Growth form - Station Alpine Joseph Fourier

TROPICAL Endemic
(E: 17)
Plant diversity and distribution of genera
Neotropical
(N: 242)
Wide
Tropical
(WT: 58)
TEMPERATE Austral-
Antarctic
(AA: 34)
Holarctic (H:
41)
Wide
temperate
(WTe: 76)
COSMOPOLITAN Worldwide, or
nearly so,
Distribution
(C: 41)
Confined (almost)
exclusively to
páramo
from lowlands to the
alpine zone, also
outside páramo
Widely distributed in
tropical America,
occurring also in the
Palaeotropics
South temperate
distribution
North temperate and
mediterranean
distribution
Temperate and cool
regions of
both hemispheres
TOTAL = 509 genera / 127 families / 3500 species
Aragoa, Ascidiogyne, Blakiella, Bucquetia, Castratella, Cotopaxia, Espeletia, Floscaldasia,
Hinterhubera,Laestadia, Myrrhidendron, Nephropteris, Neurolepis, Perissocoeleum, Plutarchia,
Raouliopsis, Westoniella
Arcytophyllum, Baccharis, Cavendishia, Ceratostema, Chuquiraga, Chusquea,
Diplostephium, Disterigma, Distichia, Dorobea, Epidendrum, Gynoxys, Halenia, Lachemilla,
Lasiocephalus, Loricaria,Jamesonia, Monnina, Nototriche, Odontoglossum, Oncidium, Opuntia,
Oreopanax, Pentacalia, Perezia, Polylepis, Puya, Werneria, Xenophyllum, etc.
Achyrocline, Begonia, Bothriochloa, Buddleja, Bulbostylis, Cheilanthes, Clethra, Conyza, Cyperus,
Dicksonia, Dioscorea, Elaphoglossum, Eragrostis, Eriocaulon, Grammitis, Hedyosmum,
Hymenophyllum, Hypoxis, Ilex, Maytenus, Myrsine, Ocotea, Paspalum, Passiflora, Peperomia,
Persea, Pilea, Piper, Phytolacca, Pteris, Schefflera, Sporobolus, Tournefortia, Xyris, etc.
Acaena, Azorella, Calandrinia, Calceolaria, Colobanthus, Cortaderia, Cotula, Desfontainia,
Drimys, Dysopsis, Escallonia, Fuchsia, Gaultheria, Gunnera, Libertia, Lilaea, Lilaeopsis,
Lomatia, Muehlenbeckia, Myriactis, Myrteola, Nertera, Oreobolus, Oreocallis, Oreomyrrhis,
Orthrosanthus,Ourisia, Pernettya, Prumnopitys,Rostkovia, Tristerix, Ugni, Uncinia, Weinmannia
Antennaria, Astragalus, Bartsia, Berberis, Castilleja, Cerastium, Cirsium, Draba, Erigeron,
Erysimum, Geum, Helianthemum, Hypochaeris, Lathyrus, Lithospermum, Lupinus, Muhlenbergia,
Oenothera, Parietaria, Pedicularis, Phacelia, Potentilla, Ribes, Rhamnus, Salvia, Saxifraga,
Sibthorpia, Silene, Stachys, Thalictrum, Trichophorum, Vaccinium, Verbena, Viburnum, Vicia
Agrostis, Alopecurus, Anemone, Arenaria, Brachypodium, Bromus, Calamagrostis, Callitriche,
Caltha, Cardamine, Cardionema, Carex, Crassula, Coriaria, Cynoglossum, Cystopteris, Danthonia,
Daucus, Deschampsia, Descurainia, Dryopteris, Elatine, Elodea, Elymus, Ephedra, Epilobium,
Festuca, Galium, Gentiana, Gentianella, Geranium, Glandularia, Glyceria, Gnaphalium, Gratiola,
Hieracium, Hierochloe, Hordeum, Hypericum, Isoëtes, Isolepis, Juncus, Lepidium, Limosella,
Luzula, Lysimachia, Melica, Mimulus, Montia, Myosotis, Paronychia, Pilularia, Pingjuicula,
Plagiobothrys, Plantago, Poa, Polypogon, Polystichum, Potamogeton, Puccinellia, Ranunculus,
Rubus, Rumex, Senecio, Sedum, Sisyrinchium, Spergularia, Stellaria, Stipa, Thelypteris, Trisetum,
Urtica, Valeriana, Veronica, Viola
Adianthum, Anagallis, Asplenium, Athyrium, Azolla, Bidens, Blechnum, Botrychium, Eleocharis,
Chamaesyce, Culcita, Cuscuta, Cynanchum, Drosera, Equisetum, Eryngium, Euphorbia,
Habenaria, Huperzia, Hydrocotyle, Lobelia, Lemna, Lycopodiella, Lycopodium, Malaxis, Morella,
Myriophyllum, Nicotiana, Ophioglossum, Oxalis, Pellaea, Polypodium, Pteridium, Rhynchospora,
Scirpus, Selaginella, Solanum, Stuckenia, Utricularia, Wahlenbergia, Woodsia