BCI species abundance for 10 mm dbh and above

Species abundance for each of the censuses of all free-standing woody plants in 50 ha of forest.
Valid species names are linked to Missouri Botanical Garden's VAST (VAScular Tropicos) nomenclatural database.
The taxonomic families are linked to the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website.

Species NameFamily198219851990199520002005
Abarema macradenia Fabaceae:Mimos.111111
Acacia melanoceras Fabaceae:Mimos.5611121022
Acalypha diversifolia Euphorbiaceae15641202819526490746
Acalypha macrostachya Euphorbiaceae796644424352
Adelia triloba Euphorbiaceae346315280219163142
Aegiphila panamensis Verbenaceae13612692776244
Alchornea costaricensis Euphorbiaceae385314266228228227
Alchornea latifolia Euphorbiaceae223222
Alibertia edulis Rubiaceae304342378378356370
Allophylus psilospermus Sapindaceae175171153123112103
Alseis blackiana Rubiaceae759980528415817778727754
Amaioua corymbosa Rubiaceae292929272522
Anacardium excelsum Anacardiaceae282624252425
Anaxagorea panamensis Annonaceae471474588698748794
Andira inermis Fabaceae:Papil.318307306301284278
Annona acuminata Annonaceae506523566542498485
Annona hayesii Annonaceae111100
Annona spraguei Annonaceae5771143177134123
Apeiba 'hybrid'Tiliaceae110000
Apeiba membranacea Tiliaceae388341329291269289
Apeiba tibourbou Tiliaceae453932293039
Aphelandra sinclairiana Acanthaceae13107768
Appunia seibertii Rubiaceae113332
Ardisia bartlettii Myrsinaceae331365
Ardisia fendleri Myrsinaceae7578838799103
Ardisia guianensis Myrsinaceae221618201917
Aspidosperma spruceanum Apocynaceae450470484474479469
Astrocaryum standleyanum Arecaceae248232221205188165
Astronium graveolens Anacardiaceae686269787797
Attalea butyracea Arecaceae444036333034
Bactris barronis Arecaceae1115520955
Bactris coloniata Arecaceae2418423832
Bactris coloradonis Arecaceae38176200
Bactris major Arecaceae46935521717610380
Banara guianensis Flacourtiaceae004510
Beilschmiedia pendula Lauraceae237526672748258923192115
Bertiera guianensis Rubiaceae221100
Borojoa panamensis Rubiaceae111111
Brosimum alicastrum Moraceae862894922909898892
Brosimum guianense Moraceae666655
Calophyllum longifolium Clusiaceae647720891100011311427
Capparis frondosa Capparaceae353436723544329929892749
Casearia aculeata Flacourtiaceae470478482448420434
Casearia arborea Flacourtiaceae269224187156139124
Casearia commersoniana Flacourtiaceae212321212124
Casearia guianensis Flacourtiaceae151719191614
Casearia sylvestris Flacourtiaceae246232211180151131
Cassipourea elliptica Rhizophoraceae76284894298910071069
Cavanillesia platanifolia Bombacaceae232223212124
Cecropia insignis Cecropiaceae5134413983777141144
Cecropia longipes Cecropiaceae00011214
Cecropia obtusifolia Cecropiaceae61384850102235
Cedrela odorata Meliaceae5296810
Ceiba pentandra Bombacaceae736862495464
Celtis schippii Ulmaceae182166148134122114
Cespedesia spathulata Ochnaceae755422
Cestrum megalophyllum Solanaceae309237157825054
Chamaedorea tepejilote Arecaceae32221612107
Chamguava schippii Myrtaceae194239289324381449
Chimarrhis parviflora Rubiaceae343333
Chrysochlamys eclipes Clusiaceae458436421404399391
Chrysophyllum argenteum Sapotaceae427481687710674670
Chrysophyllum cainito Sapotaceae6979109128134147
Cinnamomum triplinerve Lauraceae898487756159
Clidemia dentata Melastomataceae8141751418
Clidemia octona Melastomataceae36961212
Clidemia septuplinervia Melastomataceae120013
Coccoloba coronata Polygonaceae181191185144115112
Coccoloba manzinellensis Polygonaceae445446469456402372
Cojoba rufescens Fabaceae:Mimos.222222
Colubrina glandulosa Rhamnaceae211241
Conostegia bracteata Melastomataceae443294
Conostegia cinnamomea Melastomataceae39028020815412598
Cordia alliodora Boraginaceae11110811810895148
