INABIOEC:QCNE

Cordia L.

Ecuador, Morona Santiago, Taisha, Shuar village of Chiwias, about 2 km west of the Río Cangaime. Tall moist forest on nearly level plain. One-hectare forest inventory plot established by Chiwias high school students in program supported by National Geographic Society "Genographic Legacy Fund". This site, with presence of Theobroma cacao in forest and potsherds in soil, probable indicators of cultivation in past., -2.6672 -77.4978, 230m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Siparuna Aubl.

Ecuador, Morona Santiago, Taisha, Shuar village of Chiwias, about 2 km west of the Río Cangaime. Tall moist forest on nearly level plain. One-hectare forest inventory plot established by Chiwias high school students in program supported by National Geographic Society "Genographic Legacy Fund". This site, with presence of Theobroma cacao in forest and potsherds in soil, probable indicators of cultivation in past centuries., -2.6672 -77.4978, 230m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Naucleopsis Miq.

Ecuador, Esmeraldas, San Lorenzo, Territorío Indígena Awá. Centro Mataje. Forest management area. One-hectare permanent plot in primary forest, 500 m west of Río Mataje. Lowland wet forest., 1.2167 -78.8, 150m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Odontadenia stemmadeniifolia Woodson

Ecuador, Napo, Cantón Orellana. INIAP Payamino Agricultural Experiment Station. Reserva "El Chuncho" 6 km northwest of Coca. Tropical Moist Forest. Primary forest; hills; red clay soil., -0.5 -77.01666, 250m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Guatteria Ruiz & Pav.

Ecuador, Pichincha, Forest remnants E of San Francisco de Pampas. Montane forest., -0.41666 -78.96666, 1600m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Prestonia mollis Kunth

Ecuador, Guayas, Guayaquil, Bosque Protector Cerro Blanco. Mid-slopes of Cerro Blanco, on north side. Secondary vegetation. Tropical Dry Forest on limestone substrate., -2.1761 -80.02, 300m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Prestonia annularis G. Don

Ecuador, Napo, Orellana, Yasuní National Park. Maxus oil pipeline road, kilometer 46, near Capiron well site. Tropical Moist Forest. Primary forest, on hills., -0.6833 -76.45, 270m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Prestonia mollis Kunth

Ecuador, Manabí, Jama, Cerro del Matal, 3 km northwest of Jama, 1 km inland from seashore. Tropical dry forest with Ceiba trichistandra., -0.1833 -80.3, 100m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Prestonia rotundifolia K. Schum. ex Woodson

Ecuador, Manabí, Pedernales, Camarones, 30 km south of Pedernales on coastal highway. Tropical moist forest. Primary forest on hills, 2 km from the seashore., -0.06666 -80.16666, 100m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Odontadenia nitida Müll. Arg.

Ecuador, Napo, Orellana, Comuna Parutu Yacu. South bank of Río Napo, 15 km east of Coca. Trail to Laguna Taracoa. Mature forest on hills. Tropical Moist Forest., -0.41666 -76.83333, 240m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Odontadenia verrucosa K. Schum. ex Markgr.

Ecuador, Esmeraldas, San Lorenzo, Upper valley of Río Tulubí, 2 km north of Lita-San Lorenzo road, west of Durango. Adjacent to Awá Indigenous Territory. Mature, very wet forest, currently being logged., 1.0292 -78.59, 230m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Prestonia mollis Kunth

Ecuador, Guayas, Guayaquil, Bosque Protector Cerro Blanco. Tropical Dry Forest. On alluvial fan below base of Cerro Blanco, near visitor center. Secondary forest., -2.1667 -80.0167, 60m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Odontadenia verrucosa K. Schum. ex Markgr.

Ecuador, Napo, Estación Experimental INIAP-Payamino, 5 km al N de Coca. Reserva Florística El Chuncho. Bosque Húmedo Tropical. Bosque primarío, muchos arboles caidos hoy, despues de un ventarrón ayer., -0.41666 -77, 250m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Rauvolfia praecox K. Schum. ex Markgr.

