Sixty-seven species newly recorded for the flora of Angola: recent findings from vegetation surveys and herbarium collections

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Contributors

  • Thea Lautenschläger - , Chair of Botany (Author)
  • Anne Göhre - , Botanical Garden (Author)
  • Barbara Ditsch - , Botanical Garden (Author)
  • Christin Baumgärtel - , Chair of Botany (Author)
  • Mawunu Monizi - (Author)
  • Jose Lau Mandombe - (Author)
  • Marcus Lehnert - (Author)
  • Carel C.H. Jongkind - (Author)
  • Hans J.G.M. Persoon - (Author)
  • Martin Cheek - (Author)
  • Alexandre Monro - (Author)
  • David Goyder - (Author)
  • Iain Darbyshire - (Author)
  • Alan Paton - (Author)
  • Fernanda Lages - (Author)
  • Tom Wells - (Author)
  • Norbert Jürgens - (Author)
  • Manfred Finckh - (Author)
  • Paulina Meller - (Author)

Abstract

Angola is a tropical country with many biogeographical units and, therefore, has a high floristic diversity. Although an increasing number of floristic studies has been carried out in Angola in recent years, the country is still considered to be underinvestigated as many species being collected were previously unknown there. Several scientific groups working in different parts of Angola contributed to this paper their data from biodiversity assessments. With this we can add 67 species newly recorded for Angola, including two new generic records and five alien species, to the almost 7,300 vascular plant taxa known so far for Angola. Most of the new records for Angola are also present in different neighbouring countries, but they are little known, and their IUCN threat status has not been assessed yet. However, ongoing fieldwork and exploration are needed to complete the floristic knowledge of the understudied country.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1203-1230
Number of pages28
Journal Check list : journal of species lists and distribution
Volume18
Issue number6
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

Scopus 85141037117
ORCID /0000-0002-9035-4130/work/146646152

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