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Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador

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Table 27. The most diverse tree taxa by region and elevation zones with their numbers of species.

Families

Galápagos

Coastal

Amazonian

0–500 m

500–1000 m

1000–1500 m

0–500 m

500–1000 m

0–500 m

500–1000 m

Mimosac. 43

Mimosac. 43

Mimosac. 43

Mimosac. 43

Mimosac. 43

Mimosac. 43

Melastomatac. 3

Cactac. 7

Bombacac. 2

 

Melastomatac. 33

Morac. 26

Annonac. 76

Mimosac. 43

Bombacac. 3

Burserac. 2

 

Morac. 33

Melastomatac. 25

Rubiac. 74

Euphorbiac. 35

Fabac. 3

Cactac. 2

 

Euphorbiac. 32

Laurac. 21

Laurac. 73

Rubiac. 32

 

Flacourtiac. 2

 

Laurac. 31

Clusiac. 19

Melastomatac. 70

Laurac. 29

 

Myrtac. 2

 

Bombacac. 27

Euphorbiac. 19

Euphorbiac. 60

Clusiac. 28

 

Rubiac. 2

 

Fabac. 27

Arecac. 17

Morac. 58

Morac. 26

     

Rubiac. 26

Flacourtiac. 17

Myrtac. 39

Flacourtiac. 20

     

Annonac. 25

Rubiac. 17

Chrysobalanac. 38

Solanac. 20

     

Clusiac. 25

Cyatheac. 14

Fabac. 38

 

Andean

1000–1500 m

1500–2000 m

2000–2500 m

2500–3000 m

3000–3500 m

3500–4000 m

4000–4500 m

> 4500 m

Melastomatac. 63

Melastomatac. 58

Melastomatac. 58

Melastomatac. 65

Melastomatac. 51

Melastomatac. 19

Solanac. 6

Solanac. 2

Euphorbiac. 33

Laurac. 31

Laurac. 27

Solanac. 30

Solanac. 28

Solanac. 16

Rosac. 5

 

Laurac. 32

Rubiac. 30

Solanac. 24

Asterac. 29

Asterac. 26

Rosac. 14

Melastomatac. 3

 

Rubiac. 30

Euphorbiac. 28

Rubiac. 24

Rubiac. 24

Araliac. 14

Asterac. 7

Asterac. 1

 

Morac. 29

Clusiac. 26

Euphorbiac. 23

Laurac. 21

Myrsinac. 14

Myrsinac. 5

Chloranthac. 1

 

Clusiac. 27

Morac. 23

Asterac. 17

Araliac. 20

Cunoniac. 12

Araliac. 3

Columelliac. 1

 

Solanac. 21

Mimosac. 17

Cunoniac. 16

Cunoniac. 19

Rubiac. 12

Brunelliac. 3

Grossulariac. 1

 

Cyatheac. 20

Solanac. 17

Myrtac. 16

Euphorbiac. 16

Rosac. 11

Ericac. 3

Myricac. 1

 

Arecac. 19

Cyatheac. 16

Araliac. 15

Myrsinac. 15

Laurac. 9

Podocarpac. 3

Myrsinac. 1

 
 

Myrtac. 14

Myrsinac. 14

Myrtac. 15

Chloranthac. 8

Theac. 3

   
 

Genera

Galápagos

Coastal

Amazonian

0–500 m

500–1000 m

1000–1500 m

0–500 m

500–1000 m

0–500 m

500–1000 m

Opuntia 5

Inga 4

Inga 2

Inga 27

Inga 20

Inga 56

Inga 30

Inga 4

Acacia 2

 

Miconia 14

Miconia 11

Miconia 38

Miconia 29

Acacia 3

Bursera 2

 

Matisia 13

Cyathea 10

Licania 23

Solanum 14

Bursera 2

Psidium 2

 

Ocotea 11

Matisia 9

Pouteria 19

Casearia 12

Cordia 2

   

Annona 10

Ocotea 9

Virola 19

Nectandra 11

Psidium 2

   

Clusia 10

Clusia 9

Eugenia 17

Clusia 10

Scalesia 2

   

Ficus 10

Cecropia 8

Nectandra 17

Cecropia 9

       

Ficus 7

Protium 17

Cyathea 9

           

Ocotea 9

           

Virola 8

Andean

1000–1500 m

1500–2000 m

2000–2500 m

2500–3000 m

3000–3500 m

3500–4000 m

4000–4500 m

> 4500 m

Miconia 30

Miconia 28

Miconia 28

Miconia 39

Miconia 33

Miconia 13

Polylepis 5

Cestrum 1

Clusia 17

Clusia 18

Weinmannia 16

Weinmannia 19

Oreopanax 12

Polylepis 11

Miconia 3

Solanum 1

Cyathea 15

Cyathea 12

Hedyosmum 12

Oreopanax 16

Weinmannia 12

Solanum 8

Solanum 3

 

Solanum 15

Inga 10

Ocotea 11

Hedyosmum 11

Solanum 11

Axinaea 3

   

Cecropia 14

Ocotea 10

Clusia 10

Ocotea 11

Hedyosmum 8

Brunellia 3

   

Ocotea 11

Saurauia 10

Meriania 9

Symplocos 11

Brunellia 7

Cestrum 3

   

Alchornea 9

Ficus 9

Oreopanax 9

Solanum 10

Polylepis 7

Freziera 3

   

Schefflera 9

Meriania 9

Solanum 9

Clusia 9

Symplocos 7

Myrsine 3

   

Blakea 8

 

Critoniopsis 8

Meriania 9

Gynoxys 6

Oreopanax 3

   

Nectandra 8

 

Cyathea 8

 

Myrsine 6

     

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