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Western Amazon Lowland Humid Forest Macrogroup | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Western Amazon Lowland Humid Forest Macrogroup
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: Rainforests of the Amazon Basin in southern Colombia, all of Ecuador, northwest of the Ucayali River in Peru, and west of the Japura River in Brazil. Very tall, multi-stratified evergreen forests, with abundant lianas and epiphytes, growing on different landforms, from riverbanks and higher terraces, to peneplains, low hills and also more depressed, but well-drained terrain. It is considered one of the most diverse forests in tree species. Most diversified or prominent among their floristic composition are members of the following families: Fabaceae, Myristicaceae, Bombacaceae, Meliaceae, Vochysiaceae, Lauraceae, Rubiaceae, and Arecaceae. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40843-{12BFD4EC-45E6-42C1-8A9C-4D523EEC27E6}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Apr-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.884665 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: M588
  Scientific: Western Amazon Lowland Humid Forest Macrogroup