Table 1

Main plant groups used in Southern Ecuador and plant origin


Number of species



%
Dicotyledoneae
182
85
Monocotyledoneae
20
9.3
Pteridophyta
12
5.5
Lichenes
1
0.2

215
100
Indigenous
179
83
Introduced
36
17

Bussmann and Sharon Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2006 2:44   doi:10.1186/1746-4269-2-44