Name:
Choco-Darien Humid Forest Macrogroup
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
The macrogroup represents the rainforests that occur on the Pacific Coast from southern Panama to northern Ecuador and Colombia. It includes the forests of the lowland, non-flooded plains and those of the foothills of the Darien Mountains in Panama, and of the western Andes in Colombia and northwestern Ecuador, up to approximately 600-800 m elevation; it also includes the forests of the coast of the Gulf of Uraba, in northwest Colombia. These are evergreen, very tall, hyper-humid forests with several strata, and outstanding biodiversity richness from strongly characterized centers of endemism of the Darien and the Choco. Characteristic tree species are <i>Alchornea polyantha, Anacardium excelsum, Apeiba aspera, Billia columbiana, Brosimum utile, Castilla elastica ssp. costaricana (= Castilla panamensis), Cephaelis elata, Cephaelis elata, Cordia alliodora, Coussapoa eggersii, Dipteryx panamensis, Elaeagia utilis, Eschweilera awaensis, Eschweilera pachyderma, Eschweilera verruculosa, Exarata chocoensis, Grias</i> spp., <i>Guettarda chiriquense, Huberodendron patinoi, Humiriastrum procerum, Hyeronima oblonga, Malpighia glabra, Oenocarpus panamanus, Pentaclethra</i> spp., <i>Perebea guianensis, Pourouma aspera, Pourouma chocoana, Pseudolmedia laevigata, Sorocea</i> sp., <i>Symphonia globulifera, Tababuia</i> spp., <i>Terminalia amazonica, Virola dixonii, Virola</i> spp., <i>Weinmannia putumayensis, Wettinia radiata</i>. Palm species are abundant and dominate the understory, among them are <i>Attalea colenda, Jessenia polycarpa, Phytelephas seemanni, Phytelephas</i> spp., <i>Welfia regia</i>.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40836-{F77C0DD2-FCC8-480C-8924-F9328FBB5D86}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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