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Table 3 Species full botanical name, family, species’ abbreviation code, and percent of total tree basal area at our site (TBA; %) for the 30 rainforest canopy-tree species sampled in French Guiana

From: Large hydraulic safety margins protect Neotropical canopy rainforest tree species against hydraulic failure during drought

Species

Family

Code

TBA

Bocoa prouacensis Aubl.

Fabaceae

Bp

1.7

Chaetocarpus schomburgkianus (Kuntze)

Peraceae

Csch

0.8

Chrysophyllum prieurii A. DC.

Sapotaceae

Cpri

1.0

Chrysophyllum sanguinolentum (Pierre) Baehni

Sapotaceae

Csan

0.4

Dicorynia guianensis Amshoff

Fabaceae

Dg

2.2

Eperua falcata Aubl.

Fabaceae

Ef

15.4

Eperua grandiflora (Aubl.) Benth.

Fabaceae

Eg

4.7

Eschweilera coriacea (DC.) S.A. Mori

Lecythidaceae

Ec

0.4

Eschweilera sagotiana Miers

Lecythidaceae

Es

8.0

Goupia glabra Aubl.

Goupiaceae

Gg

1.0

Gustavia hexapetala (Aubl.) Sm.

Lecythidaceae

Gh

0.5

Iryanthera sagotiana (Benth.) Warb.

Myristicaceae

Is

0.4

Lecythis persistens Sagot

Lecythidaceae

Lper

2.3

Lecythis poiteaui O. Berg

Lecythidaceae

Lpoi

0.3

Licania alba (Bernouilli) Cuatrec.

Chrysobalanaceae

La

3.4

Licania heteromorpha Benth.

Chrysobalanaceae

Lh

1.6

Licania membranacea Sagot ex Laness.

Chrysobalanaceae

Lm

1.1

Manilkara bidentata (A. DC.) A. Chev.

Sapotaceae

Mb

0.6

Moronobea coccinea Aubl.

Clusiaceae

Mc

1.6

Pradosia cochlearia (Lecomte) T.D. Penn.

Sapotaceae

Pc

2.6

Protium opacum Swart

Burseraceae

Po

0.3

Protium sagotianum Marchand

Burseraceae

Psag

0.1

Protium subserratum (Engl.) Engl

Burseraceae

Psub

0.2

Qualea rosea Aubl.

Vochysiaceae

Qr

2.3

Recordoxylon speciosum (Benoist) Gazel

Fabaceae

Rs

1.5

Sextonia rubra (Mez) van der Werff

Lauraceae

Sr

1.1

Symphonia globulifera L.f. sp. 1

Clusiaceae

Sg

1.9

Tachigali melinonii (Harms) Zarucchi & Her.

Fabaceae

Tm

0.6

Virola michelii Heckel

Myristicaceae

Vm

0.4

Vouacapoua americana Aubl.

Fabaceae

Va

1.9