Ecuador, Napo, Jatun Sacha Biological Station. Río Napo, 8 km east of Misahuallí. Tropical Wet Forest. Medicinal plant vouchers; with Ethnobotany class from School for Field Studies., -1.0667 -77.6, 450m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Rauvolfia leptophylla A.S. Rao

Ecuador, Esmeraldas, San Lorenzo, Territorío Indígena Awá. Mataje village. Forest management area. Tropical wet forest., 1.2 -78.5667, 200m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Cremastosperma gracilipes R.E. Fr.

Ecuador, Napo, Upper Río Tiputini, ca. 2 canoe-hours from bridge on Coca-Auca-oilfield road. Tropical rain forest., -0.71666 -76.95, 300m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Baccharis brachylaenoides DC.

Ecuador, Tungurahua, Baños, Parque Nacional Llanganates. Cordillera Sacha Llanganates. Ridge above headwaters of Río Zuñac with very dense, wet forest. Granite substrate., -1.3633 -78.1297, 2600m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl

Ecuador, Tungurahua, Baños, Parque Nacional Llanganates. Cordillera Sacha Llanganates. Flat ridge above Río Zuñac with very dense forest. Canopy 8-10 m tall, very wet, dense load of epiphytic mosses. Granite substrate., -1.3642 -78.1333, 2550m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl

Ecuador, Manabí, Manta, Along road 8 km south of San Mateo, 2 km north of El Aromo, southwest of Manta. Dry tropical scrub vegetation, disturbed, on ridge above dry gully. Now during dry season., -1.0333 -80.8333, 300m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Emilia sonchifolia (L) DC

Ecuador, Esmeraldas, Quinindé, Área de cultivo de arroz., 0.266667 -79.4, 150m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl

Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Palanda, Podocarpus National Park. Nudo de Sabanilla ridge, on the continental divide, upper Río Chinchipe watershed, near road pass between Yangana and Valladolid. Dense, wet montane scrub vegetation., -4.4486 -79.1406, 2760m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Gnaphalium L.

Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Palanda, Tapichalaca Reserve, south of Podocarpus National Park, along road between Yangana and Valladolid, upper Río Chinchipe watershed. Wet montane cloud forest and disturbed roadside vegetation., -4.4811 -79.1492, 2650m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Clibadium microcephalum S.F. Blake

Ecuador, Pastaza, Mera, Carretera al río Ansu. Bosque pluvial Premontano. Bosque primarío y margenes., -1.4333 -78.1, 1200m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl

Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, El Pangui, Cordillera del Cóndor. Ridge crest, on sandstone substrate, 2 km north of Cóndor Mirador military post. Low forest or dense shrubby vegetation., -3.6281 -78.395, 1975m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl

Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Centinela del Cóndor, Cordillera del Cóndor. Machinaza plateau summit area. Adjacent to obelisk-shaped border marker, at end of trail from upper Paquisha military post, precisely at Ecuador-Peru border. Nearly level sandstone plateau with low scrub vegetation; charred stems and regrowth indicate that area was burned about 15 years previously., 2420m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Annona cherimola Mill.

Ecuador, Loja, Catamayo, Road Loja-Catamayo, in the Catamayo valley., -3.95 -79.3, 2000m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Baccharis oblongifolia Pers.

Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Centinela del Cóndor, Cordillera del Cóndor. Machinaza plateau summit area. Adjacent to obelisk-shaped border marker, at end of trail from upper Paquisha military post, precisely at Ecuador-Peru border. Nearly level sandstone plateau with low scrub vegetation; charred stems and regrowth indicate that area was burned about 15 years previously., 2420m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl

Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Yantzaza, Cordillera del Cóndor. Machinaza plateau; headwaters of Río Machinaza, above upper Paquisha military post. Sandstone plateau with low dense scrub and emergent trees to 6 m tall., 2320m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Munnozia senecionidis Benth.

Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Centinela del Cóndor, Cordillera del Cóndor. Machinaza plateau summit area, at end of trail from upper Paquisha military post, precisely at Ecuador-Peru obelisk border marker. Nearly level sandstone plateau with low scrub vegetation; burned previously., 2420m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Piptocarpha klugii G. Lom. Sm. ex H. Rob.

Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Nangaritza, Cordillera del Cóndor region. West side of upper Río Nangaritza, along road about 13 km south of Guayzimi. Silica mine "La Daniela". Dense wet primary forest on sloping Hollín sandstone plateau, being mined for silica sand for glass manufacture., -4.1433 -78.6456, 970m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl

Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, El Pangui, Cordillera del Cóndor region. Upper Río Wawaime watershed, tributary of Río Quimi. Near site of proposed EcuaCorriente copper mine. Dense, wet cloud forest on steep slopes on substrate of mixed sandstone and clay soil. Dwarf forest on exposed ridges with higher quartzite sand content., -3.5786 -78.4353, 1320m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl

Ecuador, Morona Santiago, Limón Indanza, Cordillera del Cóndor. Centro Shuar Kuankus. Summit of Cerro Chuank Naint ("Vulture Mountain" in Shuar), a sandstone massif. Low, dense forest and scrub at eastern edge of sandstone escarpment., -3.06 -78.2403, 1270m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Piptocarpha klugii G. Lom. Sm. ex H. Rob.

Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Nangaritza, Cordillera del Cóndor region, upper Río Nangaritza valley. Along road 14.5 km south of Guayzimi, above west bank of Río Nangaritza. Sandstone slope with relatively low forest; canopy 20 m. Forest being cleared for mining of silica sand for glass manufacture., -4.0408 -78.6456, 930m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl

Ecuador, Tungurahua, Santiago de Píllaro, Parque Nacional Llanganates. Base of Cerro Hermoso on western side, near lake. Metamorphic rock substrate. Páramo and shrubby thickets., 3850m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl

Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Centinela del Cóndor, Cordillera del Cóndor. Machinaza plateau summit area. Adjacent to obelisk-shaped border marker, at end of trail from upper Paquisha military post, precisely at Ecuador-Peru border. Nearly level sandstone plateau with low scrub vegetation; charred stems and regrowth indicate that area was burned about 15 years previously., 2420m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Baccharis brachylaenoides DC.

Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Centinela del Cóndor, Cordillera del Cóndor. Machinaza plateau summit area. Adjacent to obelisk-shaped border marker, at end of trail from upper Paquisha military post, precisely at Ecuador-Peru border. Nearly level sandstone plateau with low scrub vegetation; charred stems and regrowth indicate that area was burned about 15 years previously., 2420m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Oreomyrrhis andicola Endl. ex Hook. f.

Ecuador, Pichincha, Guagua Pichincha, around Refugio above Lloa. Superpáramo., -0.1833 -78.55, 4500 - 4400m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl

Ecuador, Tungurahua, Santiago de Píllaro, Parque Nacional Llanganates. Southwest flank of Cerro Hermoso, above lake. Gynoxys woodland and wet seep on steep slope of metamorphic rock., 3950m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl

Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Nangaritza, Cordillera de Nanguipa. Cerro Colorado. About 8 km by air SSE of Nambija, 20 km ESE of Zamora. Montane cloud forest. Quartz rock substrate., -4.1194 -78.7778, 2600m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Tournefortia bicolor Sw.

Ecuador, Manabí, Jama, Hacienda Don Juan, 10 km northeast of Jama, slopes north of Río Don Juan. Tropical moist forest along ridge, with frequent fogs and high humidity., -0.15 -80.1833, 400m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Achyrocline hallii Hieron.

Ecuador, Cotopaxi, 20 km al este (arriba) de Pilaló, en la carretera Latacunga-Quevedo. En el ecotono entre páramo y bosque montano; vegetación arbustiva., -0.9167 -78.8333, 3300m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Lasiocephalus patens Cuatrec.

Ecuador, Carchi, Espejo, Páramo de El Angel, 10 km northwest of El Angel. Páramo dominated by Espeletia pycnophylla, with patches of shrubby vegetation. Frequently burned., 0.66666 -77.83333, 3400m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Baccharis arbutifolia Vahl

Ecuador, Tungurahua, Santiago de Píllaro, Parque Nacional Llanganates. Southwest flank of Cerro Hermoso, above lake. Gynoxys woodland and wet seep on steep slope of metamorphic rock., 3950m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Baccharis genistelloides Pers.

