Resumen
The flora of the tropical Andean highlands >1000 m includes 85 palm species in 21 genera, or 14% of all Neotropical palms. The Andean palms are composed of lowland elements that ascend the slopes to 1500 m elevation or, rarely, higher and the truly Andean elements (occurring in the belt from 3150 m downward) of which some descend into the lowlands adjacent to the cordillera. Forty-four palm species and two genera, Ceroxylon and Parajubaea, or 7%, of the Neotropical palm flora are exclusively Andean. Five palm genera have reached their highest diversification in the Andes: Aiphanes, Ceroxylon, Dictyocaryum, Parajubaea and Wettinia. -from Authors
Idioma original | Inglés |
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Páginas (desde-hasta) | 473-487 |
Número de páginas | 15 |
Publicación | Unknown Journal |
Estado | Publicada - 1995 |
Publicado de forma externa | Sí |