Cordia bicolor Boraginaceae7177591044967765658
Cordia lasiocalyx Boraginaceae170216691694154112841171
Coussarea curvigemmia Rubiaceae150816681971204220772058
Coutarea hexandra Rubiaceae222223
Croton billbergianus Euphorbiaceae6216211013561358468
Cupania cinerea Sapindaceae671311610
Cupania latifolia Sapindaceae554951434346
Cupania rufescens Sapindaceae5673971109592
Cupania seemannii Sapindaceae96010401143117412121213
Cyathea petiolata Cyatheaceae831000
Dendropanax arboreus Araliaceae17516013511410388
Desmopsis panamensis Annonaceae117151212212145117591128811327
Diospyros artanthifolia Ebenaceae495571808895
Dipteryx oleifera Fabaceae:Papil.565253504551
Drypetes standleyi Euphorbiaceae217722672279223921932180
Elaeis oleifera Arecaceae212021212221
Enterolobium schomburgkii Fabaceae:Mimos.131213131313
Erythrina costaricensis Fabaceae:Papil.28923518414011389
Erythroxylum macrophyllum Erythroxylaceae324305299274245242
Erythroxylum panamense Erythroxylaceae105106111112102110
Eugenia coloradoensis Myrtaceae805842834775653611
Eugenia galalonensis Myrtaceae96311611383150315851751
Eugenia nesiotica Myrtaceae522542548533513482
Eugenia oerstediana Myrtaceae208622062345221719281816
Faramea occidentalis Rubiaceae234452513626894271342675026038
Ficus bullenei Moraceae111115
Ficus citrifolia Moraceae002311
Ficus colubrinae Moraceae111110
Ficus costaricana Moraceae161178118
Ficus insipida Moraceae98791616
Ficus maxima Moraceae10109778
Ficus obtusifolia Moraceae1197866
Ficus pertusa Moraceae001110
Ficus popenoei Moraceae987443
Ficus tonduzii Moraceae666145332724
Ficus trigonata Moraceae855665
Ficus yoponensis Moraceae666667
Garcinia intermedia Clusiaceae364940144289429544054602
Garcinia madruno Clusiaceae655687528374374393
Genipa americana Rubiaceae908683737066
Geonoma interrupta Arecaceae19143000
Guapira standleyana Nyctaginaceae232210193186165164
Guarea 'fuzzy'Meliaceae15571491137612271037823
Guarea grandifolia Meliaceae545561646559
Guarea guidonia Meliaceae178218281964192318341774
Guatteria dumetorum Annonaceae15851526147012561040896
Guazuma ulmifolia Sterculiaceae555052496164
Guettarda foliacea Rubiaceae383383371339301268
Gustavia superba Lecythidaceae880819826790752734
Hamelia axillaris Rubiaceae114921081178898
Hamelia patens Rubiaceae022111
Hampea appendiculata Malvaceae7649392227140
Hasseltia floribunda Flacourtiaceae11391012859686542484
Heisteria acuminata Olacaceae110112112108106100
Heisteria concinna Olacaceae883959984973953927
Herrania purpurea Sterculiaceae520529546528511521
Hieronyma alchorneoides Euphorbiaceae10110099887885
Hirtella americana Chrysobalanaceae514848403025
Hirtella triandra Chrysobalanaceae414146585025504447594566
Hura crepitans Euphorbiaceae127119118112105103
Hybanthus prunifolius Violaceae398294109140438360603192829846
Inga acuminata Fabaceae:Mimos.209254305340368424
Inga cocleensis Fabaceae:Mimos.131111100655048
Inga goldmanii Fabaceae:Mimos.495464458396344313
Inga laurina Fabaceae:Mimos.717488917560
Inga marginata Fabaceae:Mimos.898790717540398400
Inga mucuna Fabaceae:Mimos.111142
Inga nobilis Fabaceae:Mimos.780785776723664615
Inga oerstediana Fabaceae:Mimos.111110632
Inga pezizifera Fabaceae:Mimos.203197181144120126
Inga punctata Fabaceae:Mimos.182125212032
Inga ruiziana Fabaceae:Mimos.38312216128
Inga sapindoides Fabaceae:Mimos.395358332293249205
Inga spectabilis Fabaceae:Mimos.222323191721
Inga thibaudiana Fabaceae:Mimos.617795116129178
Inga umbellifera Fabaceae:Mimos.95210041046954830797
Jacaranda copaia Bignoniaceae343320299278264280
Koanophyllon wetmorei Asteraceae151212930
Lacistema aggregatum Flacourtiaceae156116681699163214051276
Lacmellea panamensis Apocynaceae92929910398100
Laetia procera Flacourtiaceae242330272626
Laetia thamnia Flacourtiaceae511516539528450410
