{"id":6252,"date":"2025-02-15T17:48:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T17:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/?p=6252"},"modified":"2025-05-12T22:03:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T22:03:49","slug":"lauraceae-research-by-kew-gardens-in-choco-forests-of-ecuadorian-andes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/es\/2025\/02\/15\/lauraceae-research-by-kew-gardens-in-choco-forests-of-ecuadorian-andes\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigaci\u00f3n por el Kew Gradens a la familia Lauraceae en los bosques del Choc\u00f3 andino ecuatoriano"},"content":{"rendered":"

English botanist Tom Wells\u2014a researcher at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Kew Gardens)\u2014went into the Los Cedros Protected Forest for a few weeks in November to research the Lauraceae family, whose members include plants such as the aguacatillo and cinnamon tree. Lauraceae is of great interest, in part, because this family is widespread throughout Choc\u00f3 forests from 1000 to 2500 meters above sea level. This abundant family is critical to many species of birds and mammals.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lauraceae research was planned for the northwestern Ecuadorian forests, primarily in the Andean Choc\u00f3 provinces of Imbabura and Pichincha. Uniquely situated for scientific study, two biodiversity hotspots overlap in this area: the Tumbes-Choc\u00f3-Magdalena and the Tropical Andes. To a lesser extent, this research is also carried out in the forests of Esmeraldas.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wells returned to a plot in Los Cedros where Dr. Ana Mariscal surveyed plants and made important and revealing contributions twenty years ago. He collected several samples that will be confirmed in the national herbarium, where he has the support of Dr. Mariscal.<\/span><\/p>\n

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