Monteverde : Ecology and Conservation of a Tropical Cloud Forest

Appendix 2

Number of Species with Different Plant Growth Forms

William A. Haber

Family

Dicotyledons
Acanthaceae
Actinidiaceae
Alzateaceae
Amaranthaceae
Anacardiaceae
Annonaceae
Apiaceae
Apocynaceae
Aquifoliaceae
Araliaceae
Aristolochiaceae
Asclepiadaceae
Asteraceae
Balanophoraceae
Begoniaceae
Betulaceae
Bignoniaceae
Bombacaceae
Boraginaceae
Brassicaceae
Brunelliaceae
Burseraceae
Cactaceae
Campamilaceae
Capparidaceae

Herb

20

5

9

1

51

2 4 2 6 5 1

Vine Liana Shrub Tree

5 12 2

5

124

5

14

11 8

9

1 6

3

13 3

9 15 42 17

2 1

1

18 7

8

4 3 11

3

4

1

2

1 7

Epiphyte Total

39

5

1 1

12

5

14

9

19

9

11 18

3

17

10 144

2

4 11

1

16

1 9

20

6

3

4

10 11

6 13

9