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Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador

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Table 14. The ten most diverse genera in each region and elevation zone with their numbers of species. The Andean zones above 1500 m are not repeated; see Table 10..

Galápagos Coastal
0–500 m 500–1000 m 1000–1500 m 0–500 m
Scalesia 15 Thelypteris 15 Thelypteris 9 Anthurium 81
Alternanthera 14 Asplenium 10 Solanum 5 Piper 63
Thelypteris 14 Scalesia 9 Amaranthus 4 Solanum 44
Cyperus 13 Borreria 7 Asplenium 4 Maxillaria 35
Ipomoea 13 Paspalum 7 Tiquilia 4 Peperomia 35
Asplenium 11 Solanum 7 Alternanthera 3 Epidendrum 34
Chamaesyce 11 Elaphoglossum 6 Blechnum 3 Miconia 33
Amaranthus 9 Ipomoea 6 Chamaesyce 3 Psychotria 33
Solanum 8 Alternanthera 5 Cyperus 3 Ipomoea 29
Borreria 7 Cyperus 5 Paspalum 3 Thelypteris 29
Coastal Amazonian Andean
500–1000 m 0–500 m 500–1000 m 1000–1500 m
Anthurium 95 Piper 69 Pleurothallis 67 Pleurothallis 143
Maxillaria 52 Psychotria 67 Maxillaria 60 Anthurium 99
Pleurothallis 52 Miconia 66 Piper 59 Peperomia 92
Piper 43 Inga 56 Miconia 57 Epidendrum 90
Peperomia 40 Solanum 50 Peperomia 46 Lepanthes 79
Epidendrum 38 Maxillaria 46 Solanum 38 Maxillaria 78
Guzmania 33 Paullinia 46 Anthurium 32 Piper 62
Lepanthes 32 Peperomia 42 Inga 30 Miconia 61
Diplazium 30 Calathea 37 Epidendrum 29 Solanum 54
Philodendron 30 Anthurium 35 Psychotria 27 Guzmania 52

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