Ecuador, Tungurahua, Santiago de Píllaro, Parque Nacional Llanganates. West of Cerro Hermoso, near saddle between headwaters of Río Verde and Río Topo. Slopes on metamorphic rock with bunchgrass and dwarf bamboo (Neurolepis aristata)., 3950m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Baccharis caespitosa Pers.

Ecuador, Napo, Quijos, Reserva Ecológica Antisana. Southwest slopes of Volcán Antisana, just 100 m below glacier. Super-paramo, sandy soil and rocks, upper limit of vascular plant growth., -0.49111 -78.15944, 4700m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Baccharis caespitosa Pers.

Ecuador, Tungurahua, Santiago de Píllaro, Parque Nacional Llanganates. Slope above south shore of Pisayambo reservoir, near road. Disturbed páramo., 3650m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Costus guanaiensis Rusby

Ecuador, Esmeraldas, Quinindé, Reserva Ecológica Mache-Chindul. Comunidad Caña Braval. Cabaceras del Río Viche, estero Sabaleta. Tropical Wet Forest., 0.4167 -79.75, 250m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Sanicula liberta Cham. & Schltdl.

Ecuador, Pichincha, Road Nono-Nanegalito, km 13-15. Moist road banks in montane forest., -0.0167 -78.65, 2300 - 2100m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Baccharis macrantha Kunth

Ecuador, Imbabura, Otavalo, 10 km W of Otavalo. Slopes below antenna on Cerro Blanco, off road to San José de Minas. Primary cloud forest and secondary vegetation in pastures. Montane Moist Forest., 0.2 -78.33333, 3300m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Baccharis macrantha Kunth

Ecuador, Tungurahua, Santiago de Píllaro, Parque Nacional Llanganates. Base of Cerro Hermoso on western side, near lake. Metamorphic rock substrate. Páramo and shrubby thickets., 3850m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Baccharis salicifolia (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers.

Ecuador, Napo, Cantón Archidona. North bank Río Suno, 15 km NW of Loreto, 8 km W of El Progreso. Tropical Wet Forest. Alluvial terraces and bluffs above river. Diturbed forest., -0.6 -77.38333, 600m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Baccharis pedunculata (Mill.) Cabrera

Ecuador, Pastaza, Pastaza, Site of ARCO Central Processing facility, 33 km east of Puyo. Colonia Bolívar. Premontane wet forest. Primary forest remnants., -1.3833 -77.75, 1000m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Ilex laurina Kunth

Ecuador, Morona Santiago, Limón Indanza, Cordillera de Huaracayo, east of Cordillera del Cóndor and Río Coangos. Cerro Ijiach Naint, flat-topped sandstone mountain, east of Shuar village of Tinkimints. Forested slopes and stream valley, near waterfall below vertical cliffs., -3.2619 -78.1783, 1750m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Fulcaldea laurifolia Poir.

Ecuador, Manabí, Jama, Cerro del Matal, 3 km northwest of Jama, 1 km inland from seashore. Tropical dry forest with Ceiba trichistandra., -0.1833 -80.3, 100m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Barnadesia lehmannii Hieron.

Ecuador, Guayas, Guayaquil, Bosque Protector Cerro Blanco. Forest near summit, west of Cusumbo Top. Tropical Dry Forest, transition to moist forest., -2.15 -80.0167, 350m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Schefflera J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.

Ecuador, Morona Santiago, Limón Indanza, Cordillera del Cóndor. Centro Shuar Yunkumas. Cerro Chuank Naint ("Vulture Mountain" in Shuar). Sandstone plateau, 1000-1200 m elevation, with dense wet forest. Collections made near 1-ha forest inventory plot., -3.0594 -78.2458, 1150m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Sciodaphyllum patulum Rusby

Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, El Pangui, Cordillera del Cóndor, western slopes. Upper Río Wawaime watershed; tributary of Río Quimi. Ridge above proposed EcuaCorriente copper mine site. Below sandstone plateau; fragments of sandstone eroded from above as soil source. Dwarf, dense forest with canopy mostly 5-15 m tall., -3.5789 -78.4353, 1320m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Niphogeton dissecta J.F. Macbr.

