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June 2007<br />
<strong>Government</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
<strong>Republic</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sierra</strong> <strong>Leone</strong><br />
Ministry <strong>of</strong> Energy and Power<br />
Completion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong> <strong>Hydro</strong>electric<br />
Project<br />
Baseline Biodiversity Surveys<br />
Baseline Botanical Survey<br />
Final Report<br />
(BBS – 3)
Completion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong> <strong>Hydro</strong>electric<br />
Project<br />
Baseline Biodiversity Surveys<br />
Baseline Botanical Survey<br />
Final Report<br />
The Baseline Biodiversity Surveys were conducted by:<br />
Nippon Koei UK Co Ltd, 61/63 Crockhamwell Road, Woodley, Reading, Berkshire, RG5 3JP,<br />
UK: Tel +44 (0)118 927 7550, Email info@nkuk.co.uk<br />
in association with:<br />
Marine Resources Assessment Group, 18, Queen Street, London W1J 5PN, UK;<br />
The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK; and<br />
The Zoological Society <strong>of</strong> London, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4RY, UK.<br />
This report was authored by Dr William Hawthorne, Department <strong>of</strong> Plant Sciences, University <strong>of</strong><br />
Oxford.<br />
Cover Photographs:<br />
Chidlowia sanguinea<br />
Pterocarpus<br />
santalinoides /<br />
Uapaca heudelotii<br />
Crinum natans<br />
Diospyros heudelotii
TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />
Contents<br />
SUMMARY......................................................................................................... V<br />
1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................ 1<br />
1.1. THE FLORA AND BIOGEOGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK .................................. 2<br />
1.1.1. History and knowledge <strong>of</strong> floristic research .................................................. 2<br />
1.2. OBJECTIVES........................................................................................................... 7<br />
1.2.1. Terms <strong>of</strong> reference............................................................................................ 7<br />
2. METHODS.................................................................................................... 9<br />
2.1. INTRODUCTION TO RAPID BOTANIC SURVEY........................................... 9<br />
2.2. INCEPTION AND EVOLUTION OF THE PLANNED WORK ........................ 9<br />
3. RESULTS .................................................................................................... 11<br />
3.1. RBS SAMPLES ...................................................................................................... 11<br />
3.2. SPECIES IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIMENS................................................ 16<br />
3.2.1. Species –Sample curves.................................................................................. 17<br />
3.2.2. Ordination <strong>of</strong> Samples and <strong>the</strong> variation in vegetation.............................. 17<br />
3.2.3. Bioquality (GHI) <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Samples................................................................... 19<br />
4. INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS......................................................... 21<br />
4.1. THE GHI AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE ................................................................. 21<br />
4.2. THE TYPES OF GALLERY VEGETATION ..................................................... 22<br />
4.3. FOREST REMNANTS IN THE LANDCAPE SURROUNDING THE MAIN<br />
STUDY AREA..................................................................................................................... 24<br />
5. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ................................... 27<br />
REFERENCES .................................................................................................. 31<br />
APPENDICES ................................................................................................... 35<br />
APPENDIX A – RAPID BOTANIC SURVEY, THE STAR SYSTEM, AND THE<br />
GENETIC HEAT INDEX (GHI) ...................................................................................... 35<br />
Stars 36<br />
Calculation <strong>of</strong> Genetic heat index (GHI) ...................................................................... 37<br />
APPENDIX B –CHECK LIST .......................................................................................... 40<br />
APPENDIX C– ORDINATION: SELECTED SPECIES ............................................... 52<br />
APPENDIX D - SOME ORCHIDS OF THE BUMBUNA VALLEY............................. 60<br />
APPENDIX E - PHOTOGRAPHS.................................................................................... 62<br />
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TABLE OF FIGURES<br />
Figure 1: Map <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Upper Guinea forest zone............................................................................ 3<br />
Figure 2: Map <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Upper Guinea forest zone showing distribution <strong>of</strong> various types <strong>of</strong><br />
species ........................................................................................................................................... 4<br />
Figure 3: Map showing RBS sample locationsTable 1: Summary <strong>of</strong> RBS samples .................11<br />
Table 1: Summary <strong>of</strong> RBS samples............................................................................................ 12<br />
Figure 3: Species x sample curve .................................................................................................. 17<br />
