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A SAMPLE TREK
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- Route Description
- Topographic Map
- Elevation Profile
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(Appendix D, Supplement)
The following are some of the plants commonly found along the trekking routes described in this book. For additional information see the flora references listed in Appendix B: Further Reading.
Click here to see this list sorted by Spanish name.
| English | Ecuadorean Spanish / Quichua* |
Scientific Name (Latin) |
| Acacia | faique | Acacia macracantha |
| alder | aliso | Alnus spp |
| Andean Wax Palm | palma de cera, palma de ramos | Ceroxylon spp |
| anthurium | anturio | Anthurium spp |
| bamboo (thick, lowland) | caña guadúa | Guadua spp |
| bamboo (thin, highland) | suro | Chusquea spp |
| bambusoid grass (tall and broad) | espadaña | family Poaceae |
| bambusoid grass (sharp leaf tips) | flecha, pinto | family Poaceae |
| blueberry | mortiño | Vaccinium floribundum |
| bomaria | campanilla, ashpacorral* | Bomaria spp |
| bromeliad | bromelia, huicundo | family Bromeliaceae |
| calceolaria | zapatilla, zapatito | Calceolaria sp |
| cecropia | guarumo | Cecropia spp |
| chuquiragua | chuquiragua* | Chuquiragua spp |
| cinchona, red bark | cascarilla, chinchona | Cinchona succirubra |
| club moss | licopodio | Huperzia/Lycopodium spp |
| cushion plants | almohadillas | Azorella spp, Werneria spp |
| cypress | ciprés | Cupressus macrocarpa |
| daisy | margarita | family Asteraceae |
| deer's antlers | cacho de venado, taruga rinri* | Halenia weddeliana |
| elephant's ear | camacho | Xanthasoma spp |
| epidendrum | flor de Cristo | Epidendrum spp |
| erythrina | porotón, guato | Erythrina spp |
| fern | helecho | |
| fig | higuerón | Ficus spp |
| fuchsia | fuscia | Fuchsia spp |
| gentian | genciana | Gentiana/Gentianella spp |
| gesneriad | gesneria | family Gesneriacease |
| heliconia | platanillo | Heliconia spp |
| hibiscus | cucarda | Hibiscus spp |
| hydrangea | hortensia | Hydrangea spp |
| impatiens | mírame linda | Impatiens spp |
| indian paint brush | lancetilla | Castilleja pumila |
| kapok | ceibo | family Bombacaceae |
| laurel | aguacatillo | Nectandra spp |
| lupin | chocho, alpaturi | Lupinus spp |
| mistletoe | pega-pega, popa | family Loranthacease |
| moss | musgo | |
| orchid | orquídea | family Orchidaceae |
| palm | palma, palmera | family Arecaceae |
| passion fruit | taxo* | Passiflora mollisima |
| podocarpus | romerillo (tree), sisín | Podocarpus spp |
| polylepis | pantzas, yagual, quinua | Polylepis spp |
| poor-man's umbrella | paraguas de pobre | Gunnera spp |
| puya (terrestrial bromeliad) | achupalla | Puya spp |
| Saint John's wort | romerillo de páramo (bush) | Hypericum larcifolium |
| sobralia | sobralia | Sobralia spp |
| sword grass | sigse | Cortadeira spp |
| tagua palm | tagua, corozo | Phytelephas spp |
| tree fern | helecho arborecente | Cyathea spp |
| tussock grass | paja | Stipa ichu, Festuca spp, Calamagrotis spp |
| Species without English names. |
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| arquitecta | Culcitium reflexum | |
| arrayán | Eugenia spp, Myrcianthes spp | |
| canelo | Nectandra spp | |
| cedro | Cedrela/Swietenia spp | |
| cholán | Tecoma stans | |
| chontaduro | Bactris spp | |
| copal | Dialanthea spp | |
| ericácea | Ceratostema alatum | |
| frailejón, sangurima* | Espeletia spp | |
| gañal* | Oreocallis grandiflora | |
| guanto, guantug* | Brugmansia spp | |
| jata, abanico | Loricaria ferruginea | |
| laurel | Cordia alliodora | |
| molle | Capparis mollei, Schinus molle | |
| motilón | Hyeronima spp | |
| piquil*, fical | Gynoxis buxifolia | |
| pujín* | Hesperomeles spp | |
| pumamaqui* | Oreopanax spp | |
| quishuar* | Buddleja incana | |
| senecio, orejas de burro | Culcitium spp | |
| sunfo | Macromeria nubigena | |
| zapote, sapote | Capparis scabrida | |