South America
In the Amazon lowlands and on the east side of the Andes are the world’s largest contiguous area of tropical rainforest. The diversity is very high; Ecuador has at least 18,000 species of vascular plants, and Brazil perhaps 40,000. Important families of woody plants are Arecaceae (palm family), Cyclanthaceae, Lecythidaceae, etc.; among epiphytes, the orchid […]
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