Ecuador, Parque Nacional Podocarpus. Crest of the Cordillera de los Andes E and SE of Nudo de Cajanuma, along trail from 'Centro de Informacion' toward Lagunas del Compadre., 3250 - 3350m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Schefflera J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.

Ecuador, Morona Santiago, Taisha, Centro Shuar Wisui. Summit area of Cerro Wisui, east of Río Macuma, the northeasternmost summit of the Cordillera de Cutucú. Crystalline sandstone substrate, Hollín formation. Low, dense forest on sandstone. With Shuar dendrology course students., -2.0903 -77.7658, 1360m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Schefflera J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.

Ecuador, Morona Santiago, Taisha, Centro Shuar Wisui. Summit area of Cerro Wisui, east of Río Macuma, the northeasternmost summit of the Cordillera de Cutucú. Crystalline sandstone substrate, Hollín formation. Low, dense forest on sandstone. With Shuar dendrology course students., -2.0903 -77.7658, 1360m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Schefflera J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.

Ecuador, Pastaza, Mera, 2 km northeast of Mera. Premontane Rain Forest., -1.45 -78.1, 1100m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Schefflera J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.

Ecuador, Napo, Cantón Archidona. South slopes of Volcán Sumaco. 4 km north of Huahua Sumaco community. Primary forest, near Río Huataraco. Premontane Rain Forest. Volcanic soils; hilly terrain., -0.7167 -77.5333, 1000m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Sciodaphyllum patulum Rusby

Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, El Pangui, Cordillera del Cóndor region. Upper Río Wawaime watershed, tributary of Río Quimi. Near site of proposed EcuaCorriente copper mine. Dense, wet cloud forest on steep slopes on substrate of mixed sandstone and clay soil. Dwarf forest on exposed ridges with higher quartzite sand content., -3.5786 -78.4353, 1320m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Schefflera J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.

Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Nangaritza, Cordillera del Cóndor region. West side of upper Río Nangaritza, along road about 13 km south of Guayzimi. Silica mine "La Daniela". Dense wet primary forest on sloping Hollín sandstone plateau, being mined for silica sand for glass manufacture., -4.1433 -78.6456, 970m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Dillandia subumbellata V.A. Funk & H. Rob.

Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, El Pangui, Cordillera del Cóndor. Ridge crest, on sandstone substrate, 2 km north of Cóndor Mirador military post. Low forest or dense shrubby vegetation., -3.6281 -78.395, 1975m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Dillandia subumbellata V.A. Funk & H. Rob.

Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Centinela del Cóndor, Cordillera del Cóndor. Machinaza plateau summit area. Adjacent to obelisk-shaped border marker, at end of trail from upper Paquisha military post, precisely at Ecuador-Peru border. Nearly level sandstone plateau with low scrub vegetation; charred stems and regrowth indicate that area was burned about 15 years previously., 2420m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Cyrtocymura scorpioides H. Rob.

Ecuador, Manabí, Pedernales, Camarones, 30 km south of Pedernales on coastal highway. Tropical moist forest. Primary forest on hills, 2 km from the seashore., -0.06666 -80.16666, 100m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Pentacalia peruviana Cuatrec.

Ecuador, Napo, Parque Nacional Llanganates. Along road east of Salcedo. Upper valley of Río Anatenorío. Site "Siete Vueltas". Disturbed upper montane forest, transition to páramo., -0.9825 -78.3525, 3580m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Sanicula L.

Ecuador, Manabí, Cord. de Chongón, Parque Nacional Machalilla. S of San Sebastian, C. Josse ha plot. Tall cloud forest, -1.5833 -80.6833, 500 - 600m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Diplostephium hartwegii Hieron.

Ecuador, Tungurahua, Santiago de Píllaro, Parque Nacional Llanganates. West of Cerro Hermoso, near saddle between headwaters of Río Verde and Río Topo. Slopes on metamorphic rock with bunchgrass and dwarf bamboo (Neurolepis aristata)., 3950m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Diplostephium rhododendroides Hieron.

Ecuador, Tungurahua, Santiago de Píllaro, Parque Nacional Llanganates. West of Cerro Hermoso, near saddle between headwaters of Río Verde and Río Topo. Slopes on metamorphic rock with bunchgrass and dwarf bamboo (Neurolepis aristata)., 3950m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Diplostephium rhododendroides Hieron.

