Table 2 Top 20 most dominant species by aboveground woody biomass.

From: Hyperdominance in Amazonian forest carbon cycling

Family

Species

Biomass (Mg)

% Total biomass

Cumulative % biomass

Rank by stem abundance

Rank by productivity*

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

  1. *Productivity ranks are based on the 221 plot productivity data set.