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Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador

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Table 17. The ten most diverse families by habit with their numbers of species. The parasites are represented only by seven families and the saprophytes by four.

Herb

Subshrub

Shrub

Treelet

Tree

Vine

Orchidac. 977

Asterac. 108

Melastomatac. 404

Melastomatac. 86

Melastomatac. 219

Asterac. 99

Bromeliac. 437

Campanulac. 58

Asterac. 361

Solanac. 61

Laurac. 154

Asclepiadac. 81

Poac. 418

Solanac. 44

Rubiac. 311

Asterac. 55

Rubiac. 138

Fabac. 77

Asterac. 333

Schrophulariac. 40

Solanac. 218

Flacourtiac. 40

Mimosac. 135

Passiflorac. 75

Dryopteridac. 245

Malvac. 38

Ericac. 208

Rubiac. 40

Annonac. 97

Cucurbitac. 66

Piperac. 229

Fabac. 37

Piperac. 184

Myrsinac. 29

Euphorbiac. 95

Convolvulac. 62

Cyperac. 211

Rubiac. 33

Euphorbiac. 101

Piperac. 26

Morac. 85

Apocynac. 41

Arac. 185

Melastomatac. 30

Campanulac. 80

Monimiac. 25

Myrtac. 72

Dioscoreac. 33

Gesneriac. 171

Piperac. 28

Verbenac. 71

Araliac. 22

Solanac. 70

Rubiac. 32

Pteridac. 129

Acanthac. 25

Malvac. 60

Arecac. 20

Clusiac. 68

Solanac. 31

Liana

Epiphyte

Parasite

Hemiepiphyte

Aquatic

Saprophyte

Sapindac. 78

Orchidac. 2567

Viscac. 49

Arac. 129

Lemnac. 12

Burmanniac. 11

Asterac. 75

Bromeliac. 357

Loranthac. 32

Morac. 38

Alismatac. 11

Gentianac. 5

Malpighiac. 74

Arac. 182

Cuscutac. 11

Clusiac. 23

Pontederiac. 10

Orchidac. 1

Bignoniac. 70

Polypodiac. 173

Balanophorac. 8

Dryopteridac. 21

Potamogetonac. 7

Triuridac. 1

Apocynac. 37

Piperac. 148

Eremolepidac. 2

Araliac. 17

Isoetac. 6

 

Menispermac. 32

Gesneriac. 81

Opiliac. 2

Bromeliac. 16

Nymphaeac. 6

 

Melastomatac. 29

Hymenophyllac. 79

Rafflesiac. 1

Cecropiac. 15

Salviniac. 6

 

Passiflorac. 29

Dryopteridac. 75

 

Marcgraviac. 14

Hydrocharitac. 4

 

Hippocrateac. 27

Ericac. 73

 

Piperac. 6

Onagrac. 4

 

Fabac. 21

Aspleniac. 45

 

Gesneriac. 5

Schrophulariac. 4

 

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