Ecuador, Carchi, Espejo, Páramo de El Angel, 10 km northwest of El Angel. Páramo dominated by Espeletia pycnophylla, with patches of shrubby vegetation. Frequently burned., 0.66666 -77.83333, 3400m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Diplostephium rupestre Wedd.

Ecuador, Napo, Parque Nacional Llanganates. Along road east of Salcedo. Upper valley of Río Anatenorío. Site "Siete Vueltas". Disturbed upper montane forest, transition to páramo., -0.9825 -78.3525, 3580m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Diplostephium hartwegii Hieron.

Ecuador, Tungurahua, Santiago de Píllaro, Parque Nacional Llanganates. Slope above south shore of Pisayambo reservoir, near road. Disturbed páramo., 3650m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Diplostephium hartwegii Hieron.

Ecuador, Tungurahua, Santiago de Píllaro, Parque Nacional Llanganates. Base of Cerro Hermoso on western side, near lake. Metamorphic rock substrate. Páramo and shrubby thickets., 3850m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Diplostephium rupestre Wedd.

Ecuador, Tungurahua, Santiago de Píllaro, Parque Nacional Llanganates. West of Cerro Hermoso, near saddle between headwaters of Río Verde and Río Topo. Slopes on metamorphic rock with bunchgrass and dwarf bamboo (Neurolepis aristata)., 3950m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Dorobaea pimpinellifolia B. Nord.

Ecuador, Tungurahua, Santiago de Píllaro, Parque Nacional Llanganates. Base of Cerro Hermoso on western side, near lake. Metamorphic rock substrate. Páramo and shrubby thickets., 3850m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Diplostephium glandulosum Hieron.

Ecuador, Tungurahua, Santiago de Píllaro, Parque Nacional Llanganates. Base of Cerro Hermoso on western side, near lake. Metamorphic rock substrate. Páramo and shrubby thickets., 3850m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Elephantopus mollis Kunth

Ecuador, Manabí, Jama, Cordillera de Jama (coastal range). Cerro Nueve, 15 km east of Jama, north of Río Jama. Remnant wet forest with frequent fog, below microwave tower., -0.2667 -80.2, 600m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Niphogeton dissecta J.F. Macbr.

Ecuador, Loja, Loja, Parque Nacional Podocarpus. The pass on road Yangana Valladolid, (Nudo de Sabanilla). Montane forest and treeless vegetation on mountain ridge., -4.45 -79.133333, 2750 - 2900m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Espeletia pycnophylla Cuatrec.

Ecuador, Carchi, Espejo, Páramo de El Angel, 10 km northwest of El Angel. Páramo dominated by Espeletia pycnophylla with patches of shrubby vegetation. Frequently burned., 0.66666 -77.83333, 3400m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Fleischmannia pratensis R.M. King & H. Rob.

Ecuador, Pastaza, Mera, Hacienda San Antonio de Baron von Humboldt, 2 km al Ne de Mera., -1.45 -78.1, 1100m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Gamochaeta Wedd.

Ecuador, Tungurahua, Santiago de Píllaro, Parque Nacional Llanganates. Base of Cerro Hermoso on western side, near lake. Metamorphic rock substrate. Páramo and shrubby thickets., 3850m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Fleischmannia pratensis R.M. King & H. Rob.

Ecuador, Esmeraldas, 50 km north of Pedernales along new coastal highway, 3 km north of Río Cojimíes crossing. Tropical wet forest on hills., 0.3167 -79.9167, 50m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Gynoxys acostae Cuatrec.

Ecuador, Pichincha, Pedro Moncayo, Along road Quito-Papallacta, 17 km east of Pifo. Polylepis woodland, below paramo., 0.1167 -78.25, 3880m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Gynoxys acostae Cuatrec.

Ecuador, Tungurahua, Santiago de Píllaro, Parque Nacional Llanganates. Southwest flank of Cerro Hermoso, above lake. Gynoxys woodland and wet seep on steep slope of metamorphic rock., 3950m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Gynoxys buxifolia Cass.

