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Table I: DISTRIBUTION OF ENDEMIC VEGETABLE SPECIES IN PERU |
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Regions |
Habitat |
Endemic species |
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Nº |
% |
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Coast |
Tropical hot desert (north region) |
39 |
0.6 |
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Tropical warm desert (central and south region) |
243 |
3.9 |
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Western side of the Andes |
Desertic shrub |
366 |
5.8 |
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Main high regions of the Andes (“Sierra”) |
Mesoandina (2,000 to 3,000 meters above sea level) |
1291 |
20.5 |
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Puna (3,500 to 4,500 m above sea level) |
502 |
8.0 |
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Desertic Puna (over 4,500 m altitude) |
6 |
0.1 |
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Paramo (northern region, 2,000 to 4,600 meters) |
292 |
4.6 |
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High Andes region |
185 |
2.9 |
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Dry Forest |
178 |
2.8 |
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Mountainous Rainforest |
371 |
5.9 |
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Very humid Mountainous Rainforest |
1265 |
20.1 |
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Eastern side of the Andes |
Very humid premontane Rainforest |
798 |
12.7 |
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Low Jungle |
Amazon rainforest |
756 |
12.0 |
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Total |
6,292 |
100.0 |
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