Table 2.Altitudinal distribution of families, species and individuals in the 6 plots and number of published papers on each species in chemistry and pharmacology. The numbers (between brackets) are the assigned codes for the trees lacking individual taxonomical determination.

Family / Species / Frequency on plot at
1580 m / Frequency on plot at 1660 m / Frequency on plot at 1720 m / Frequency on plot at 2000 m / Frequency on plot at 2365 m / Frequency on plot at 2730 m / Total Frequency / Number of published papers on each species in chemistry or in pharmacology
Actinidiaceae / Saurauia spectabilis Hook. / 1 / 1 / 0
Alzateaceae / Alzatea verticillata Ruiz & Pav. / 3 / 3 / 1
Anacardiaceae / Tapirira guianensis Aubl. / 1 / 2 / 3 / 6 / 5
Annonaceae / Guatteria lasiocalyx R. E. Fr. / 1 / 4 / 1 / 6 / 12 / 0
Annonaceae / Guatteria sp. (M468) / 1 / 1
Araliaceae / Dendropanax arboreus (L.) Decne. & Planch. / 3 / 3 / 4
Araliaceae / Oreopanax jelskii Szyszyl. / 1 / 1 / 0
Araliaceae / Schefflera bangii Harms / 1 / 1 / 0
Asteraceae / Baccharis nitida (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers. / 1 / 1 / 0
Asteraceae / Vernonanthura patens (Kunth) H. Rob. / 1 / 7 / 8 / 0
Boraginaceae / Cordia sp. (M180) / 1 / 1
Burseraceae / Protium cf. meridionale Sw. / 1 / 1 / 0
Burseraceae / Protium montanum Sw. / 7 / 1 / 8 / 0
Burseraceae / Protium aff. puncticulatum J. F. Macbr. / 1 / 1
Chloranthaceae / Hedyosmum angustifolium (Ruiz & Pav.) Solms / 4 / 1 / 5 / 1
Chloranthaceae / Hedyosmum dombeyanum Solms / 1 / 1 / 0
Chloranthaceae / Hedyosmum racemosum (Ruiz & Pav.) G.Don / 14 / 1 / 5 / 20 / 0
Chrysobalanaceae / Hirtella sp. (M2) / 1 / 1 / 0
Clethraceae / Clethra revoluta (Ruiz & Pav.) Spreng. / 12 / 12 / 0
Clethraceae / Clethra scabra var. laevigata (Meisn.) Sleumer / 1 / 1 / 0
Clethraceae / Clethra sp. (M298) / 1 / 1
Clethraceae / Clethra sp.(M311) / 1 / 1
Clethraceae / Clethra sp.(M321) / 1 / 1
Clethraceae / Clethra sp. (M332) / 1 / 1
Clethraceae / Clethra sp. (M344) / 1 / 1
Clethraceae / Clethra sp. (M352) / 1 / 1
Clethraceae / Clethra sp. (M372) / 1 / 1
Clethraceae / Clethra sp. (M371) / 1 / 1
Family / Species / Frequency on plot at
1580 m / Frequency on plot at 1660 m / Frequency on plot at 1720 m / Frequency on plot at 2000 m / Frequency on plot at 2365 m / Frequency on plot at 2730 m / Total Frequency / Number of published papers on each species in chemistry or in pharmacology
Cunoniaceae / Weinmannia yungasensis A. Fuentes / 1 / 1 / 0
Cunoniaceae / Weinmannia lechleriana Engl. / 1 / 1 / 2 / 0
Cunoniaceae / Weinmannia microphylla Ruiz & Pav. / 5 / 5 / 0
Cunoniaceae / Weinmannia pinnata L. / 2 / 2 / 0
