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THE BOOK
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- Acknowledgments
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- Trek Summaries
- Index
- About the Authors
- About the Publisher
A SAMPLE TREK
- Overview
- 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 English name.
| Ecuadorean Spanish / Quichua* |
English | Scientific Name (Latin) |
| achupalla | puya (terrestrial bromeliad) | Puya spp |
| aguacatillo | laurel | Nectandra spp |
| aliso | alder | Alnus spp |
| almohadillas | cushion plants | Azorella spp, Werneria spp |
| anturio | anthurium | Anthurium spp |
| arquitecta | Culcitium reflexum | |
| arrayán | Eugenia spp, Myrcianthes spp | |
| bromelia, huicundo | bromeliad | family Bromeliaceae |
| caña guadúa | bamboo (thick, lowland) | Guadua spp |
| cacho de venado, taruga rinri* | deer's antlers | Halenia weddeliana |
| camacho | elephant's ear | Xanthasoma spp |
| campanilla, ashpacorral* | bomaria | Bomaria spp |
| canelo | Nectandra spp | |
| cascarilla, chinchona | cinchona, red bark | Cinchona succirubra |
| cedro | Cedrela/Swietenia spp | |
| ceibo | kapok | family Bombacaceae |
| chocho, alpaturi | lupin | Lupinus spp |
| cholán | Tecoma stans | |
| chontaduro | Bactris spp | |
| chuquiragua* | chuquiragua | Chuquiragua spp |
| ciprés | cypress | Cupressus macrocarpa |
| copal | Dialanthea spp | |
| cucarda | hibiscus | Hibiscus spp |
| ericácea | Ceratostema alatum | |
| espadaña | bambusoid grass (tall and broad) | family Poaceae |
| faique | Acacia | Acacia macracantha |
| flecha, pinto | bambusoid grass (sharp leaf tips) | family Poaceae |
| flor de Cristo | epidendrum | Epidendrum spp |
| frailejón, sangurima* | Espeletia spp | |
| fuscia | fuchsia | Fuchsia spp |
| gañal* | Oreocallis grandiflora | |
| genciana | gentian | Gentiana/Gentianella spp |
| gesneria | gesneriad | family Gesneriacease |
| guanto, guantug* | Brugmansia spp | |
| guarumo | cecropia | Cecropia spp |
| helecho arborecente | tree fern | Cyathea spp |
| helecho | fern | |
| higuerón | fig | Ficus spp |
| hortensia | hydrangea | Hydrangea spp |
| jata, abanico | Loricaria ferruginea | |
| lancetilla | indian paint brush | Castilleja pumila |
| laurel | Cordia alliodora | |
| licopodio | club moss | Huperzia/Lycopodium spp |
| margarita | daisy | family Asteraceae |
| mírame linda | impatiens | Impatiens spp |
| molle | Capparis mollei, Schinus molle | |
| mortiño | blueberry | Vaccinium floribundum |
| motilón | Hyeronima spp | |
| musgo | moss | |
| orquídea | orchid | family Orchidaceae |
| paja | tussock grass | Stipa ichu, Festuca spp, Calamagrotis spp |
| palma de cera, palma de ramos | Andean Wax Palm | Ceroxylon spp |
| palma, palmera | palm | family Arecaceae |
| pantzas, yagual, quinua | polylepis | Polylepis spp |
| paraguas de pobre | poor-man's umbrella | Gunnera spp |
| pega-pega, popa | mistletoe | family Loranthacease |
| piquil*, fical | Gynoxis buxifolia | |
| platanillo | heliconia | Heliconia spp |
| porotón, guato | erythrina | Erythrina spp |
| pujín* | Hesperomeles spp | |
| pumamaqui* | Oreopanax spp | |
| quishuar* | Buddleja incana | |
| romerillo (tree), sisín | podocarpus | Podocarpus spp |
| romerillo de páramo (bush) | Saint John's wort | Hypericum larcifolium |
| senecio, orejas de burro | Culcitium spp | |
| sigse | sword grass | Cortadeira spp |
| sobralia | sobralia | Sobralia spp |
| sunfo | Macromeria nubigena | |
| suro | bamboo (thin, highland) | Chusquea spp |
| tagua, corozo | tagua palm | Phytelephas spp |
| taxo* | passion fruit | Passiflora mollisima |
| zapatilla, zapatito | calceolaria | Calceolaria sp |
| zapote, sapote | Capparis scabrida | |