Name:
Central Guianan Montane Humid Forest Macrogroup
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
Lower and upper montane forests of the central Guiana Highlands in Venezuela, Guyana and Brazil, on the slopes of the Tepuis and the Gran Sabana, and some interior plateaus of the massifs, from 400-2500 m elevation. Also included are those of the Guianan relict sierras in Colombia. These are evergreen, humid forests with sclerophyllous leaves and 15-30 m high; those of higher elevations are shorter and more open. Depending on the location, diagnostic species assemblages for the lower montane type are <i>Protium heptaphyllum, Parahancornia surrogata, Pleonostoma clematis, Roupala montana, Matayba macrolepis, Rinorea guianensis, Oenocarpus bataua, Macairea schultesii, Molongum nitidum, Schefflera aff. roraimae, Ocotea sp. Remijia</i> sp., or <i>Virola surinamensis, Licania alba, Licania densiflora, Parinari excelsa, Inga punctata, Mora gonggrijpii, Hymenaea courbaril, Clathrotropis brachypetala, Lecointea amazonica, Cedrela odorata, Erisma uncinatum, Qualea dinizii, Tabebuia stenocalyx</i>, while upper montane forests are dominated by genera <i>Bonnetia, Sloanea, Matayba, Vochysia, Podocarpus, Cyrilla racemiflora, Perissocarpa, Hedyosmum, Prunus, Schefflera, Vismia</i>, and <i>Clusia</i>, with some very restricted species endemics.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40857-{6543C9C4-642D-4C8C-B63F-B27FDC81AEA2}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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