Table 2. Top 20 most dominant species by aboveground woody biomass.
Family | Species | Biomass (Mg) | % Total biomass | Cumulative % biomass | Rank by stem abundance | Rank by productivity* |
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Fabaceae | Eperua falcata | 2,217 | 1.93 | 1.93 | 8 | 8 |
Lecythidaceae | Eschweilera coriacea | 2,142 | 1.87 | 3.80 | 2 | 2 |
Lecythidaceae | Bertholletia excelsa | 1,498 | 1.31 | 5.11 | 243 | 4 |
Vochysiaceae | Qualea rosea | 1,452 | 1.27 | 6.37 | 30 | 88 |
Lauraceae | Chlorocardium rodiei | 1,340 | 1.17 | 7.54 | 71 | 13 |
Fabaceae | Vouacapoua americana | 1,340 | 1.17 | 8.71 | 27 | 5 |
Goupiaceae | Goupia glabra | 1,299 | 1.13 | 9.84 | 61 | 10 |
Burseraceae | Tetragastris altissima | 908 | 0.79 | 10.64 | 10 | 6 |
Fabaceae | Dicorynia guianensis | 898 | 0.78 | 11.42 | 56 | 16 |
Arecaceae | Iriartea deltoidea | 847 | 0.74 | 12.16 | 1 | 1 |
Moraceae | Pseudolmedia laevis | 819 | 0.71 | 12.87 | 4 | 3 |
Lecythidaceae | Eschweilera sagotiana | 784 | 0.68 | 13.55 | 22 | 62 |
Sapotaceae | Pradosia cochlearia | 736 | 0.64 | 14.19 | 176 | 275 |
Chrysobalanaceae | Licania alba | 724 | 0.63 | 14.83 | 17 | 90 |
Caryocaraceae | Caryocar glabrum | 689 | 0.60 | 15.43 | 149 | 50 |
Apocynaceae | Aspidospermaexcelsum | 648 | 0.57 | 15.99 | 74 | 14 |
Sapotaceae | Pouteria guianensis | 625 | 0.54 | 16.54 | 55 | 53 |
Fabaceae | Swartzia polyphylla | 624 | 0.54 | 17.08 | 203 | 19 |
Fabaceae | Dicymbe altsonii | 623 | 0.54 | 17.62 | 233 | 9 |
Olacaceae | Minquartia guianensis | 623 | 0.54 | 18.17 | 29 | 21 |
*Productivity ranks are based on the 221 plot productivity data set.