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 14. The ten most diverse genera in each region and elevation zone with their numbers of species. The Andean zones above 1500 m are not repeated; see Table 10..

Galápagos			Coastal
0–500 m	500–1000 m	1000–1500 m	0–500 m
Scalesia 15	Thelypteris 15	Thelypteris 9	Anthurium 81
Alternanthera 14	Asplenium 10	Solanum 5	Piper 63
Thelypteris 14	Scalesia 9	Amaranthus 4	Solanum 44
Cyperus 13	Borreria 7	Asplenium 4	Maxillaria 35
Ipomoea 13	Paspalum 7	Tiquilia 4	Peperomia 35
Asplenium 11	Solanum 7	Alternanthera 3	Epidendrum 34
Chamaesyce 11	Elaphoglossum 6	Blechnum 3	Miconia 33
Amaranthus 9	Ipomoea 6	Chamaesyce 3	Psychotria 33
Solanum 8	Alternanthera 5	Cyperus 3	Ipomoea 29
Borreria 7	Cyperus 5	Paspalum 3	Thelypteris 29
Coastal	Amazonian		Andean
500–1000 m	0–500 m	500–1000 m	1000–1500 m
Anthurium 95	Piper 69	Pleurothallis 67	Pleurothallis 143
Maxillaria 52	Psychotria 67	Maxillaria 60	Anthurium 99
Pleurothallis 52	Miconia 66	Piper 59	Peperomia 92
Piper 43	Inga 56	Miconia 57	Epidendrum 90
Peperomia 40	Solanum 50	Peperomia 46	Lepanthes 79
Epidendrum 38	Maxillaria 46	Solanum 38	Maxillaria 78
Guzmania 33	Paullinia 46	Anthurium 32	Piper 62
Lepanthes 32	Peperomia 42	Inga 30	Miconia 61
Diplazium 30	Calathea 37	Epidendrum 29	Solanum 54
Philodendron 30	Anthurium 35	Psychotria 27	Guzmania 52

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