Appendix E. List of 46 plant families affected by disease, including the number of diseased species (data derived from Appendix B), and the total number of species per family reported to occur in the Neotropics (Maas and Westra 1998).
Plant family |
No. species affected by disease |
No. species in the Neotropics |
Amaranthaceae |
1 |
230 |
Anacardiaceae |
2 |
150 |
Annonaceae |
5 |
900 |
Apocynaceae |
2 |
700 |
Asclepiadaceae |
1 |
1100 |
Asteraceae |
23 |
4000 |
Bignoniaceae |
5 |
650 |
Bombacaceae |
3 |
104 |
Boraginaceae |
1 |
750 |
Burseraceae |
5 |
281 |
Butomaceae |
1 |
40 |
Campanulaceae |
1 |
710 |
Chrysobalanaceae |
2 |
400 |
Clethraceae |
1 |
30 |
Clusiaceae |
2 |
577 |
Combretaceae |
2 |
100 |
Cyperaceae |
20 |
985 |
Dennstaedtiaceae |
1 |
95 |
Erythroxylaceae |
5 |
180 |
Euphorbiaceae |
6 |
2500 |
Fabaceae |
24 |
2000 |
Geraniaceae |
1 |
399 |
Gesneriaceae |
1 |
900 |
Juncaceae |
1 |
55 |
Lamiaceae |
2 |
1605 |
Lauraceae |
5 |
800 |
Malpighiaceae |
5 |
800 |
Malvaceae |
2 |
800 |
Moraceae |
1 |
250 |
Myrtaceae |
1 |
1300 |
Nymphaeaceae |
1 |
20 |
Piperaceae |
1 |
1100 |
Poaceae |
27 |
1480 |
Polygonaceae |
4 |
681 |
Proteaceae |
1 |
95 |
Ranunculaceae |
3 |
90 |
Rhizophoraceae |
1 |
25 |
Rosaceae |
1 |
1225 |
Rubiaceae |
9 |
4500 |
Sapotaceae |
4 |
400 |
Smilacaceae |
1 |
300 |
Solanaceae |
2 |
1850 |
Tiliaceae |
3 |
140 |
Verbenaceae |
3 |
1000 |
Vitaceae |
3 |
80 |
Vochysiaceae |
2 |
195 |
TOTAL |
198 |
36572 |