www.mobot.org Research Home | Search | Contact | Site Map  
 
Research
W³TROPICOS
QUICK SEARCH

MO PROJECTS:
Africa
Asia/Pacific
Mesoamerica
North America
South America
General Taxonomy
Photo Essays
Training in Latin
  America

MO RESEARCH:
Wm. L. Brown Center
Bryology
GIS
Graduate Studies
Research Experiences
  for Undergraduates

Imaging Lab
Library
MBG Press
Publications
Climate Change
Catalog Fossil Plants
MO DATABASES:
W³MOST
Image Index
Rare Books
Angiosperm
  Phylogeny

Res Botanica
All Databases
INFORMATION:
What's New?
People at MO
Visitor's Guide
Herbarium
Jobs & Fellowships
Symposium
Research Links
Site Map
Search

Projects

 

A Comparison of the Structure and Composition of Montane and Lowland Tropical Forest in the Serranía Pilón Lajas, Beni, Bolivia

Back to Main Page

Table 2. The species diversity and importance values for the families of trees collected in two one hectare permanent plots established in the Serranía Pilón Lajas; the FIV or family importance value is the sum of the relative values for diversity, abundance and dominance (basal areas).

Family

Río Colorado

Cumbre Pilón

# Species

FIV

# Species

FIV

Anacardiaceae

1

4.72

1

3.46

Annonaceae

6

16.57

4

7.19

Apocynaceae

-

-

1

2.28

Araliaceae

2

3.54

1

9.27

Bombacaceae

1

1.79

1

0.88

Boraginaceae

-

-

1

0.87

Burseraceae

2

6.53

2

12.46

Caricaceae

1

2.10

-

-

Celastraceae

-

-

1

2.11

Chrysobalanaceae

1

5.38

2

2.19

Combretaceae

-

-

2

3.41

Elaeocarpaceae

1

4.32

2

4.95

Eupborbiaceae

2

25.74

7

17.70

Flacourtiaceae

2

5.12

3

11.87

Guttiferae

-

-

3

5.81

Hippocrataceae

1

2.33

-

-

Lauraceae

8

13.20

9

14.18

Lecythidaceae

-

-

1

0.90

Leguminosae

4

11.14

25

41.90

Mimosoideae

(2)

(7.14)

(14)

(21.06)

Papilionoideae

(2)

(4.01)

(11)

(20.84)

Malpighiaceae

-

-

2

1.91

Melastomataceae

-

-

3

2.78

Meliaceae

5

11.72

8

12.55

Moraceae

12

71.77

13

39.24

Myristicaceae

2

4.59

3

5.04

Myrtaceae

1

1.45

7

7.46

Myrsinaceae

1

1.67

1

1.27

Nyctaginaceae

2

5.63

3

5.58

Palmae

7

57.84

1

3.54

Polygonaceae

2

4.16

3

6.06

Rosaceae

-

-

1

0.98

Rubiaceae

1

1.55

14

18.49

Rutaceae

1

1.45

1

0.93

Sapindaceae

1

2.26

4

11.28

Sapotaceae

-

-

7

15.43

Solanaceae

1

1.93

-

-

Sterculiaceae

2

4.00

1

3.46

Tiliaceae

1

5.45

2

4.89

Ulmaceae

3

10.81

1

6.04

Urticaceae

1

2.41

1

4.92

Verbenaceae

1

2.16

2

2.14

Violaceae

1

1.66

2

2.16

indet

1

1.76

1

1.13

indet

1

1.50

1

0.87

indet

1

1.48

-

-

Total

146

 

78

 

 

 
 
© 1995-2024 Missouri Botanical Garden, All Rights Reserved
4344 Shaw Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63110
(314) 577-5100

E-mail
Technical Support