Xavier Cornejo, M.S.
Institution and Research Interests
GUAY Herbarium, Department of Botany, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Guayaquil, Ecuador
• Floristic composition of South American Pacific mangrove swamps (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru) and terra firme forests of western Ecuador.
• Taxonomy of vascular plants: Neotropical Capparaceae, Pentagonia (Rubiaceae), Meliosma (Sabiaceae), Forestiera (Oleaceae), and Lecythidaceae and Cleomaceae of Ecuador.
Email: xcornejoguay@gmail.com
Abstract
Botanical Studies in Coastal Ecuador
Xavier Cornejo
Herbario GUAY, Departamento de Botánica, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales,
Universidad de Guayaquil, Av. Raúl Gómez Lince s.n. y Av. Juan Tanca Marengo (campus Mapasingue), P.O. Box 09-01-10634, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Chinese/Neotropical Botanical Diversity, An International Virtual Symposium
China/Ecuador
Wednesday August 17th, 2022
08:00-08:45 (Quito, Ecuador)
21:00-21:45 (Guangzhou, China)
Geological origin of soils and early ecosystems in coastal Ecuador with fossil evidence in the region. Overview of present patterns of plant diversity linked to precipitation. The Bioregions of western Ecuador: The Chocoan forests and Equatorial Pacific Dry forests, geographical patterns and floristic composition. The seasonally phenology of native plants in Equatorial Pacific Dry forests. Horizontal precipitation as a driving force of microclimates, microhabitats, and local endemism. Taxonomic discoveries on native plants in the region. Forest fragmentation and the rediscovery of presumed extinct forests and species, the case of Gasteranthus extinctus (Gesneriaceae) and Nasa humboldtiana (Loasaceae).
Keywords: mangroves, Western Ecuador
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