Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abstract & Resumen -- INTRODUCTION -- CLIMATE AND TOPOGRAPHY -- VEGETATION -- FLORISTICS OF ECUADORIAN CLOUD FORESTS -- ANALYSIS OF THE VASCULAR FLORA OF MAQUIPUCUNA -- RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER FLORAS -- CONSERVATIONAL STATUS OF THE MAQUIPUCUNA CLOUD FORESTS -- CIRCUMSCRIPTION OF THE REGION COVERED BY THE INVENTORY -- ENUMERATION OF TAXA -- Pteridophyta -- Angiosperms: Dicots -- Monocots -- Appendices -- Appendix A. Dominant or conspicuous taxa of secondary and roadside vegetation in the Maquipucuna region, between 1150 and 1500 m -- Appendix B. Dominant or abundant taxa of primary cloud forest (lower montane forest), 1700-2000 m -- Appendix C. Dominant or abundant taxa of upper montane forest, 2100-2750 m -- Appendix D. Dominant and conspicuous taxa in riparian vegetation, 1125-2000 m -- Appendix E. Distribution of epiphytes in the Maquipucuna vascular flora -- Literature Cited -- Plates.