Floristic guide of the trail in: Condor Machay and Molinuco, Pita River, Quito DM

Abstract

The investigation was carried out on two paths of direct influence with the Pita river of the Rumiñahui - Sangolquí canton, Pichincha province, south east of Quito, Cóndor Machay and Molinuco, corresponds to the montane humid thicket plant formation, montane humid forest life zone low, altitude between 2700 and 2950 m. The field work was carried out using the list methodology of species on main paths, photographs were taken in situ and collections for herbarium, the same that mounted, labeled and identified taxonomically, are deposited in the Herbarium Alfredo Paredes (QAP) of the University Central of Ecuador, the comparison between the two paths was made using the Sorencen Similarity Index. 216 vascular species were registered, 120 in Cóndor Machay and 180 in Molinuco, 170 genera and 77 families; phylogenetically they are: 1 species Lycopodiophyta, Equisetophyta, Pinophyta, 17 Polypodiophyta, 196 Magnoliophyta (152 Magnoliopsidas and 44 Liliopsidas); according to habit: herbs (109) are frequent, followed by bushes (35), trees (31), veins (17), epiphytes (13), sub bushes (6), parasites (3) and lianas (2); according to status: 156 native, 36 introduced, 14 in Appendix II and 10 endemic. The floristic guide includes: tables with information on the plant species and photographs of each one with their respective scientific names, waiting for the visiting public of these trails to successfully take advantage of the botanical knowledge of the humid montane thicket, its ecological interrelations and hence the conservation of it.