EVALUACIÓN DE LA ESTRUCTURA Y COMPOSICIÓN FLORÍSTICA DEL BOSQUE DE GARÚA DEL PARQUE HISTÓRICO GUAYAQUIL

Abstract

A study in the rain forest of the Guayaquil Historical Park was made, compromising an area of 300 , the only information made available by the Historical park on flower species of this forest was an inventory made in 2015, which possessed updated information, including the number of individuals per specie, a catalog with relevant data of each specie, and management guidelines to achieve a closer recreation original ecosystem of the Garua forest were made. It was found of 35 species, grouped in 18 families and 14 orders are reported. The zingiberales presented five families: Heliconiaceae, Costaceae, Musaceae, Maranthaceae y Zingiberaceae; Arecales, with the Arecaceae and Fabales, with the Fabacae family and the rest of the orders consist of a family each. The family with the highest number of species was Araceae, the only family in the order Alismatales in this forest, besides 307 individuals were recorded with dominance of species of the Zingiberales order with 210 individuals that make up 68.40%, and Alismateles with 35 individuals that represent the 11.40%. In comparison with the inventory of 2015, that registered 48 species and 21 families, there is evidence of a loss of 13 species in a single year.