An annotated checklist of vascular plants of Cherangani hills, Western Kenya

Yuvenalis Morara Mbuni; Yadong Zhou; Shengwei Wang; Veronicah Mutele Ngumbau; Paul Mutuku Musili; Fredrick Munyao Mutie; Brian Njoroge; Paul Muigai Kirika; Geoffrey Mwachala; Kathambi Vivian; Peninah Cheptoo Rono; Guangwan Hu; Qingfeng Wang

An annotated checklist of vascular plants of Cherangani hills, Western Kenya

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.

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