Lafoensia punicifolia Lythraceae987765
Leandra dichotoma Melastomataceae011011
Licania hypoleuca Chrysobalanaceae120121134138127127
Licania platypus Chrysobalanaceae253294315307282266
Lindackeria laurina Flacourtiaceae1109790847159
Lonchocarpus heptaphyllus Fabaceae:Papil.844848893837736659
Lozania pittieri Flacourtiaceae18157431
Luehea seemannii Tiliaceae188190225208216190
Lycianthes maxonii Solanaceae110000
Maclura tinctoria Moraceae221111
Macrocnemum roseum Rubiaceae1011061111059294
Malpighia romeroana Malpighiaceae536359524438
Maquira guianensis Moraceae141714431502149014601396
Margaritaria nobilis Euphorbiaceae346432
Marila laxiflora Clusiaceae222622222223
Maytenus schippii Celastraceae858591918277
Miconia affinis Melastomataceae368391435394375389
Miconia argentea Melastomataceae530677900799600518
Miconia dorsiloba Melastomataceae000012
Miconia elata Melastomataceae343130211712
Miconia hondurensis Melastomataceae302937485558
Miconia impetiolaris Melastomataceae10914131414
Miconia nervosa Melastomataceae358293319251293262
Miconia prasina Melastomataceae002222
Mosannona garwoodii Annonaceae276319371404435472
Mouriri myrtilloides Melastomataceae692776827587712565056540
Myrcia gatunensis Myrtaceae415057504846
Myrospermum frutescens Fabaceae:Papil.26222117139
Nectandra 'fuzzy'Lauraceae996332
Nectandra cissiflora Lauraceae351341316255197179
Nectandra lineata Lauraceae114111115106100112
Nectandra purpurea Lauraceae837883867570
Nectandra sp.4_('tiny_leaf')Lauraceae110000
Neea amplifolia Nyctaginaceae627168636469
Ochroma pyramidale Bombacaceae4866910
Ocotea cernua Lauraceae353345340300223237
Ocotea oblonga Lauraceae218188193170148162
Ocotea puberula Lauraceae271245224174136131
Ocotea whitei Lauraceae1117926754565428374
Oenocarpus mapora Arecaceae178017011788184718301787
Ormosia amazonica Fabaceae:Papil.122211
Ormosia coccinea Fabaceae:Papil.5356708088105
Ormosia macrocalyx Fabaceae:Papil.7179105113108111
Ouratea lucens Ochnaceae112112381265120411911227
Pachira quinata Bombacaceae211111
Pachira sessilis Bombacaceae242322201615
Palicourea guianensis Rubiaceae37666114741053865851
Pavonia dasypetala Malvaceae110000
Pentagonia macrophylla Rubiaceae569513453373308300
Perebea xanthochyma Moraceae267267272258241233
Picramnia latifolia Picramniaceae117011771178111610481059
Piper aequale Piperaceae22015984522627
Piper arboreum Piperaceae1078360382219
Piper colonense Piperaceae1206553292116
Piper cordulatum Piperaceae3144370717733959350
Piper imperialis Piperaceae933110
Piper perlasense Piperaceae11011868392517
Piper reticulatum Piperaceae181170150132123131
Piper schiedeanum Piperaceae12104145
Platymiscium pinnatum Fabaceae:Papil.186171162172148146
Platypodium elegans Fabaceae:Papil.174161163140123122
Posoqueria latifolia Rubiaceae768077797271
Poulsenia armata Moraceae342226792120177414031162
Pourouma bicolor Cecropiaceae4043434859104
Pouteria fossicola Sapotaceae333333
Pouteria reticulata Sapotaceae165117191766162514001204
Pouteria stipitata Sapotaceae646465707163
Prioria copaifera Fabaceae:Caesal.135314051439141713801348
Protium confusum Burseraceae124349
Protium costaricense Burseraceae919865876820760698
Protium panamense Burseraceae274028693056300929002853
Protium tenuifolium Burseraceae260128423018293728512829
Pseudobombax septenatum Bombacaceae231619171635
Psidium friedrichsthalianum Myrtaceae404347545360
Psychotria acuminata Rubiaceae8111613128
Psychotria brachiata Rubiaceae001100
Psychotria chagrensis Rubiaceae1317159613
Psychotria deflexa Rubiaceae887760301513
Psychotria graciliflora Rubiaceae101444575253
Psychotria grandis Rubiaceae1049781654638
Psychotria hoffmannseggiana Rubiaceae512000
Psychotria horizontalis Rubiaceae616164345902485739373119
Psychotria limonensis Rubiaceae151719222365