Cyatheaceae / Alsophila erinacea (H. Karst.) D.S. Conant / 5 / 5 / 0
Cyatheaceae / Cyathea caracasana (Klotzsch) Domin / 3 / 3 / 2 / 8 / 0
Cyatheaceae / Cyathea conjugata (Hook.) Domin / 3 / 3 / 0
Cyatheaceae / Cyathea delgadii Sternb. / 11 / 11 / 0
Cyatheaceae / Cyathea sp. (M251) / 1 / 1
Elaeocarpaceae / Sloanea gracilis Uittien / 1 / 1 / 0
Ericaceae / Cavendishia bracteata (Ruiz & Pav. ex J. St.-Hil.) Hoerold / 2 / 2 / 0
Euphorbiaceae / Acalyphastachyura Pax / 2 / 2
Euphorbiaceae / Alchornea glandulosa Poepp. / 5 / 1 / 4 / 10 / 3
Euphorbiaceae / Alchornea pearcei Britton ex. Rusby / 2 / 6 / 8 / 0
Euphorbiaceae / Alchornea pubescens (Britton) R. Secco / 1 / 3 / 4 / 4
Euphorbiaceae / Alchornea triplinervia (Spreng.) Muell. Arg. / 7 / 7 / 3
Euphorbiaceae / Alchornea sp. (M331) / 1 / 1
Euphorbiaceae / Hieronyma alchorneoides Allemao / 5 / 1 / 6 / 2
Euphorbiaceae / Hieronyma moritziana (Muell. Arg.) Pax & K. Hoffm. / 2 / 2 / 0
Euphorbiaceae / Hieronyma oblonga (Tul.) Muell. Arg. / 0
Euphorbiaceae / Mabea sp. nov. / 3 / 1 / 4
Flacourtiaceae / Casearia sp. nov. / 1 / 1
Guttiferae / Clusia aff. flaviflora Engl. / 3 / 3 / 0
Guttiferae / Clusia lechleri Rusby / 1 / 1 / 2 / 0
Guttiferae / Clusia trochiformis Vesque / 1 / 1 / 0
Guttiferae / Clusia sp. (M151) / 1 / 1
Guttiferae / Clusia sp. (M399) / 1 / 1
Guttiferae / Havetiopsis sp. (M308) / 1 / 1
Guttiferae / Vismia glaziovii Ruhland / 1 / 1 / 0
Guttiferae / Vismia pozuzoensis Engl. / 1 / 1 / 0
Guttiferae / Vismia sp. (M343) / 1 / 1
Family / Species / Frequency on plot at
1580 m / Frequency on plot at 1660 m / Frequency on plot at 1720 m / Frequency on plot at 2000 m / Frequency on plot at 2365 m / Frequency on plot at 2730 m / Total Frequency / Number of published papers on each species in chemistry or in pharmacology
Lauraceae / Endlicheria sp. (M394) / 1 / 2 / 3
Lauraceae / Nectandra cissiflora Nees / 6 / 6 / 0
Lauraceae / Nectandra membranacea (Sw.) Griseb. / 2 / 2 / 3
Lauraceae / Nectandra reticulata (Ruiz & Pav.) Mez / 1 / 2 / 1 / 4 / 0
Lauraceae / Nectandra turbacensis (Kunth) Nees / 1 / 2 / 3 / 1
Lauraceae / Nectandra sp. (M246) / 1 / 1
Lauraceae / Nectandra sp. (450) / 1 / 1
Lauraceae / Ocotea aff. jelskii Mez / 2 / 2 / 0
Lauraceae / Ocotea aff. minarum (Nees) Mez / 1 / 1 / 3
Lauraceae / Ocotea sp. (M78) / 1 / 1
Lauraceae / Ocotea sp. (M88) / 1 / 1
Lauraceae / Ocotea sp. (M91) / 1 / 1
Lauraceae / Ocotea sp. (M102) / 1 / 1
Lauraceae / Ocotea sp. (M104) / 1 / 1
Lauraceae / Ocotea sp. (M111) / 1 / 1
Lauraceae / Ocotea sp. (M117) / 1 / 1
Lauraceae / Ocotea sp. (M396) / 1 / 1
Lauraceae / Persea sp. (M65) / 2 / 2
Lauraceae / Pleurothyrium cuneifolium Nees / 1 / 1 / 0
Lauraceae / (M64) / 1 / 1
Lauraceae / (M98) / 1 / 1