Figure 4: Graph <strong>of</strong> first two axes <strong>of</strong> Decorana ordination <strong>of</strong> RBS samples, showing logical<br />
groupings <strong>of</strong> samples ................................................................................................................... 18<br />
Figure 5: GHI (circle size) plotted against vegetation types (axis 1 and 2 from Decorana) .... 19<br />
Figure 7: Variation in GHI across Ghana.................................................................................... 39<br />
TABLE OF TABLES<br />
Table 1: Summary <strong>of</strong> RBS samples............................................................................................ 12<br />
Table 2: Star categories showing numbers <strong>of</strong> species in each, as currently defined for Upper<br />
Guinea ......................................................................................................................................... 37<br />
Table 3: Sample <strong>of</strong> some Upper Guinea samples <strong>of</strong> plants, showing <strong>the</strong> numbers <strong>of</strong> species <strong>of</strong><br />
each Star and <strong>the</strong> GHI calculated from that ............................................................................. 38<br />
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GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS<br />
Contents<br />
BHP <strong>Bumbuna</strong> <strong>Hydro</strong>electric Project<br />
BWMA <strong>Bumbuna</strong> Watershed Management Authority<br />
CBD Convention on Biodiversity<br />
dbh diameter at breast height<br />
DFID Department for International Development (UK)<br />
DRP Dam Review Panel<br />
EA Environmental Assessment<br />
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment<br />
EMP Environmental Management Plan<br />
EU European Union<br />
FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation (<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> United Nations)<br />
GEF Global Environment Fund<br />
GHI Genetic Heat Index (biodiversity hot-spot score for plant community-<br />
see Appendix 1)<br />
GIS Geographic Information System<br />
GOI <strong>Government</strong> <strong>of</strong> Italy<br />
GOSL <strong>Government</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sierra</strong> <strong>Leone</strong><br />
GSBA Globally Significant Biodiversity Area<br />
ha Hectare<br />
HQ Headquarters<br />
IUCN International Union for <strong>the</strong> Conservation <strong>of</strong> Nature and Natural<br />
Resources; World Conservation Union<br />
km Kilometre<br />
MAFFS Ministry <strong>of</strong> Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security<br />
mm millimetre<br />
NBSAP National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan<br />
NKUK Nippon Koei UK Co. Ltd.<br />
PMF Probable Maximum Flood<br />
SIV Species Importance Value<br />
ToR Terms <strong>of</strong> Reference<br />
UN United Nations<br />
WWF World Wide fund for Nature<br />
We are grateful to Wageningen Herbarium for allowing us access to <strong>the</strong>ir database <strong>of</strong><br />
specimens collected in <strong>Sierra</strong> <strong>Leone</strong>.<br />
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Summary<br />
A Rapid Botanic Survey <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> vegetation to be affected by <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong><br />
<strong>Hydro</strong>electic Project is described. The team conducted a month-long study <strong>of</strong> 31<br />
main samples in a variety <strong>of</strong> patches <strong>of</strong> gallery forest, generating 1,350 herbarium<br />
specimens <strong>of</strong> about 450 species identified at <strong>the</strong> time <strong>of</strong> writing, representing<br />
about 20% <strong>of</strong> all woody forest species in Upper Guinea (Africa, west <strong>of</strong> Togo).<br />
The data from this survey were examined in biogeographic context, especially by<br />
analysis <strong>of</strong> a weighted global-rarity score, which reveals that some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> forest<br />
along <strong>the</strong> Seli River is <strong>of</strong> very high biodiversity value for plants, with respect to<br />
standards defined elsewhere in West Africa. This high biodiversity value is<br />
indicated by a ‘Genetic Heat Index’ described in detail in <strong>the</strong> report, whereby<br />
higher scores indicate communities <strong>of</strong> plants with a higher proportion <strong>of</strong> species<br />
endemic to smaller parts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> world. The plant communities in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong><br />
valley include many fragments with a biodiversity value within <strong>the</strong> top 5% <strong>of</strong><br />
values for samples <strong>of</strong> forest in <strong>the</strong> whole Upper Guinea region. Equivalent<br />
communities in Ghana would be defined as ‘very hot’ spots and would <strong>the</strong>reby<br />
have earnt a high eligibility for inclusion in Globally Significant Biodiversity<br />
Areas that have been established <strong>the</strong>re with support from GEF funds.<br />
Forest and thickets on higher ground are <strong>of</strong> some equivalent value to <strong>the</strong> thin strip<br />
<strong>of</strong> gallery forest within 10m <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> current water level, but <strong>the</strong>ir conservation will<br />
not compensate entirely for <strong>the</strong> loss <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> gallery fragments near <strong>the</strong> water,<br />
especially at <strong>the</strong> sou<strong>the</strong>rn end <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> reservoir. Two tree species appear ra<strong>the</strong>r<br />
different from <strong>the</strong>ir relatives elsewhere in Upper Guinea, and could represent new<br />
