EVALUACIÓN DE ÁRBOLES Y PALMERAS DE LA ZONA DE TRADICIONES DEL PARQUE HISTÓRICO GUAYAQUIL

Abstract

In 2000, Guayaquil’s Historical Park built a traditional area to show its visitors the designs of the old houses of the city and the traditional trees and crops that are harvested in the region. The goal of this paper is to evaluate the different species of trees in this area and make an inventory of all of them. The results show that the flora of this area is composed by 42 species of trees that are part of 16 families and 11 orders. The order with the great number of families is Sapindales with families: Anacardiaceae, Meliaceae, Rutaceae and Sapindaceae. The family with the great number of species is Fabaceae. While the Arecaceae and Malvaceae families have four species each one and the rest between one and three. To show the species this paper presents a catalogue with all the species found along with relevant data. Finally, this paper presents a process that the Historical Park can follow to manage and care the trees studied.