Ecuador, Pichincha, Volcán Pasochoa, 20 km al S de Quito. Bosque Protector Pasochoa. Bosque húmedo montano bajo. Bosque secundarío., -0.3333 -78.5, 2800 - 3000m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Hypochaeris sonchoides Kunth

Ecuador, Tungurahua, Santiago de Píllaro, Parque Nacional Llanganates. Southwest flank of Cerro Hermoso, above lake. Gynoxys woodland and wet seep on steep slope of metamorphic rock., 3950m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Hypochaeris sessiliflora Kunth

Ecuador, Tungurahua, Santiago de Píllaro, Parque Nacional Llanganates. Southwest ridge of Cerro Hermoso. Outcrop of metamorphic rock. Plants growing on bare rock or with little soil. Páramo., 4050m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Mikania Willd.

Ecuador, Morona Santiago, Limón Indanza, Cordillera del Cóndor. Centro Shuar Kuankus. Summit of Cerro Chuank Naint ("Vulture Mountain" in Shuar), a sandstone massif. Low, dense forest and scrub at eastern edge of sandstone escarpment., -3.06 -78.2403, 1270m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Daucus montanus Humb. & Bonpl. ex Spreng.

Ecuador, Pichincha, Road Calacalí-Nono, 2-4 km from junction with Calacalí-Nanegalito road. Hedgerows and banks., -0.0167 -78.5833, 2800 - 2750m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Mikania Willd.

Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, El Pangui, Cordillera del Cóndor region. Upper Río Wawaime watershed, tributary of Río Quimi. Near site of proposed EcuaCorriente copper mine. Dense, wet cloud forest on steep slopes on substrate of mixed sandstone and clay soil. Dwarf forest on exposed ridges with higher quartzite sand content., -3.5786 -78.4353, 1320m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Mikania Willd.

Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, El Pangui, Cordillera del Cóndor region. Upper Río Wawaime watershed, tributary of Río Quimi. Near site of proposed EcuaCorriente copper mine. Dense, wet cloud forest on steep slopes on substrate of mixed sandstone and clay soil. Dwarf forest on exposed ridges with higher quartzite sand content., -3.5786 -78.4353, 1320m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Mikania Willd.

Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, El Pangui, Cordillera del Cóndor region. Upper Río Wawaime watershed, tributary of Río Quimi. Near site of proposed EcuaCorriente copper mine. Dense, wet cloud forest on steep slopes on substrate of mixed sandstone and clay soil. Dwarf forest on exposed ridges with higher quartzite sand content., -3.5786 -78.4353, 1320m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Mikania hookeriana DC.

Ecuador, Napo, 15 Km al W de Coca, costado sur del río Napo, por Via de los Zorros. BOSQUE húmedo TROPICAL Colinas, suelo rojo lateritico., 0.58333 -77.03333, 250m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Liabum saloyense Domke

Ecuador, Napo, Quijos, Reserva Ecológica Antisana. Cordillera de Guacamayos. Proposed ARCO oil pipeline route. Lower montane wet forest, on steep slopes. Along old mule-trail, 2 km SW of highway at La Virgen., -0.63333 -77.85, 2000m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Loricaria complanata Wedd.

Ecuador, Tungurahua, Santiago de Píllaro, Parque Nacional Llanganates. Base of Cerro Hermoso on western side, near lake. Metamorphic rock substrate. Páramo and shrubby thickets., 3850m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Loricaria complanata Wedd.

Ecuador, Tungurahua, Santiago de Píllaro, Parque Nacional Llanganates. Southwest ridge of Cerro Hermoso. Outcrop of metamorphic rock. Plants growing on bare rock or with little soil. Páramo., 4050m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Mikania aschersonii Hieron.

Ecuador, Napo, Parque Nacional Yasuní. Pozo Petrolero Conoco - Amo 2. Bosque húmedo tropical. Bosque primarío, lomas, oxisol., -0.95 -76.21666, 230m

INABIOEC:QCNE

Mikania micrantha Kunth

Ecuador, Napo, Cantón Archidona. North bank Río Suno, 15 km NW of Loreto, 8 km W of El Progreso. Tropical Wet Forest. Alluvial terraces and bluffs above river. Diturbed forest., -0.6 -77.38333, 600m