Lauraceae / (M113) / 1 / 1
Lauraceae / (M255) / 1 / 1
Lauraceae / (M393) / 1 / 1
Lauraceae / (M443) / 1 / 1
Leg-Mimosaceae / Abarema aff. centiflora Barneby & J.W. Grimes / 1 / 1 / 0
Leg-Mimosaceae / Inga acreana Harms vel. aff. / 1 / 1 / 1
Leg-Mimosaceae / Inga marginata Willd. / 1 / 1 / 1
Leg-Mimosaceae / Inga multijuga Benth. spp. multijuga vel aff. / 1 / 1 / 0
Leg-Mimosaceae / Inga nobilis Willd. var. nobilis / 1 / 1 / 0
Leg-Mimosaceae / Inga umbellifera (Vahl) Steud.ex DC. / 1 / 1 / 2
Loranthaceae / Gaiadendron punctatum (Ruiz & Pav.) G.Don / 1 / 1 / 1
Family / Species / Frequency on plot at
1580 m / Frequency on plot at 1660 m / Frequency on plot at 1720 m / Frequency on plot at 2000 m / Frequency on plot at 2365 m / Frequency on plot at 2730 m / Total Frequency / Number of published papers on each species in chemistry or in pharmacology
Marcgraviaceae / Sarcopera anomala (Kunth) Bedell / 1 / 1 / 0
Melastomataceae / Graffenrieda boliviensis Cogn. / 5 / 5 / 0
Melastomataceae / Graffenrieda emarginata (Ruiz & Pav.) Triana / 2 / 2 / 0
Melastomataceae / Meriania aff.axinioides Gleason / 1 / 8 / 1 / 10 / 0
Melastomataceae / Meriania sp. (M1) / 1 / 1
Melastomataceae / Meriania sp. (M38) / 1 / 1
Melastomataceae / Miconia affinis DC. / 2 / 10 / 12 / 0
Melastomataceae / Miconia calvescens DC. / 1 / 1 / 2 / 0
Melastomataceae / Miconia coelestis (D. Don) Naudin
Melastomataceae / Miconia elongata Cogn. / 4 / 4 / 0
Melastomataceae / Miconia aff. minutiflora (Bonpl.) DC.
Melastomataceae / Miconia punctata (Desv.) D. Don ex DC. / 7 / 7 / 0
Melastomataceae / Miconia theaezans (Bonpl.) Cogn. / 2 / 1 / 2 / 5 / 0
Melastomataceae / Miconia cf. setulosa Cogn. / 2 / 2
Melastomataceae / Miconia sp. (M173) / 1 / 1
Melastomataceae / Miconia sp. (M191) / 1 / 1
Melastomataceae / Tibouchina bicolor (Naudin) Cogn.) / 24 / 24 / 0
Meliaceae / Guarea sp. (M192) / 1 / 1
Monimiaceae / Mollinedia sp. nov. / 2 / 2 / 0
Monimiaceae / Mollinedia cf racemosa (Schltdl.) Tul. / 2 / 2 / 0
Monimiaceae / Siparuna decipiens (Tul.) A. DC. / 1 / 1 / 0
Moraceae / Cecropia angustifolia Trecul / 1 / 2 / 3 / 0
Moraceae / Helicostylis tomentosa (Poepp. & Endl.) Rusby / 1 / 1 / 2
Moraceae / Helicostylis tovarensis(Klotzsch & H. Karst.) C.C. Berg / 2 / 1 / 2 / 5 / 0
Moraceae / Pourouma minor Benoist / 1 / 1 / 0
Myricaceae / Morella pubescens(Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Wilbur / 5 / 1 / 6 / 0
Myristicaceae / Virola peruviana (A. DC.) Warb. / 2 / 2 / 2
Myristicaceae / Virola sebifera Aubl. / 3 / 1 / 4 / 17
Myrsinaceae / Myrsine coriacea (Sw.) R. Br. ex Roem. & Schult. / 2 / 4 / 6 / 1
Family / Species / Frequency on plot at
