Floristic composition, growth temperament and conservation status of woody plant species in the Cameroonian tropical rainforests

Kengne, Olivier Clovis; Feukeng, Samuel Severin Kenfack; Ngansop, Eric Tchatchouang; Meyan-ya, Raissa Gwladys Daghela; Zapfack, Louis

doi:10.1186/s13717-022-00387-9

Ecological Processes

Table 2 The 15 most important families (sub-families) in the understory and canopy in each rural forest according to decreasing order of family importance value

From: Floristic composition, growth temperament and conservation status of woody plant species in the Cameroonian tropical rainforests

Family	Understory				Canopy
Family	Dir (%)	Der (%)	Dor (%)	FIV (%)	Family	Dir (%)	Der (%)	Dor (%)	FIV (%)
Essiengbot-Mbankoho rural forest
Rubiaceae	17.83	12.38	8.72	38.94	Euphorbiaceae	4.72	8.15	12.44	25.31
Euphorbiaceae	4.46	8.10	6.58	19.15	Malvaceae	3.86	7.61	8.14	19.62
Meliaceae	5.73	4.82	7.78	18.33	Phyllanthaceae	5.15	7.76	4.74	17.66
Mimosoideae	3.82	8.90	4.29	17.01	Meliaceae	7.30	6.76	3.06	17.12
Malvaceae	4.46	2.02	9.23	15.71	Mimosoideae	4.29	5.30	6.09	15.68
Apocynaceae	2.76	5.77	5.28	13.81	Moraceae	3.86	4.61	5.61	14.08
Phyllanthaceae	3.40	3.90	5.83	13.13	Caesalpinioideae	4.72	3.69	5.57	13.99
Caesalpinioideae	3.40	2.80	4.02	10.21	Urticaceae	0.86	6.53	5.83	13.22
Olacaceae	3.61	4.70	1.65	9.96	Olacaceae	3.43	4.46	4.51	12.40
Annonaceae	3.82	3.31	2.40	9.53	Apocynaceae	3.86	3.46	3.60	10.93
Papilionoideae	2.76	2.16	2.64	7.56	Annonaceae	4.29	3.84	2.45	10.58
Sapindaceae	4.25	1.53	1.53	7.30	Lecythidaceae	0.43	4.38	5.64	10.45
Myristicaceae	1.70	5.10	0.00	6.80	Rubiaceae	5.58	2.61	2.24	10.43
Acanthaceae	0.85	1.91	3.29	6.04	Cannabaceae	3.00	3.15	2.58	8.73
Urticaceae	0.64	5.35	0.00	5.99	Papilionoideae	2.58	3.69	2.35	8.61
Remains (46)	36.52	27.26	36.75	100.53	Remains (49)	42.06	23.98	25.15	91.19
Total	100.00	100.00	100.00	300.00	Total	100.00	100.00	100.00	300.00
Nbgwassa-Opkweng rural forest
Rubiaceae	19.48	13.34	3.49	36.30	Malvaceae	9.25	12.12	8.27	29.64
Malvaceae	6.18	4.68	23.57	34.43	Euphorbiaceae	4.41	11.64	7.52	23.57
Euphorbiaceae	4.31	19.03	9.71	33.05	Urticaceae	0.88	9.93	8.12	18.93
Papilionoideae	3.56	7.68	4.54	15.78	Mimosoideae	5.29	5.85	6.75	17.89
Mimosoideae	2.81	6.48	3.69	12.97	Papilionoideae	4.85	3.13	6.70	14.68
Meliaceae	4.12	2.74	5.88	12.74	Cannabaceae	2.64	5.02	6.17	13.84
Phyllanthaceae	3.75	2.91	5.34	12.00	Meliaceae	6.61	3.84	2.29	12.74
Apocynaceae	3.18	4.14	2.04	9.36	Moraceae	3.52	4.85	3.94	12.31
Urticaceae	0.37	1.70	7.06	9.13	Phyllanthaceae	4.85	4.43	2.91	12.19
Caesalpinioideae	3.93	2.20	2.70	8.84	Myristicaceae	1.76	5.50	4.57	11.83
Moraceae	1.69	2.56	3.22	7.47	Caesalpinioideae	4.41	2.42	4.72	11.55
Annonaceae	3.56	1.52	2.30	7.38	Rubiaceae	7.93	1.77	1.47	11.18
Myristicaceae	0.75	1.84	4.47	7.06	Apocynaceae	4.41	2.96	3.58	10.94
Cannabaceae	2.25	3.87	0.07	6.19	Annonaceae	4.85	2.90	2.42	10.17
Irvingiaceae	1.31	1.98	2.74	6.03	Combretaceae	1.32	2.07	6.18	9.57
Remains (38)	38.76	23.32	19.18	81.27	Remains (28)	33.04	21.57	24.37	78.98
Total	100.00	100.00	100.00	300.00	Total	100.00	100.00	100.00	300.00

Dir relative diversity, Der relative density, Dor relative dominance, FIV family importance value

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