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 Table 17. The ten most diverse families by habit with their numbers of species. The parasites are represented only by seven families and the saprophytes by four.
 
| Herb | Subshrub | Shrub | Treelet | Tree | Vine |  | Orchidac. 977 | Asterac. 108 | Melastomatac. 404 | Melastomatac. 86 | Melastomatac. 219 | Asterac. 99 |  | Bromeliac. 437 | Campanulac. 58 | Asterac. 361 | Solanac. 61 | Laurac. 154 | Asclepiadac. 81 |  | Poac. 418 | Solanac. 44 | Rubiac. 311 | Asterac. 55 | Rubiac. 138 | Fabac. 77 |  | Asterac. 333 | Schrophulariac. 40 | Solanac. 218 | Flacourtiac. 40 | Mimosac. 135 | Passiflorac. 75 |  | Dryopteridac. 245 | Malvac. 38 | Ericac. 208 | Rubiac. 40 | Annonac. 97 | Cucurbitac. 66 |  | Piperac. 229 | Fabac. 37 | Piperac. 184 | Myrsinac. 29 | Euphorbiac. 95 | Convolvulac. 62 |  | Cyperac. 211 | Rubiac. 33 | Euphorbiac. 101 | Piperac. 26 | Morac. 85 | Apocynac. 41 |  | Arac. 185 | Melastomatac. 30 | Campanulac. 80 | Monimiac. 25 | Myrtac. 72 | Dioscoreac. 33 |  | Gesneriac. 171 | Piperac. 28 | Verbenac. 71 | Araliac. 22 | Solanac. 70 | Rubiac. 32 |  | Pteridac. 129 | Acanthac. 25 | Malvac. 60 | Arecac. 20 | Clusiac. 68 | Solanac. 31 |  | Liana | Epiphyte | Parasite | Hemiepiphyte | Aquatic | Saprophyte |  | Sapindac. 78 | Orchidac. 2567 | Viscac. 49 | Arac. 129 | Lemnac. 12 | Burmanniac. 11 |  | Asterac. 75 | Bromeliac. 357 | Loranthac. 32 | Morac. 38 | Alismatac. 11 | Gentianac. 5 |  | Malpighiac. 74 | Arac. 182 | Cuscutac. 11 | Clusiac. 23 | Pontederiac. 10 | Orchidac. 1 |  | Bignoniac. 70 | Polypodiac. 173 | Balanophorac. 8 | Dryopteridac. 21 | Potamogetonac. 7 | Triuridac. 1 |  | Apocynac. 37 | Piperac. 148 | Eremolepidac. 2 | Araliac. 17 | Isoetac. 6 |  |  | Menispermac. 32 | Gesneriac. 81 | Opiliac. 2 | Bromeliac. 16 | Nymphaeac. 6 |  |  | Melastomatac. 29 | Hymenophyllac. 79 | Rafflesiac. 1 | Cecropiac. 15 | Salviniac. 6 |  |  | Passiflorac. 29 | Dryopteridac. 75 |  | Marcgraviac. 14 | Hydrocharitac. 4 |  |  | Hippocrateac. 27 | Ericac. 73 |  | Piperac. 6 | Onagrac. 4 |  |  | Fabac. 21 | Aspleniac. 45 |  | Gesneriac. 5 | Schrophulariac. 4 |  |  
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