# Ecological Characterization of the Flora in Reserva Ecologica Arenillas, Ecuador
## 3 Results
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{l l c} \hline \hline
**Family** & **Taxon** & **Life Form** & **Growth Habit** \\ \hline Acanthaceae & _Dicliptera unguculata_ [PERSON] & T & Herb \\ Acanthaceae & _Dicliptera pervinana_ ([PERSON].) [PERSON]. & T & Herb \\ Acanthaceae & _Dicliptera paposana_ [PERSON] & T & Herb \\ Acanthaceae & _Dyclrosteric repens_ ([PERSON]) [PERSON] & T & Herb \\ Acanthaceae & _Justicia conata_ (L.) [PERSON] & T & Herb \\ Acanthaceae & _Avicentia germinans_ (L.) [PERSON] & T & Herb \\ Acanthaceae & _Ruellia floribunda_ [PERSON]. & T & Herb \\ Acanthaceae & _Ruellia blchum_ [PERSON]. & T & Herb \\ Acanthaceae & _Tetranerium nervousum_ [PERSON] & T & Herb \\ Acanthaceae & _Elytria imbricata_ ([PERSON]) [PERSON]. & T & Herb \\ Achatocarpaceae & _Achatocarpacies_ [PERSON] & P & Shrub \\ Astrotempericaiae & _Bommae obovata_ [PERSON]. & P & Herb \\ Aizoaceae & _Trianthema portulacastrum_ [PERSON]. & T & Herb \\ Aizoaceae & _Sesuvium portulacastrum_ (L.) [PERSON] & T & Herb \\ Alismataceae & _Echinodorus bracteatus_ [PERSON] & T & Herb \\ Amaranthaceae & _Alternanthema edchinocphala_ ([PERSON].) [PERSON] & T & Herb \\ Amaranthaceae & _Alternanthema ficoidea_ (L.) [PERSON]. & T & Herb \\ Amaranthaceae & _Alternanthema parohydcioides_ [PERSON]. & T & Herb \\ Amaranthaceae & _Alternanthema pubiflora_ ([PERSON].) [PERSON] & T & Herb \\ Amaranthaceae & _Alternanthema porligens_ ([PERSON].) [PERSON] & T & Herb \\ Amaranthaceae & _Alternanthema brasiliana_ (L) [PERSON] & T & Herb \\ Amaranthaceae & _Amaranthus polygonoides_ [PERSON] & T & Herb \\ Amaranthaceae & _Iresine angustifolia_ [PERSON] & [PERSON] & Herb \\ Amaranthaceae & _Achyranthes aspera_ [PERSON]. & T & Herb \\ Amaranthaceae & _Iresine diffusa_ [PERSON]. \& [PERSON]. ex [PERSON] & T & Herb \\ Amaranthaceae & _Chamissoa altissim_ (Jacq.) [PERSON]. & T & Herb \\ Amaranthaceae & _Gomplrena holoserica_ (Mart.) [PERSON]. & T & Herb \\ Amaranthaceae & _Salicicam futilica_ (L.) [PERSON] & T & Herb \\ Amaryllidaceae & _Leptochito autototensis_ (Herb.) [PERSON] & G & Herb \\ Amaryllidaceae & _Eucrosia bicolor_ [PERSON] & G & Herb \\ Anacardiacaceae & _Spondias mombin_ L. & P & Shrub \\ Anacardiacaceae & _Mangifera indica_ L. & P & Tree \\ Anacardiacaceae & _Loxopterygium huasango_ Spruce ex Engl & P & Tree \\ Apiaceae & _Continu macularatum_ L. & T & Herb \\ Apcymacae & _Pseudomonasdenia cundurango_ (Rchb. f.) [PERSON]. & T & Herb \\ Apcymacae & _Prestonia mollis_ [PERSON]. & T & Herb \\ Apocymacae & _Asclepias_ L. & T & Herb \\ Apocymacae & _Asclepias_ L. & T & Herb \\ Apocymacae & _Asclepias curassavica_ L. & T & Herb \\ Apcymacae & _Rauvolfia littoralis_ [PERSON] & T & Herb \\ Apcymacae & _Rauvolfia tetraphylla_ L. & T & Herb \\ Apcymacae & _Cascablea threetia_ (L) [PERSON] & P & Herb \\ Apcymacae & _Nerium oleander_ L. & P & Herb \\ Araceae & _Anthurium harchyanum_ [PERSON]. & H & Herb \\ Araceae & _Anthurium soukupii_ [PERSON] & H & Herb \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 2: Summary of the list of vascular plants of the REAr, with their scientific name, family, growth habit, and life form, according to [PERSON]’s classification (G, geophytes; H, hemicryptophytes; Hy, hydrophytes; P, phanerophytes; T, theophytes; E, epiphytes).