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 Table 32. The most diverse families by province with their numbers of species.
 
| Coastal provinces |  | Galápagos | Esmeraldas | Los Ríos | Manabí | Guayas | El Oro |  | Asterac. 63 | Orchidac. 331 | Orchidac. 143 | Orchidac. 86 | Poac. 96 | Orchidac. 208 |  | Poac. 56 | Arac. 137 | Arac. 72 | Poac. 58 | Orchidac. 88 | Poac. 78 |  | Cyperac. 36 | Melastomatac.101 | Piperac. 68 | Asterac. 51 | Fabac. 80 | Bromeliac. 68 |  | Amaranthac. 30 | Piperac. 73 | Poac. 64 | Arac. 31 | Asterac. 76 | Asterac. 59 |  | Fabac. 25 | Bromeliac. 71 | Asterac. 61 | Fabac. 31 | Solanac. 52 | Melastomatac. 39 |  | Solanac. 24 | Gesneriac. 69 | Rubiac. 55 | Bromeliac. 29 | Piperac. 49 | Fabac. 33 |  | Convolvulac. 20 | Rubiac. 66 | Fabac. 53 | Malvac. 29 | Convolvulac. 47 | Malvac. 33 |  | Pteridac. 20 | Dryopteridac. 63 | Solanac. 49 | Piperac. 28 | Arac. 45 | Rubiac. 33 |  | Euphorbiac. 19 | Poac. 60 | Gesneriac. 47 | Mimosac. 26 | Malvac. 45 | Arac. 32 |  | Malvac. 19 |  | Euphorbiac. 35 | Solanac. 25 | Verbenac. 44 | Gesneriac. 32 |  
 
| Andean provinces |  
| Carchi | Imbabura | Pichincha | Cotopaxi | Bolívar |  
| Orchidac. 501 | Orchidac. 434 | Orchidac. 825 | Orchidac. 241 | Orchidac. 190 |  
| Asterac. 173 | Asterac. 166 | Asterac. 362 | Asterac. 152 | Asterac. 123 |  
| Poac. 118 | Poac. 152 | Poac. 204 | Poac. 112 | Poac. 81 |  
| Melastomatac. 104 | Solanac. 74 | Piperac. 177 | Arac. 72 | Solanac. 47 |  
| Rubiac. 91 | Melastomatac. 56 | Arac. 160 | Scrophulariac. 56 | Scrophulariac. 40 |  
| Piperac. 85 | Rubiac. 53 | Dryopteridac. 156 | Solanac. 54 | Melastomatac. 36 |  
| Arac. 82 | Arac. 50 | Solanac. 151 | Dryopteridac. 47 | Rubiac. 31 |  
| Gesneriac. 81 | Bromeliac. 48 | Melastomatac. 120 | Bromeliac. 43 | Bromeliac. 26 |  
| Bromeliac. 77 | Cyperac. 44 | Bromeliac. 118 | Rubiac. 43 | Dryopteridac. 24 |  
| Solanac. 74 | Ericac. 44 |  | Piperac. 41 |  |  
| Chimborazo | Tungurahua | Cañar | Azuay | Loja |  
| Asterac. 265 | Orchidac. 392 | Asterac. 152 | Orchidac. 394 | Orchidac. 549 |  
| Orchidac. 166 | Asterac. 171 | Orchidac. 127 | Asterac. 241 | Asterac. 271 |  
| Poac. 152 | Poac. 123 | Poac. 65 | Poac. 143 | Poac. 181 |  
| Solanac. 79 | Solanac. 65 | Solanac. 44 | Bromeliac. 85 | Bromeliac. 120 |  
| Scrophulariac. 54 | Polypodiac. 54 | Scrophulariac. 43 | Melastomatac. 81 | Melastomatac. 107 |  
| Fabac. 52 | Dryopteridac. 51 | Rubiac. 34 | Solanac. 76 | Solanac. 87 |  
| Piperac. 46 | Melastomatac. 50 | Ericac. 31 | Scrophulariac. 56 | Fabac. 77 |  
| Bromeliac. 45 | Piperac. 50 | Melastomatac. 30 | Cyperac. 53 | Ericac. 63 |  
| Melastomatac. 45 | Bromeliac. 45 |  | Ericac. 53 | Rubiac. 63 |  
| Dryopteridac. 43 | Scrophulariac. 44 |  | Polypodiac. 49 | Scrophulariac. 48 |  
 
| Amazonian provinces |  
| Sucumbíos | Napo | Pastaza | Morona-Santiago | Zamora-Chinchipe |  
| Orchidac. 295 | Orchidac. 808 | Orchidac. 431 | Orchidac. 809 | Orchidac. 807 |  
| Melastomatac. 82 | Asterac. 240 | Melastomatac. 174 | Melastomatac. 197 | Melastomatac. 123 |  
| Rubiac. 69 | Melastomatac. 231 | Rubiac. 142 | Rubiac. 121 | Asterac. 84 |  
| Solanac. 60 | Rubiac. 234 | Piperac. 114 | Piperac. 109 | Rubiac. 82 |  
| Morac. 57 | Piperac. 164 | Asterac. 81 | Bromeliac. 104 | Dryopteridac. 77 |  
| Mimosac. 54 | Poac. 156 | Arac. 79 | Asterac. 84 | Bromeliac. 65 |  
| Arac. 49 | Dryopteridac. 132 | Gesneriac. 78 | Gesneriac. 83 | Ericac. 65 |  
| Poac. 43 | Solanac. 129 | Solanac. 76 | Arac. 80 | Piperac. 58 |  
| Arecac. 42 | Arac. 128 | Mimosac. 73 | Ericac. 78 | Gesneriac. 57 |  
| Ericac. 41 | Bromeliac. 113 | Bromeliac. 72 | Solanac. 65 |  |  
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