Morara Mbuni Yuvenalis, Zhou Yadong, Wang Shengwei, Ngumbau Veronicah Mutele, Mutuku Musili Paul, Munyao Mutie Fredrick, Njoroge Brian, Muigai Kirika Paul, Mwachala Geoffrey, Vivian Kathambi, Cheptoo Rono Peninah, Hu Guangwan, Wang Qingfeng
Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, PR China.
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China.
PhytoKeys. 2019 Apr 18;120:1-90. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.120.30274. eCollection 2019.
Cherangani hills, located in Western Kenya, comprises of 12 forest blocks, maintaining great plant diversity. However, little attention to plant diversity studies has been paid to it in the past years. Here, we present a checklist of the vascular plants of this region obtained through intensive field investigations and matching of herbarium specimens. In total, 1296 species, including 17 endemic species are documented, belonging to 130 families and 608 genera. This flora represents 18.50%, 43.83% and 54.17% of the Kenyan species, genera and families, respectively. The habit, habitat and voucher specimens, as well as brief notes on the distribution of each taxon recorded are presented in this checklist. It is the first exhaustive inventory of the terrestrial vascular plants in Cherangani hills which is a significant regional centre for plant diversity.
切兰加尼山位于肯尼亚西部，由12个森林区块组成，拥有丰富的植物多样性。然而，在过去几年中，对其植物多样性研究的关注较少。在此，我们展示了通过深入的野外调查和标本馆标本比对得出的该地区维管植物名录。总共记录了1296种植物，包括17种特有物种，分属于130科608属。该植物区系分别占肯尼亚物种、属和科的18.50%、43.83%和54.17%。本名录列出了每种分类群的习性、生境、凭证标本以及关于其分布的简要说明。这是切兰加尼山陆地维管植物的首次详尽编目，切兰加尼山是一个重要的植物多样性区域中心。
