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Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador

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Table 20. The most diverse parasitic taxa by region and elevation zone 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

Cuscutac. 2 Balanophorac.1 Balanophorac.1 Loranthac. 12 Loranthac. 11 Loranthac. 13 Loranthac. 12
Balanophorac.1 Viscac. 1   Viscac. 11 Viscac. 8 Viscac. 8 Viscac. 6
Viscac. 1     Cuscutac. 6 Cuscutac. 3 Balanophorac.4 Balanophorac.1
      Balanophorac.2 Balanophorac.1 Opiliac. 1  
      Opiliac. 1   Rafflesiac. 1  

Andean

1000–1500 m

1500–2000 m

2000–2500 m

2500–3000 m

3000–3500 m

3500–4000 m

4000–4500 m

Loranthac. 14 Viscac. 17 Viscac. 20 Viscac. 22 Viscac. 13 Viscac. 6 Viscac. 1
Viscac. 14 Loranthac. 10 Loranthac. 9 Loranthac. 10 Loranthac. 8 Loranthac. 3  
Cuscutac. 3 Cuscutac. 4 Cuscutac. 5 Cuscutac. 6 Cuscutac. 4 Balanophorac.1  
Eremolepidac.2 Balanophorac.2 Balanophorac.3 Balanophorac.3 Balanophorac.2 Cuscutac. 1  
  Eremolepidac.1 Eremolepidac.2 Eremolepidac.1 Eremolepidac.1    
 

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

Cuscuta 2 Ombrophytum 1 Ombrophytum 1 Phoradendron 11 Phoradendron 8 Phoradendron 7 Phoradendron 5
Ombrophytum 1 Phoradendron 1   Cuscuta 6 Oryctanthus 4 Psittacanthus 5 Psittacanthus 4
Phoradendron 1     Oryctanthus 4 Cuscuta 3 Oryctanthus 3 Oryctanthus 3
      Psittacanthus 3 Phthirusa 2 Phthirusa 3 Phthirusa 3
      Phthirusa 2 Psittacanthus 2 Ombrophytum 2 Struthanthus 2
      Struthanthus 2 Struthanthus 2 Struthanthus 2 Dendrophthora 1
      Agonandra 1 Cladocolea 1   Helosis 1
      Cladocolea 1 Helosis 1    
      Corynaea 1      
      Helosis 1      

Andean

1000–1500 m

1500–2000 m

2000–2500 m

2500–3000 m

3000–3500 m

3500–4000 m

4000–4500 m

Phoradendron 11 Phoradendron 12 Dendrophthora 12 Dendrophthora 19 Dendrophthora 12 Dendrophthora 6 Dendrophthora 1
Psittacanthus 4 Dendrophthora 5 Phoradendron 8 Cuscuta 6 Cuscuta 4 Tristerix 2  
Oryctanthus 4 Cuscuta 4 Cuscuta 5 Aetanthus 3 Aetanthus 3 Corynaea 1  
Cuscuta 3 Cladocolea 2 Struthanthus 3 Phoradendron 3 Tristerix 2 Cuscuta 1  
Dendrophthora 3 Oryctanthus 2 Aetanthus 2 Struthanthus 2   Gaiadendron 1  
Struthanthus 3 Psittacanthus 2 Antidaphne 2 Tristerix 2      
Antidaphne 2 Struthanthus 2 Cladocolea 2        
Phthirusa 2   Corynaea 1        
Cladocolea 1   Gaiadendron 1        
    Scybalium 1        

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