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South America Regional Overview| TABLE 53. SOUTH AMERICAN SITES IDENTIFIED AS CENTRES OF PLANT DIVERSITY AND ENDEMISM | |
The list of sites is arranged according to the sequence in the Regional Overview. A second list is arranged alphabetically by country for purposes of cross-reference (click here). All sites have been selected for Data Sheet treatment (see Map 36). |
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I. SA1. |
CARIBBEAN REGION (OF SOUTH AMERICA) Coastal Cordillera (Venezuela) |
II. SA2. |
GUAYANA HIGHLANDS Pantepui region (Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana) |
III. a. SA3. b. SA4. c. SA5. SA6. SA7. d. SA8. SA9. e. SA10. f. SA11. |
AMAZONIA North-eastern Amazonia-Guayana Saül region (French Guiana) Transverse Dry Belt Transverse Dry Belt (Brazil, Guyana, Surinam) Central and Guayanan Amazonia Manaus region (Brazil) Upper Rio Negro region (Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela) Chiribiquete-Araracuara-Cahuinarí region (Colombia) Western Amazonia Yasuní National Park and Waorani Ethnic Reserve (Ecuador) Iquitos region (Peru, Colombia) South-western Amazonia Tambopata region (Peru) Pre-Andean Amazonia Lowlands of Manu National Park: Cocha Cashu Biological Station (Peru) |
V. a. SA12. b. SA13. SA14. SA15. c. SA16. SA17. d. SA18. |
MATA ATLÂNTICA Northern region (Rio Grande do Norte to Bahia) Atlantic moist forest of southern Bahia (Brazil) Central region (Espírito Santo to São Paulo) Tabuleiro forests of northern Espírito Santo (Brazil) Cabo Frio region (Brazil) Mountain ranges of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Southern region (southern São Paulo to Rio Grande do Sul) Serra do Japi (Brazil) Juréia-Itatins Ecological Station (Brazil) Interior: ParanA Basin Mbaracayú Reserve (Paraguay) |
V. SA19. SA20. SA21. SA22. SA23. SA24. |
INTERIOR DRY AND MESIC FORESTS Caatinga of north-eastern Brazil Espinhaço Range region (Brazil) Distrito Federal (Brazil) Gran Chaco (Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia) South-eastern Santa Cruz (Bolivia) Llanos de Mojos region (Bolivia) |
VI. a. SA25. SA26. SA27. SA28. SA29. SA30. b. SA31. SA32. SA33. SA34. c. SA35. d. SA36. SA37. SA38. |
(TROPICAL) ANDES Paramo with Espeletiinae (e.g. Espeletia) Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (Colombia) Sierra Nevada del CocuyGuantiva (Colombia) Páramo de Sumapaz region (Colombia) Region of Los Nevados Natural National Park (Colombia) Colombian Central Massif Volcanoes of Nariñense Plateau (Colombia, Ecuador) Paramo without Espeletiinae to puna Páramos and Andean forests of Sangay National Park (Ecuador) Huancabamba region (Peru and Ecuador) Peruvian puna Altoandina (Chile and Argentina) (brief Data Sheet) TucumanBolivian region Anconquija region (Argentina) Eastern slope Madidi-Apolo region (Bolivia) Eastern slopes of Peruvian Andes Gran Sumaco and Upper Napo River region (Ecuador) |
VII. SA39. SA40. SA41. SA42. SA43. |
PACIFIC COAST Colombian Pacific Coast region (Chocó) Ecuadorian Pacific Coast mesic forests Cerros de Amotape National Park region (Peru) Lomas formations (Peru) Lomas formations of the Atacama Desert (Chile) |
VIII. SA44. SA45. SA34. SA46. |
SOUTHERN CONE Mediterranean region and La Campana National Park (Chile) Temperate rain forest (Chile and Argentina) Altoandina (Chile and Argentina) (brief Data Sheet) Patagonia (Argentina and Chile) |
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ALPHABETICAL LIST |
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This list of sites is arranged alphabetically by country for purposes of cross-reference. The preceeding list (click here) is arranged according to the sequence in the Regional Overview. All sites have been selected for Data Sheet treatment (see Map 36). |
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SA22. SA34. SA35. SA45. SA46. |
ARGENTINA Gran Chaco Altoandina Anconquija region Temperate rain forest (Data Sheet mainly on Chile) Patagonia |
SA22. SA23. SA24. SA36. |
BOLIVIA Gran Chaco South-eastern Santa Cruz Llanos de Mojos region Madidi-Apolo region |
SA2. SA4. SA5. SA6. SA12. SA13. SA14. SA15. SA16. SA17. SA19. SA20. SA21. SA22. |
BRAZIL Pantepui region (Data Sheet mainly on Venezuela) Transverse Dry Belt Manaus region Upper Rio Negro region Atlantic moist forest of southern Bahia Tabuleiro forests of northern Espírito Santo Cabo Frio region Mountain ranges of Rio de Janeiro Serra do Japi Juréia-Itatins Ecological Station Caatinga of north-eastern Brazil Espinhaço Range region Distrito Federal Gran Chaco |
SA34. SA43. SA44. SA45. SA46. |
CHILE Altoandina Lomas formations of the Atacama Desert Mediterranean region and La Campana National Park Temperate rain forest Patagonia |
SA6. SA7. SA9. SA25. SA26. SA27. SA28. SA29. SA30. SA39. |
COLOMBIA Upper Rio Negro region Chiribiquete-Araracuara-Cahuinarí region Iquitos region Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Sierra Nevada del CocuyGuantiva Páramo de Sumapaz region Region of Los Nevados Natural National Park Colombian Central Massif Volcanoes of Nariñense Plateau Colombian Pacific Coast region (Chocó) |
SA8. SA30. SA31. SA32. SA38. SA40. |
ECUADOR Yasuní National Park and Waorani Ethnic Reserve Volcanoes of Nariñense Plateau Páramos and Andean forests of Sangay National Park Huancabamba region Gran Sumaco and Upper Napo River region Ecuadorian Pacific Coast mesic forests |
SA3. |
FRENCH GUIANA Saül region |
SA2. SA4. |
GUYANA Pantepui region (Data Sheet mainly on Venezuela) Transverse dry belt (Data Sheet mainly on Brazil) |
SA18. SA22. |
PARAGUAY Mbaracayú Reserve Gran Chaco |
SA9. SA10. SA11. SA32. SA33. SA37. SA41. SA42. |
PERU Iquitos region Tambopata region Lowlands of Manu National Park: Cocha Cashu Biological Station Huancabamba region Peruvian puna Eastern slopes of Peruvian Andes Cerros de Amotape National Park region Lomas formations |
SA4. |
SURINAM Transverse dry belt (Data Sheet mainly on Brazil) |
SA1. SA2. SA6. |
VENEZUELA Coastal Cordillera Pantepui region Upper Rio Negro region |
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