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the genera Roupala, Byrsonima, and leguminous shrubs of the
genera Meibomia, etc.
29. Venezuelan savanna (llanos) with xerophilic shrubs and woodland.
Grasses: Paspalum fasciculatum . . . Aristida riparia; trees:
Cacsalpinia cortaria . . . Byrsonima crassifolia; palms: Copernicia
teetotum, Mauri tia flexuosa, Bactris, Attalea, Oenocarpus; also cacti
of genera Cereus and Opuntia
30. Orinoco tall-grass savanna (llanos). Grasses: Andropogon, Cymbopogon,
Heteropogon, Gymnopogon, Trachypogon, Paspalum; trees:
Curatella americana etc.
C. Galapagos formations
31. Galapagos shrub savanna and open woodland. Trees and shrubs:
Pisonia floribunda . . . Scalesia pedunculata; typical epiphytes:
lonopsis, etc.
D. Andean formations
32. Maranon montane tropical savanna with cacti and stunted rainleaf
trees. Cacti of the genera Cereus and Cephalocereus; trees:
Jacaranda aculijolia, etc.
V. Tropical Deserts
A. Caribbean formations
33. Venezuelan tropical cactus scrub. Cacti: Cereus hexagonus . . .
Peres\ia guamacho; trees: Prosopis juliflora, etc.
B. Pacific formations
34. Ecuadorian tropical xerophytic scrub (botanical composition unknown)
35. Pacific tropical coastal desert, passing in the south into subtropical.
Species of the families Cactaceac, Euphorbiaceae, Liliaccae, species
of the genus Senecio, also stunted trees of the genera Acacia . . .
Vallesia; grasses of the genera Anthephora . . . Pennisetum; mosses
and lichens
36. Pacific low-mountain tropical and subtropical desert and semidesert.
Stunted trees and shrubs: Loxopterigium huasango . . .
Cordia rotundifolia; cacti: Cereus macrostibas, C. cartwrightianus,
also annual grasses and bulb plants
C. East Brazilian formations
37. East Brazilian spiny-shrub and cactus tropical woodland (caatinga).
Trees and shrubs: Cavanillcsia arbórea . . . Cocos schizophylla also
species of the families Bombacaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Cactaceae
(genera Cereus, Pilocereus, Melanocactus, Mammillaria, Opuntia)
and grasses Aristida adscensionis and Gymnopogon mollis
38. Psammophytic tropical vegetation (restinga). Stunted trees:
Byrsonima sericea . . . Mírica, species of the families Cactaceac,
Bromeliaceae, also Ipomoea pes caprae, etc.
Southern Extra-Tropical Vegetation Types
I. Humid Subtropical Forest
A. Uruguayan-Brazilian formations
39. Upper Uruguayan humid evergreen subtropical forest. Trees:
Tecoma ipe, etc.
40. Brazilian araucaria forest. Trees: Araucaria angustijolia . . . Ilex
paraguayensis; palms: Euterpe cdulis, etc.
41. Subtropical evergreen gallery forest combined with meadows and
swamps. Trees: Biepharocalyx tweediei . . • Citharexylum; herbs:
Scirpus riparius, etc.
II. Subtropical Xerophilic Scrub Vegetation
A. Andean formations
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