Aim This study aimed to investigate the distribution patterns of plant diversity in Kenya, how
climatic fluctuations and orogeny shaped them, and the formation of its β‐diversity. Location …

Woody and herbaceous plants are differentially influenced by the environment, with non‐
random association with the evolutionary history of these taxa and their traits. In general …

Mount Kenya is of ecological importance in tropical east Africa due to the dramatic gradient
in vegetation types that can be observed from low to high elevation zones. However, species …

The distribution maps of a total of 3563 species, which represent 8.9% of the known African
angiosperm flora, were entered into cells representing a one-degree latitude–longitude grid …

Information on species diversity is urgently needed but often unavailable. Conservation
biologists have therefore used the 'Higher-Taxon Approach'to predict the distribution of α …

Abstract The Greater Cape Floristic Region of South Africa is a relatively small area found in
the south-western corner of the African continent. It is characterised by a Mediterranean-type …

The global cooling beginning in the Eocene has caused the coverage of tropical forests to
contract from covering nearly all of Africa during the early Tertiary to about one tenth of Africa …

This paper investigates the role of heterogeneity and speciation/extinction history in
explaining variation in regional scale (c. 0.1–3000 km2) plant diversity in the Cape Floristic …

The study in the Cherangani Hills, Western Kenya aimed at developing a historical
vegetation and altitudinal references for the Cherangani survey sites to help evaluate the …

Background Hotspots of angiosperm species richness and endemism in Mediterranean-
climate regions are among the most striking, but least well-understood, geographic patterns …