This study was partially supported by FUNDACITE- Aragua, through funds from the Fondo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (FONACIT) of Venezuela, under the scope of the research project No. 2004-FCT-01-15-9-2 (1749). Our gratitude to Teodardo Calles and Julio Tam, who kindly collaborated in processing the information generated by FloraMAP.