Flora vascular y vegetación del cerro El Tepopote, Jalisco, México

El Tepopote hill is located in the west extreme of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt and the confl uence of the physio- graphic regions of the Canyons, Central Basins and Mountainous-Pacifi c slopes, at western Guadalajara, Jalisco. Oak-pine forest is the dominant vegetation type and the fl oristic list of the area includes 76 families, 214 genera and 370 species, with numerous endemisms, novelties for the region, and new species for the science. The diversity of its fl ora is higher than those at the La Prima- vera Flora and Fauna Protected Area and El Nixticuil-San Esteban-El Diente Hidrologic Protected Area, with which maintains high fl oristic and geologic similarities. The state of conservation of El Tepopote is discussed, based on environmental indexes derived from the fl oristic studies.