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frailejonesLos frailejones are among the plants more features of the Moors, dominated by its size and wealth. Traditionally, the frailejones have been classified in the genus Espeletia. However, today he divided them into 8 different genera. These are: Carramboa Coespeletia, Ruilopezia, Espeletia, Espeletiopsis, Libanothamnus, Paramiflos and Tamania. The last 5 genera are found in Colombia.Los frailejones are plants strictly South American, present only in the high Andes of Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador. The genera and species of frailejones richest country is Venezuela. There is also a large concentration of species in the cordillera Oriental of Colombia. Only 1 species comes to Ecuador, where confined to the moorlands of the northern part of this country.
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