Table 1 The indicator values of epiphyte species along the tropical elevational gradient.

From: Distribution of vascular epiphytes along a tropical elevational gradient: disentangling abiotic and biotic determinants

Species

Family

Elevation (m)

Indicator value

P value

Luisia morsei

Orchidaceae

<400 m

0.3106

0.005

Malleola dentifera

Orchidaceae

<400 m

0.2785

0.007

Renanthera coccinea

Orchidaceae

<400 m

0.3496

0.001

Rhynchostylis gigantea

Orchidaceae

<400 m

0.4104

0.002

Robiquetia spatulata

Orchidaceae

<400 m

0.2727

0.01

Cleisostoma sp

Orchidaceae

401–600 m

0.3333

0.004

Dendrobium spatella

Orchidaceae

401–600 m

0.5896

0.001

Pothos repens

Araceae

401–600 m

0.4133

0.001

Vanda subconcolor

Orchidaceae

401–600 m

0.2424

0.019

Dischidia chinensis

Asclepiadaceae

601–800 m

0.7416

0.001

Drymoglossum piloselloides

Polypodiaceae

601–800 m

0.387

0.001

Eria rosea

Orchidaceae

601–800 m

0.3571

0.002

Hoya pottsii

Asclepiadaceae

601–800 m

0.4286

0.001

Phlegmariurus austrosinicus

Huperziaceae

601–800 m

0.2857

0.011

Cleisostoma paniculatum

Orchidaceae

801–1000 m

0.5686

0.001

Dendrobium aduncum

Orchidaceae

801–1000 m

0.5

0.001

Dendrobium changjiangense

Orchidaceae

801–1000 m

0.6879

0.001

Dendrobium hainanense

Orchidaceae

801–1000 m

0.3981

0.001

Neottopteris nidus

Aspleniaceae

801–1000 m

0.2213

0.03

Schefflera arboricola

Araliaceae

801–1000 m

0.5

0.001

Scindapsus maclurei

Araceae

801–1000 m

0.269

0.009

Asplenium hainanense

Aspleniaceae

1001–1200 m

0.2302

0.031

Asplenium neolaserpitiifolium

Aspleniaceae

1001–1200 m

0.4473

0.002

Bulbophyllum ambrosia

Orchidaceae

1001–1200 m

0.4113

0.001

Bulbophyllum elatum

Orchidaceae

1001–1200 m

0.3919

0.001

Bulbophyllum reptans

Orchidaceae

1001–1200 m

0.25

0.023

Bulbophyllum retusiusculum

Orchidaceae

1001–1200 m

0.4253

0.001

Ceratostylis subulata

Orchidaceae

1001–1200 m

0.3506

0.005

Cleisostoma birmanicum

Orchidaceae

1001–1200 m

0.2959

0.008

Cymbidium dayanum

Orchidaceae

1001–1200 m

0.2042

0.047

Dendrobium williamsonii

Orchidaceae

1001–1200 m

0.4783

0.001

Eria pannea

Orchidaceae

1001–1200 m

0.3464

0.001

Grammitis adspersa

Grammitidaceae

1001–1200 m

0.375

0.002

Grammitis lasiosora

Grammitidaceae

1001–1200 m

0.321

0.007

Liparis bootanensis

Orchidaceae

1001–1200 m

0.2295

0.024

Pholidota chinensis

Orchidaceae

1001–1200 m

0.4885

0.001

Pholidota yunnanensis

Orchidaceae

1001–1200 m

0.2472

0.014

Phymatosorus scolopendria

Polypodiaceae

1001–1200 m

0.5047

0.001

Prosaptia khasyana

Grammitidaceae

1001–1200 m

0.5

0.001

Pseudodrynaria coronans

Drynariaceae

1001–1200 m

0.3757

0.001

Pyrrosia tonkinensis

Polypodiaceae

1001–1200 m

0.25

0.024

Schoenorchis gemmata

Orchidaceae

1001–1200 m

0.3861

0.002

Bulbophyllum kwangtungense

Orchidaceae

1201–1400 m

0.4572

0.001

Coelogyne fimbriata

Orchidaceae

1201–1400 m

0.365

0.001

Dendrobium sinense

Orchidaceae

1201–1400 m

0.4373

0.001

Eria obvia

Orchidaceae

1201–1400 m

0.2809

0.003

Eria thao

Orchidaceae

1201–1400 m

0.3494

0.004

Hoya lasiogynostegia

Asclepiadaceae

1201–1400 m

0.2333

0.028

Humata repens

Davalliaceae

1201–1400 m

0.4192

0.001

Lepisorus affinis

Polypodiaceae

1201–1400 m

0.5556

0.002

Liparis delicatula

Orchidaceae

1201–1400 m

0.3702

0.004

Pyrrosia eberhardtii

Polypodiaceae

1201–1400 m

0.4673

0.001

Pyrrosia lingua

Polypodiaceae

1201–1400 m

0.3703

0.002

Agrostophyllum callosum

Orchidaceae

>1400 m

0.4545

0.002

Eria quinquelamellosa

Orchidaceae

>1400 m

0.5455

0.001

Haplopteris flexuosa

Vittariaceae

>1400 m

0.3135

0.007

Lepidogrammitis rostrata

Polypodiaceae

>1400 m

0.355

0.002

Lepisorus obscurevenulosus

Polypodiaceae

>1400 m

0.5506

0.001

Mecodium polyanthos

Hymenophyllaceae

>1400 m

0.3045

0.005

Oberonia variabilis

Orchidaceae

>1400 m

0.2727

0.007

Peperomia tetraphylla

Piperaceae

>1400 m

0.2727

0.008

Phymatopteris obtusa

Polypodiaceae

>1400 m

0.4061

0.001

Epigeneium clemensiae

Orchidaceae

>1400 m

0.2192

0.035

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