Floristic Diversity in the Andes
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Last Addition: 14 March 1997
Gymnosperms Monocotyledons|Amaryllidaceae |Araceae |Arecaceae | Bromeliaceae | Commelinaceae | Heliconiaceae | Iridaceae | Juncaceae | Liliaceae | Orchidaceae | Poaceae|
Dicotyledons| Acanthaceae | Actinidaceae | Aizoaceae | Amaranthaceae | Anacardiaceae | Apiaceae | Apocynaceae | Asclepiadaceae | Araliaceae | Aristolochiaceae
| Asteraceae| Tribe Astereae| Tribe Barnadesieae |Tribe Cardueae | Tribe Eupatorieae |Tribe Gnaphalieae | Tribe Helenieae | Tribe Heliantheae| Tribe Lactuceae| Tribe Liabeae | Tribe Mutisieae| Tribe Plucheae| Tribe Senecioneae
| Balanophoraceae
| Basellaceae
| Begoniaceae
| Berberidaceae
| Bignoniaceae
| Bixaceae
|Bombacaceae
| Boraginaceae
| Burseraceae
| Buxaceae
|Cactaceae |Caesalpiniaceae ~ Fabaceae | Campanulaceae | Capparaceae | Caprifoliaceae |Caricaceae |Caryophyllaceae | Cecropiaceae |Chloranthaceae |Columelliaceae | Clusiaceae | Convolvulaceae | Crassulaceae | Cucurbitaceae | Cunoniaceae
|Elaeocarpaceae
| Ericaceae |
Euphorbiaceae|
| Gentianaceae
| Geraniaceae
| Gesneriaceae
| Griseliniaceae
| Grossulariaceae
| Gunneraceae ~ Haloragaceae
| Lamiaceae | Lauraceae | Ledocarpaceae |Loasaceae |Loganiaceae |Loranthaceae | Lythraceae
| Malpighiaceae |Malvaceae |Martyniaceae | Melastomataceae | Meliaceae | Monimiaceae | Moraceae | Myricaceae | Myristicaceae | Myrsinaceae | Myrtaceae
| Oleaceae
| Onagraceae
| Oxalidaceae
| Passifloraceae | Piperaceae | Plumbaginaceae | Polemoniaceae | Polygalaceae | Polygonaceae | Portulacaceae | Proteaceae
| Ranunculaceae | Rhynchothecaceae | Rosaceae | Rubiaceae
| Sapindaceae | Sapotaceae | Saxifragaceae | Scrophulariaceae | Solanaceae | Sterculiaceae | Symplocaceae
| Theaceae | Thymelaeaceae | Tiliaceae | Tropaeolaceae | Turneraceae
| Valerianaceae | Verbenaceae | Violaceae
The selections (+100 plant families, +200 genera) here provide brief discussions of the distribution and diversity for gymnosperms, monocotyledons, and dicotyledons from Peru and Chile. The examples illustrate plants from all the major floristic regions: alpine formations, coastal deserts, ceja de la montana, montane forests, and eastern lowland forests. The majority of these plants have restricted distributions (endemics) within their respective environments.
In the descriptions, the two-letter abbreviations represent the Departments of Peru and follow the usage in the Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru (Brako & Zarucchi, 1993). The list is provided here:
| AM = Amazonas AN = Ancash AP = Apurímac AR = Arequipa AY = Ayacucho CA = Cajamarca |
CU = Cuzco HU = Huánuco HV = Huancavelica IC = Ica JU = Junín LA = Lambayeque |
LI = Lima LL = La Libertad LO = Loreto MD = Madre de Dios MO = Moquega PA = Pasco |
PI = Piura PU = Puno SM = San Martín TA = Tacna TU = Tumbes UC = Ucayali |
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