Guía Florística de las Áreas de Conservación - Empresa Arbofino, Cantón Pichincha, Provincia de Manabí, Ecuador

Amarú Ramón Salcedo; Edison García; Paolo Piedrahita; Nelson Jaramillo Díaz

doi:10.54753/blc.v16i1.2608

Floristic Guide to the Conservation Areas – Arbofino Company – Pichincha Canton, Manabí Province, Ecuador

Authors

Amarú Ramón Salcedo Laboratorio de Zoología, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL) https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9482-205X
Edison García Arbofino https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8024-7171
Paolo Piedrahita Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4403-6326
Nelson Jaramillo Díaz Universidad Nacional de Loja https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9715-5863

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54753/blc.v16i1.2608

Keywords:

floristic guide, conservation, forests, reforestation, trees

Abstract

Between 2021 and 2024, botanical expeditions were carried out on the farms and reserves of the company Arbofino to record floristic information, based on all life forms of the species and the different types of vegetation cover present in the study area, such as secondary forests, riparian forests along the Daule River, and ecological succession zones. Arbofino, located in the Pichincha canton of Manabí Province, Ecuador, is a company dedicated to the sustainable plantation of Tectona grandis (teak), forest conservation and reforestation, as well as the organic agricultural production of Theobroma cacao (cacao).

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2026-01-05

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Ramón Salcedo, A., García, E., Piedrahita, P., & Jaramillo Díaz, N. (2026). Floristic Guide to the Conservation Areas – Arbofino Company – Pichincha Canton, Manabí Province, Ecuador. Bosques Latitud Cero, 16(1), 126–167. https://doi.org/10.54753/blc.v16i1.2608

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Vol. 16 No. 1 (2026): Vegetal Diversity and Faunistic Culture in Southern Ecuador

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Guía Técnica

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