Vascular plant checklist of the coastal National Park of Pongara, Gabon

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2008
Authors:G. Dauby, Leal, M., Stevart, T.
Journal:Systematics and Geography of Plants
Volume:78
Pagination:155-216
Date Published:2008
Type of Article:Article
ISBN Number:1374-7886
Accession Number:BIOSIS:PREV200900067762
Keywords:07502, Ecology: environmental biology - General and methods, 07506,, 50528, Botany: general and, Africa, Angiospermae, Spermatophyta, Plantae, Angiosperms,, Angiosperms, Dicots, Plants, Spermatophytes, Vascular Plants, Angiosperms, Monocots, Plants,, Angiosperms, Monocots, Plants, Spermatophytes,, Biogeography (Population Studies), Cyperaceae [25280], Ecology: environmental biology - Plant, Ethiopian region, Euphorbiaceae [26055], Gabon, Gramineae [25305], Monocots, Plants, Spermatophytes, Vascular Plants, Monocotyledones, Angiospermae, Spermatophyta, Plantae, Orchidaceae [25375], Rubiaceae [26680], Spermatophyta, Plantae, Spermatophytes, Vascular Plants, systematic - Floristics and distribution, Vascular Plants, [Cyperaceae]/Dicotyledones, Angiospermae, Spermatophyta, Plantae, [Euphorbiaceae]/Monocotyledones, Angiospermae,, [Orchidaceae]/Dicotyledones, Angiospermae, Spermatophyta, Plantae, [Poaceae]/Monocotyledones,, [Rubiaceae]
Abstract:

This first checklist of the vascular plants of Pongara National Park in coastal Gabon comprises 385 taxa. The checklist is based on a botanical inventory carried out in 2006-2007 and on existing collections from the Park. Information on ecology and chorology is given for each species. Ninety-five species were collected in the littoral savannah, half of which belonged to Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Orchidaceae, and 356 species in the littoral forest, mainly Rubiaceae (33), Orchidaceae (15) and Euphorbiaceae (12). The savannah has a much higher percentage of widespread species than the forest. Eighty-three species are endemic to Lower Guinea, nine of which are endemic or near endemic to Gabon.

Short Title:Syst. Geogr. Plants
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