Botanical Exploration of the Cordillera del Cóndor Region of Ecuador and Peru: Project Activities and Scientific Findings, 2004-2007 Versión en Español This project of botanical investigation and student training in the Cordillera del Cóndor region was made possible by financial support from the U.S. National Science Foundation, project NSF # 0346679, granted to Missouri Botanical Garden.  For the entire pdf (46 pgs) of the final report, click here.  For an online version of the report, including additional maps, photos, and publications, refer to the outline below. I. Background: The Cordillera del Cóndor Introduction Study area and geological background Substrate heterogeneity, vegetation and floristic composition Venezuelan Guayana disjunct taxa in the Cóndor region Botanical exploration in the Cordillera del Cóndor region prior to 2004 Objectives of the Cordillera del Cóndor Project: 2004-2007 Vascular Plant Collections and plant collection localities Bryophyte Collections II. Personnel and Participants Senior Personnel Graduate Students Undergraduate Students Technician, Programmer Other Participants III. Dendrology Courses (What is Dendrology?) Course #1 September 2005 Course #2 May 2006 Course #3 November 2006 Course #4 April 2007 IV. One-hectare Tree Inventory Plots Establishment of one-hectare tree inventory plots Kuankus Plot Yunkumas Plot Nangaritza River Slope Plot Nangaritza Lower Sandstone Plateau Plot Nangaritza Upper Sandstone Plateau Plot Wawaime Plot V. Geographic Information System used in the Project Cartography and GIS studies of the Cordillera del Cóndor region Copy of the base map [* To enlarge the map, click on the map and lower right icon after the window opens] VI. Project Findings and Botanical Novelties Introduction: The “Lost World” of the Cordillera del Cóndor New generic records and other botanical novelties: Retiniphyllum tepuiense (Rubiaceae), Hortia cf. brasiliensis (Rutaceae), Krukoviella disticha (Ochnaceae), Humiriastrum mapiriense (Humiriaceae), Podocarpus tepuiensis (Podocarpaceae), Pitcairnia neillii (Bromeliaceae), Phainantha shuariorum (Melastomataceae), Stenospermation arborescens (Araceae) Quantitative Inventory of the Forest: Results of the Permanent Plots Checklists of Mosses and Hepatics VII. Environmental Impacts and Conservation issues VIII. Maps of the Cordillera del Cóndor region [* To enlarge the map, click on the map and lower right icon after the window opens] Relief map of the region Tepuis of the Cordillera del Cóndor Locations of the Shuar Indigenous groups in the region Protected Natural Areas in the region Threats to Biodiversity in the region IX. Publications Novon: Phainantha shuariorum (Melastomataceae), a New Species from the Cordillera del Cóndor, Ecuador, disjunct from a Guyana Genus, by Carmen Ulloa Ulloa and David A. Neill Plant Talk: Cordillera del Cóndor, Botanical Treasures between the Andes and the Amazon, by David A. Neill International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) Tropical Forest Update: The Incredible Condor, by the Natura Foundation √ Check back for further publications X. Literature Cited Thank you to contributing sources Principal Investigator: Dr. David Neill E-mail: David.Neill@mobot.org Quito, Ecuador TOP