Background Understanding the patterns of biodiversity distribution and what influences them
is a fundamental pre-requisite for effective conservation and sustainable utilisation of …

We have said before that Central African forests are of global importance, and this is more
true now than ever. Adding to climate change concerns, issues such as increased wildlife …

 Abstract Annonaceae is a major pantropical family with 113 genera and about 2550
species. Cameroon is one of the most biodiverse countries in Africa but its flora remains …

African tropical forests are generally considered less diverse than their Neotropical and
Asian counterparts. By contrast, the Detarioideae is much more diverse in Africa than in …

Data and information provided in a 2008 floristic inventory of the indigenous and exotic flora
of Angola was disaggregated and reanalysed for an improved understanding of the floristic …

Ethnopharmacological relevance African medicinal plant markets offer insight into
commercially important species, salient health concerns in the region, and possible …

A comprehensively sampled reassessment of the molecular phylogeny of the genistoid
legumes questions the traditional placement of Haplormosia, an African monotypic genus …

This work features a critical review of the Acalypha species of the West Tropical Africa,
including Cameroon, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and São Tomé and Príncipe. As a …

Background One of the main obstacles for the mainstreaming of religious traditions as tools
for the conservation of nature is the limited applicability of research results in this field. We …

Africa has been called the 'odd man out'because the hectare‐scale tree diversity of African
equatorial forests is lower than that of forests in other parts of the tropics. Low diversity has …