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Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador

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Table 8. The ten most diverse genera in each region with their numbers of species.

Galápagos

Coastal

Andean

Amazonian
Thelypteris 18 Anthurium 127 Pleurothallis 338 Miconia 89
Scalesia 15 Piper 72 Lepanthes 249 Piper 87
Alternanthera 14 Pleurothallis 58 Epidendrum 242 Pleurothallis 76
Cyperus 13 Maxillaria 57 Peperomia 171 Maxillaria 74
Ipomoea 13 Peperomia 57 Miconia 166 Psychotria 70
Asplenium 11 Epidendrum 52 Masdevallia 160 Peperomia 63
Chamaesyce 11 Solanum 50 Anthurium 137 Solanum 57
Amaranthus 9 Miconia 40 Maxillaria 129 Inga 56
Solanum 8 Philodendron 37 Solanum 125 Paullinia 46
Paspalum 7 Guzmania 36 Piper 114 Epidendrum 41

 
 
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