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 Table 16. Number of species of each habit class in each region and elevation zone. The three highest values for the habits are in bold. The three highest values for the region and elevation zones are shaded.
 
| Region and Elevation Zones
 | Herb | Sub- shrub
 | Shrub | Treelet | Tree | Vine | Liana | Epiphyte | Parasite | Hemi- epiphyte
 | Aquatic | Sapro- phyte
 |  | Galápagos | 0 – 500m
 | 414 | 74 | 137 | 32 | 60 | 47 | 4 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0 |  | 500 – 1000m
 | 329 | 59 | 92 | 23 | 36 | 27 | 4 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 |  | 1000 – 1500m
 | 192 | 40 | 43 | 12 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |  | Coastal | 0 – 500m
 | 1329 | 181 | 736 | 209 | 763 | 323 | 234 | 612 | 32 | 110 | 62 | 3 |  | 500 – 1000m
 | 1213 | 144 | 558 | 173 | 470 | 200 | 158 | 805 | 23 | 136 | 10 | 0 |  | Amazonian | 0 – 500m
 | 1024 | 118 | 853 | 279 | 1356 | 242 | 436 | 565 | 27 | 104 | 26 | 15 |  | 500 – 1000m
 | 958 | 108 | 608 | 191 | 635 | 155 | 191 | 760 | 19 | 77 | 8 | 5 |  | Andean | 1000 – 1500m
 | 1763 | 194 | 912 | 215 | 593 | 244 | 157 | 1450 | 33 | 153 | 9 | 5 |  | 1500 – 2000m
 | 1690 | 209 | 930 | 201 | 533 | 253 | 107 | 1408 | 35 | 88 | 10 | 4 |  | 2000 – 2500m
 | 1670 | 242 | 1057 | 193 | 492 | 275 | 89 | 1144 | 39 | 39 | 9 | 2 |  | 2500 – 3000m
 | 1743 | 268 | 1175 | 190 | 483 | 284 | 82 | 905 | 42 | 14 | 24 | 0 |  | 3000 – 3500m
 | 1304 | 223 | 848 | 131 | 309 | 198 | 47 | 492 | 28 | 7 | 17 | 0 |  | 3500 – 4000m
 | 773 | 122 | 369 | 46 | 106 | 75 | 15 | 112 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 0 |  | 4000 – 4500m
 | 430 | 56 | 103 | 8 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |  | > 4500m
 | 104 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |  
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