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Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic. For the purposes of this category, Ecuador is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions; that is, it is as politically defined except that Galápagos is treated as distinct.
Quito Botanical Garden (Spanish: Jardín Botánico de Quito) is a park, botanical garden, arboretum and greenhouse of 18,600 square meters in the city of Quito, Ecuador.It houses species of plants of the country (Ecuador is among the 17 richest countries in the world in native botanical species, an updated study on the classified Ecuadorian flora determined the existence of 17,000 species).
Sapote (/ s ə ˈ p oʊ t iː,-eɪ,-ə /; [1] [2] [3] from Nahuatl: tzapotl [4]) is a term for a soft, edible fruit. [1] The word is incorporated into the common names of several unrelated fruit-bearing plants native to Mexico, Central America and northern parts of South America.
For the purposes of this category, Ecuador is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions; that is, it is as politically defined except that Galápagos is treated as distinct.
Central America as defined by the WGSRPD. This category contains articles related to the flora of Central America. For the purposes of this category, "Central America" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) as a biogeographical region of Southern America, comprising:
Bursera graveolens, known in Spanish as palo santo ('sacred wood'), is a wild tree native to the Yucatán Peninsula and also found in Peru and Venezuela. [2]Bursera graveolens is found in the seasonally dry tropical forests of Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, [3] and on the Galápagos Islands. [4]
The orchid genus Dracula, abbreviated as Drac in horticultural trade, consists of 118 species native to Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. [1] The name Dracula literally means "little dragon", an allusion to the mythical Count Dracula, a lead character in numerous vampire novels and films.
The Endemic flora of Ecuador For the purposes of this category, Ecuador is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions ; that is, it is as politically defined except that Galápagos is treated as distinct.