Plants from the high equatorial Andes 1. History of the páramo flora

Abstract

Cordilleras of the Central and South America host one of the most species rich floras of the world, with over 500 genera and 3500 native vascular plants. The flora evolved from elements of the tropical montane forest and from immigrant plant groups from the temperate zone of both hemispheres.

Keywords

• Equatorial Andes
• plant migration
• mountain flora
• páramo