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DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS OF ECUADOREAN PLANT SPECIES

Balslev, Henrik·1988·TAXON
DOI 10.2307/1221100
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Ecuador covers some 300,000 km 2 on the west coast of the South American continent. The country is divided into three natural regions: the coastal plain, the Andes cordillera, and the eastern lowlands. Twenty-six life zones, including deserts, rainforests, and high montane vegetation types, are represented in the country. The flora includes an estimated 20,000 species of vascular plants. In this study the distribution of a sample of 536 species is analyzed, and some conspicuous phytogeographic patterns are obvious. The lowland flora is rich in widespread species and many of them occur on both sides of the Andes. The coastal plain is rich and the eastern lowlands are poor in endemics. The mid-elevations between 900 m and 3000 m house about half of the species of the country although they constitute only 10% of the area. Endemism is high at mid-elevations: 39% of the mid-elevation species do not reach beyond Ecuador. Especially the western slopes of the Andes are rich in endemics with 10% of the total Ecuadorean flora being restricted to them. The Ecuadorean highlands above 3000 m house 10% of the total flora of the country. Endemism in the highlands is about the same as at mid-elevations.

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Authors
Balslev, H.
Affiliations
Aarhus University (DK)
Corresponding author
Balslev, Henrik
ORCID
Balslev, Henrik
Venue
TAXON
Publisher
Wiley
Published
1988-08
Volume
37
Issue
3
Pages
567-577
ISSN
  • 0040-0262 (ISSN-L)
  • 1996-8175
DOI
10.2307/1221100
OpenAlex
W2335342183
Cited by
60
References
24
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 3 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 2
FWCI
2.09
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 11287 d)
Locations
Taxon (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Botany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean
Keywords
plant distribution, phytogeography, endemism, vascular plants, Andes, elevation gradient, life zones, coastal plain, Ecuadorian flora

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