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Plant Families of the Coastal Deserts of Peru and Northern Chile

Habitats

Parque Nacional
Pan de Azúcar
Northern Chile

Near Coquimbo, Chile
Myrcianthes coquimbensis
(Barn.) Land. & Gfo.

Lomas of Lachay, Peru
Begonia octopetala L'Her.

Lomas of Lachay
Loasa urens Jacq.

Gymnosperms

Ephedraceae
Ephedra americana
H. & B. ex Willd.

Close-up of female cone

Monocotyledons

Alstroemeriaceae
Alstroemeria paupercula Phil.

Bromeliaceae
Tillandsia tragaphoba Dillon

Habitat in Northern Chile near Paposo

Close-up of inflorescence

Dicotyledons

Asteraceae
Oxyphyllum ulicinum Phil.

Lomas de Tacna
October 1983

Bignoniaceae
Argylia radiata (L.) D.Don

Cactaceae
Neoraimondia arequipensis (Meyen) Backbg.

Grossulariaceae
Escallonia pulverulenta
(Ruiz & Pavón) Pers.

Malesherbiaceae
Malesherbia humilis Poepp.

Malpighiaceae
Dinemandra ericoides Adr. Juss.

Violaceae
Viola taltalensis Becker

Viola litoralis Phil.

Contact: dillon@fmnh.org

Contact: hensold@fmnh.org

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