arac. 163 Rubiac. 213 Melastomatac. 148 Bromeliac. 173
Bromeliac. 114 Melastomatac. 171 Piperac. 106 Asterac. 167
Asterac. 110 Piperac. 112 Rubiac. 90 Arac. 165
Poac. 99 Mimosac. 104 Bromeliac. 80 Melastomatac. 160
Dryopteridac. 94 Arac. 101 Dryopteridac. 79 Piperac. 155
Melastomatac. 84 Fabac. 89 Arac. 78 Poac. 123
Piperac. 84 Solanac. 89 Asterac. 76 Rubiac. 119
Gesneriac. 75 Euphorbiac. 88 Gesneriac. 64 Gesneriac. 111
Solanac. 60 Sapindac. 87 Solanac. 63 Dryopteridac. 110

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