1580 m / Frequency on plot at 1660 m / Frequency on plot at 1720 m / Frequency on plot at 2000 m / Frequency on plot at 2365 m / Frequency on plot at 2730 m / Total Frequency / Number of published papers on each species in chemistry or in pharmacology
Myrsinaceae / Myrsine sp. (M241) / 1 / 1
Myrsinaceae / Myrsine sp. (M247) / 1 / 1
Myrsinaceae / Myrsine sp. (M261)
Myrsinaceae / Myrsine sp. (M268)
Myrsinaceae / Stylogyne ambigua (C. Mart.) Mez / 1 / 1 / 0
Myrtaceae / Myrcia fallax (Rich.) DC. / 1 / 1 / 1 / 3 / 0
Myrtaceae / Myrcia sp. (M407) / 1 / 1
Nyctaginaceae / Neea buchtienii Heimerl / 1 / 1 / 0
Podocarpaceae / Podocarpus rusbyi Buchholz & Gray / 1 / 7 / 8 / 0
Rosaceae / Prunus aff. tucumanensis Lillo / 1 / 1 / 0
Rubiaceae / Bathysa obovata K. Schum. ex Standl. / 3 / 3 / 6 / 0
Rubiaceae / Cinchona calisaya Wedd. / 1 / 1 / 3
Rubiaceae / Cinchona pubescens Vahl / 1 / 1 / 2 / 3
Rubiaceae / Elaeagia cf. mariae Wedd. / 1 / 4 / 4 / 9 / 0
Rubiaceae / Elaeagia cf. microcarpa Steyerm. / 3 / 3 / 0
Rubiaceae / Faramea bangii Rusby / 1 / 1 / 0
Rubiaceae / Faramea candelabrum Standl. / 6 / 2 / 1 / 9 / 0
Rubiaceae / Guettarda sabiceoides Standl. / 7 / 7 / 0
Rubiaceae / Guettarda tournefortiopsis Standl. / 2 / 2 / 0
Rubiaceae / Ladenbergia bullata (Wedd.) Standl. / 3 / 3 / 0
Rubiaceae / Psychotria conephoroides (Rusby) C.M. Taylor / 6 / 6 / 0
Rubiaceae / Psychotria tinctoria Ruiz & Pav. / 8 / 8 / 0
Rubiaceae / Psychotria cf. tipuanensis Standl. / 4 / 4 / 0
Rubiaceae / Psychotria cf. tristis H.J.P. Winkler / 1 / 1 / 0
Rubiaceae / Rudgea sp. (M427) / 1 / 1
Rubiaceae / Rudgea sp. (M446) / 1 / 1
Rubiaceae / Rudgea sp. (M470) / 1 / 1
Rubiaceae / Rudgea sp. (M485) / 1 / 1
Sabiaceae / Meliosma aff. occidentalis Cuatrec. / 1 / 1 / 0
Sabiaceae / Meliosma sp. (M317) / 1 / 1
Family / Species / Frequency on plot at
1580 m / Frequency on plot at 1660 m / Frequency on plot at 1720 m / Frequency on plot at 2000 m / Frequency on plot at 2365 m / Frequency on plot at 2730 m / Total Frequency / Number of published papers on each species in chemistry or in pharmacology
Sapindaceae / Matayba sp. (M121) / 1 / 1
Sapotaceae / Pouteria caimito (Ruiz & Pav.) Radlk. / 2 / 2 / 3
Sapotaceae / Pouteria longifolia (Mart. & Eichler) T.D. Penn. / 1 / 1 / 0
Sapotaceae / Pouteria sp. (M190) / 1 / 1
Saxifragaceae (s.l.) / Escallonia paniculata (Ruiz & Pav.) Roem. & Schult. / 16 / 16 / 0
Solanaceae / Solanum acuminatum Ruiz & Pav. / 2 / 2 / 0
Symplocaceae / Symplocos globulifera B. Ståhl / 1 / 1 / 2 / 0
Theaceae / Gordonia fructicosa (Schrader) H. Keng / 1 / 3 / 2 / 6 / 0
Theaceae / Ternstroemia cf. polyandra Kobuski / 1 / 1 / 0
Vochysiaceae / Vochysia cf. caesia Stafleu / 1 / 1 / 0
Vochysiaceae / Vochysiasp. (M86) / 1 / 1