Table 1 The 30 hyperdominant trees in the world’s most diverse savanna
From: Tree species hyperdominance and rarity in the South American Cerrado
Hyperdominant species | Mean estimated population (1985) | Estimated population (2020) | N individuals in plots | Plot occurrence (%) |
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Qualea parviflora | 5.23E + 09 | 4.07E + 09 | 15,752 | 89.2 |
Qualea grandiflora | 3.34E + 09 | 2.74E + 09 | 8759 | 90.1 |
Curatella americana | 2.48E + 09 | 1.92E + 09 | 5197 | 53.1 |
Pouteria ramiflora | 1.72E + 09 | 1.41E + 09 | 4447 | 76.6 |
Tachigali vulgaris | 1.51E + 09 | 1.23E + 09 | 3787 | 59.9 |
Davilla elliptica | 1.32E + 09 | 9.39E + 08 | 5728 | 60.8 |
Hirtella ciliata | 1.15E + 09 | 9.89E + 08 | 1242 | 13.1 |
Ouratea hexasperma | 1.11E + 09 | 8.78E + 08 | 6076 | 60.4 |
Byrsonima coccolobifolia | 1.03E + 09 | 8.06E + 08 | 3572 | 81.5 |
Byrsonima pachyphylla | 1.01E + 09 | 7.75E + 08 | 3654 | 54.0 |
Kielmeyera coriacea | 9.25E + 08 | 7.19E + 08 | 4218 | 69.4 |
Salvertia convallariodora | 8.72E + 08 | 6.92E + 08 | 1862 | 59.5 |
Vatairea macrocarpa | 8.49E + 08 | 6.78E + 08 | 2207 | 63.5 |
Lafoensia pacari | 8.26E + 08 | 6.45E + 08 | 2560 | 74.3 |
Hymenaea stigonocarpa | 7.86E + 08 | 6.30E + 08 | 2486 | 76.6 |
Byrsonima crassifolia | 7.19E + 08 | 6.15E + 08 | 1263 | 32.0 |
Plathymenia reticulata | 7.19E + 08 | 6.30E + 08 | 1599 | 56.8 |
Eugenia dysenterica | 7.16E + 08 | 5.84E + 08 | 1948 | 44.6 |
Connarus suberosus | 7.15E + 08 | 5.66E + 08 | 2334 | 74.3 |
Bowdichia virgilioides | 6.42E + 08 | 4.93E + 08 | 1835 | 75.2 |
Caryocar brasiliense | 6.26E + 08 | 4.78E + 08 | 2790 | 63.5 |
Roupala montana | 6.00E + 08 | 4.31E + 08 | 3131 | 71.6 |
Xylopia aromatica | 5.73E + 08 | 4.12E + 08 | 2103 | 51.8 |
Qualea multiflora | 5.56E + 08 | 4.09E + 08 | 2278 | 60.8 |
Aspidosperma tomentosum | 5.16E + 08 | 3.96E + 08 | 2689 | 61.7 |
Terminalia argentea | 5.01E + 08 | 3.47E + 08 | 1182 | 34.2 |
Astronium fraxinifolium | 4.67E + 08 | 3.52E + 08 | 1297 | 41.0 |
Dalbergia miscolobium | 4.49E + 08 | 3.52E + 08 | 2944 | 48.2 |
Erythroxylum suberosum | 4.42E + 08 | 3.33E + 08 | 2597 | 54.9 |
Stryphnodendron adstringens | 2.89E + 08 | 2.29E + 08 | 1915 | 51.8 |