Avances tecnológicos aplicados a la biotecnología vegetal en la República Dominicana

Resumen

The flora in the Dominican Republic has been labeled by many researchers as one of the most varied in the Antilles. There are 5,000 different species, of which 2,000 are endemic; 2,400 are native to our island and about 600 came to us from other continents. In the central highlands of the Dominican Republic are extensive pine forests. In wetter coastal regions mangrove area lies parallel to the coast and endemic species make up 40% of the flora of the island. In this group they are pine (Pinus occidentalis), royal palm (Roystonea hispaniolana), palm or coconut Catey macaque (Bactris plumeriana) and guano (Coccothrinax montana). The fauna 49 species of birds, 28 of them are residents, 2 migratory and 19 endemic as the crow (Corvus leucognaphalus), which existed in Puerto Rico stand out, but now survives only in Hispaniola. Some of the characteristic species of birds in the mountains are Canario (Antillean Siskin), the Selle Thrush (La Selle Thrush) Chirri of Bahorucos (Calyptophilus frugivorus) Chicui (narrow-billed tody), White-winged Cigüita (white-winged warbler) Sierra parrot (Temnotrogon roseigaster) Maroíta Canosa (Elaenia fallax). There is great diversity of reptiles (especially of the genus Anolis) as well as amphibian (most notably those of the genus Eleutherodactylus).