MBG: Research: Ecuador: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador

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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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