Psychotria marginata Rubiaceae577686690629553581
Psychotria pittieri Rubiaceae433335
Psychotria psychotriifolia Rubiaceae000111
Psychotria racemosa Rubiaceae122002
Psychotria tenuifolia Rubiaceae754103
Pterocarpus belizensis Fabaceae:Papil.1094422
Pterocarpus rohrii Fabaceae:Papil.157616271703160614631380
Quararibea asterolepis Bombacaceae239423802347229022002137
Quassia amara Simaroubaceae158154150144132119
Randia armata Rubiaceae11281155114311081003958
Rauvolfia littoralis Apocynaceae000111
Rinorea sylvatica Violaceae257726212601242623152277
Rosenbergiodendron formosum Rubiaceae444443
Sapium 'broadleaf'Euphorbiaceae333343
Sapium glandulosum Euphorbiaceae484241344052
Schefflera morototoni Araliaceae110001
Schizolobium parahyba Fabaceae:Caesal.131316171723
Senna dariensis Fabaceae:Caesal.2031361147366135
Simarouba amara Simaroubaceae123712481289123812301477
Siparuna guianensis Monimiaceae383432313027
Siparuna pauciflora Monimiaceae431354316257316367
Sloanea terniflora Elaeocarpaceae607595580542493461
Socratea exorrhiza Arecaceae812737684673622540
Solanum arboreum Solanaceae110000
Solanum asperum Solanaceae004587
Solanum circinatum Solanaceae543105
Solanum hayesii Solanaceae1258977424969
Solanum steyermarkii Solanaceae762214
Sorocea affinis Moraceae330333703304311528352539
Spachea membranacea Malpighiaceae201816151313
Spondias mombin Anacardiaceae555993998398
Spondias radlkoferi Anacardiaceae200174212216260265
Stemmadenia grandiflora Apocynaceae110001
Sterculia apetala Sterculiaceae675264605652
Stylogyne turbacensis Myrsinaceae716738755715679691
Swartzia simplex_var.grandiflora Fabaceae:Papil.225924282575260526702784
Swartzia simplex_var.ochnacea Fabaceae:Papil.270628242864287628842926
Symphonia globulifera Clusiaceae189179176168160152
Tabebuia guayacan Bignoniaceae767676777071
Tabebuia rosea Bignoniaceae313296314268245230
Tabernaemontana arborea Apocynaceae129513371428150615071593
Tachigali versicolor Fabaceae:Caesal.292329783094294724852234
Talisia nervosa Sapindaceae812816799779747722
Talisia princeps Sapindaceae620638672643632664
Terminalia amazonia Combretaceae626059534747
Terminalia oblonga Combretaceae929098928983
Ternstroemia tepezapote Theaceae111110
Tetragastris panamensis Burseraceae328437284116413942304493
Tetrathylacium johansenii Flacourtiaceae1077776
Theobroma cacao Sterculiaceae222021201818
Thevetia ahouai Apocynaceae1059596847491
Tocoyena pittieri Rubiaceae798777
Trattinnickia aspera Burseraceae1139783686666
Trema micrantha Ulmaceae322321233243
Trichanthera gigantea Acanthaceae12981175
Trichilia pallida Meliaceae560572588566516478
Trichilia tuberculata Meliaceae129321317013294128221198311344
Trichospermum galeottii Tiliaceae742151
Triplaris cumingiana Polygonaceae375346323293258242
Trophis caucana Moraceae441374278213175149
Trophis racemosa Moraceae314325324312285253
Turpinia occidentalis Staphyleaceae15311385797272
Unonopsis pittieri Annonaceae774787790719657621
Urera baccifera Urticaceae2517111613
Verbesina gigantea Asteraceae000011
Virola multiflora Myristicaceae585353504744
Virola sebifera Myristicaceae240022732081186116131394
Virola surinamensis Myristicaceae307265246226201183
Vismia baccifera Clusiaceae757780715441
Vismia billbergiana Clusiaceae343224
Vismia macrophylla Clusiaceae100110
Vochysia ferruginea Vochysiaceae342828252127
Xylopia macrantha Annonaceae8179181045113212191414
Xylosma chlorantha Flacourtiaceae110000
Xylosma oligandra Flacourtiaceae1821671471219567
Zanthoxylum acuminatum Rutaceae20621217013911693
Zanthoxylum ekmanii Rutaceae218249233204234194
Zanthoxylum panamense Rutaceae301242232186143178
Zanthoxylum setulosum Rutaceae111111
Zuelania guidonia Flacourtiaceae404140433634
Unidentified speciesNA25384837260
TOTAL 235338242083244059229044213791208387