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For the purposes of this category, Ecuador is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions; that is, it is as politically defined except that Galápagos is treated as distinct. For the flora of Galápagos, see Category:Flora of the Galápagos Islands, which is not a subcategory of this category.
The Endemic flora of Ecuador For the purposes of this category, Ecuador is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions ; that is, it is as politically defined except that Galápagos is treated as distinct.
The Environment of Ecuador contains almost 20,000 species of plants, 1,500 species of birds, 341 species of mammals and more than 840 species of reptiles and amphibians. [1] It includes World Heritage Sites like the Galápagos Islands , and magnificent parks such as the Yasuni National Park .
On Ecuador's side of the mangrove ecoregion, particularly near the cities of Machala and Santa Rosa in the province of El Oro, many shrimp farm ponds have been dug out for export of shrimp to the U.S., Europe and other regions. Shrimp are one of Ecuador's main exports together with crude oil and derivatives, bananas and ornamental flowers.
An electronic Flora is an online resource which provides descriptions of the associated plants, often also providing identification keys, or partial identification keys, to the plants described. Some Floras point to the literature associated with the plants of the region (flora Malesiana), others seek to show the plants of a region using images ...
It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is tropical moist montane forests from 500 to 1,000 meters elevation. [1] The species was first described as Phinaea ecuadorana by Hans Wiehler in 1995. In 2011 it was placed in genus Amalophyllon as A. ecuadoranum. [2]
It is endemic to Ecuador. [2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland . It is threatened by habitat loss .
Its native range is western South America to Venezuela. It is found in the countries of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. [1] The genus name of Heppiella is in honour of Johann Adam Philipp Hepp (1797–1867), a German physician and lichenologist. [2] It was first described and published in Gartenflora Vol.2 on page 353 in 1853. [1]