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Plant diversity in a Central African rain forest: Implications for biodiversity conservation in Cameroon<br />

Table 3.2 Summary of <strong>the</strong> number of species, number of families, number of stem/ha and Shannon<br />

diversity (H’) recorded in <strong>the</strong> tree, shrub and herbaceous layers for each vegetation types for<br />

all vascular plants with DBH ≥ 1 cm. Note that species may overlap within forest strata.<br />

Forest types<br />

Floristic composition<br />

46<br />

Coastal<br />

forest<br />

Swamps<br />

Forest rich in<br />

Caesalpinioideae<br />

Forest rich in<br />

Calpocalyx<br />

and<br />

Sacoglottis<br />

Mixed<br />

evergreen<br />

and semideciduous<br />

forest<br />

Submontane<br />

forest<br />

Tree layer: DBH ≥ 10 cm<br />

No of stems/ha 489 741 586 603 562 785<br />

No of species 147 100 181 143 181 183<br />

No of families 43 37 48 45 48 44<br />

Shannon diversity index (H’) 4.62 3.82 4.83 4.26 4.70 4.75<br />

Shrub layer: 1.5 cm ≤ DBH

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