varieties. However, material from <strong>the</strong> Loma and Tingi Mountains may also show<br />
<strong>the</strong> same distinctive features, and as far as is known <strong>the</strong>re are no very distinct<br />
plant species endemic to <strong>the</strong> Seli valley.<br />
The significance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> loss <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> riparian plant community is increased fur<strong>the</strong>r<br />
by two facts: that <strong>the</strong> Seli river valley represents a forest corridor linking<br />
fragmented forest relicts; and <strong>the</strong> unusual vegetation types <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> area are <strong>of</strong> very<br />
limited global distribution at <strong>the</strong> extreme <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> forest zone <strong>of</strong> West Africa.<br />
Although <strong>the</strong> forest that will be lost by flooding <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> valley <strong>the</strong>refore has a high<br />
value as a corridor and in terms <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> plant species content, it could also be<br />
argued that its current highly disturbed state and small extent diminishes its<br />
biodiversity significance, in <strong>the</strong> context <strong>of</strong> ei<strong>the</strong>r management potential or<br />
potential as a refuge for associated animal diversity. This is particularly so, as <strong>the</strong><br />
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benefits <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> dam to <strong>Sierra</strong> <strong>Leone</strong> arguably stand to benefit <strong>the</strong> country in a way<br />
which will help conserve biodiversity on a broader canvas. It is <strong>the</strong>refore very<br />
important that <strong>the</strong> BHP does not continue to allow <strong>the</strong> biodiversity in <strong>the</strong> Seli<br />
catchment to be eroded more than is essential, and really does proactively seek to<br />
improve <strong>the</strong> conservation <strong>of</strong> similar vegetation on a broader scale.<br />
Realistically, <strong>the</strong>se trees and plant communities in <strong>the</strong> reservoir basin will be lost<br />
in 2007, and attention is <strong>the</strong>refore focussed on how to compensate for this<br />
significant loss. The protection <strong>of</strong> Loma Mountains as an ‘<strong>of</strong>fset’ has been<br />
proposed previously, but that area is deserving <strong>of</strong> conservation in any case.<br />
Conservation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Loma forests may not entirely address <strong>the</strong> distinctive features<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> gallery forests <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> type seen near <strong>Bumbuna</strong>. It is <strong>the</strong>refore recommended<br />
that, in addition to supporting <strong>the</strong> protection and management <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Loma<br />
Mountains, <strong>the</strong> BHP should promote a thorough botanic survey <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
composition <strong>of</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r gallery forests and o<strong>the</strong>r forest patches, large and small,<br />
across <strong>Sierra</strong> <strong>Leone</strong>, for comparison with those described here at and around<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong>. This should be a long-term botanic survey project which will also<br />
provide an ideal training ground for <strong>the</strong> much-needed restoration <strong>of</strong> herbaria and<br />
botanical training. One <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> many useful outputs <strong>of</strong> this project should be <strong>the</strong><br />
demarcation and protection <strong>of</strong> fragments <strong>of</strong> gallery forest up- and down-stream <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> dam, where <strong>the</strong> unusual <strong>Bumbuna</strong> communities and varieties <strong>of</strong> plant still<br />
grow; ano<strong>the</strong>r should be <strong>the</strong> encouragement <strong>of</strong> regeneration <strong>of</strong> local species in<br />
previously eroded areas, e.g. around <strong>the</strong> nor<strong>the</strong>rn end <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> reservoir, whereby<br />
regeneration <strong>of</strong> similar forests can be attempted by transplantation and natural<br />
regeneration with protection. In anticipation <strong>of</strong> this, seedlings and saplings <strong>of</strong><br />
rarer plants could perhaps be collected from <strong>the</strong> gallery fragments to be flooded<br />
and held in nurseries, employing local villagers to care for such trees until <strong>the</strong>y<br />
can be planted appropriately.<br />
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1. INTRODUCTION<br />
Chapter 1 - Introduction<br />
This is a report <strong>of</strong> a rapid floristic survey <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> vegetation that will be affected by<br />
<strong>the</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong> <strong>Hydro</strong>electric Project (BHP) activities along <strong>the</strong> Seli River, mostly<br />
in <strong>the</strong> valleys between <strong>Bumbuna</strong> and Kafogo. O<strong>the</strong>r separate reports examine <strong>the</strong><br />
potential effects <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> project on various groups <strong>of</strong> animal species.<br />
The current study follows an earlier report on <strong>the</strong> flora and vegetation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> same<br />
area (NKUK, 2005). The earlier report included sections describing <strong>the</strong> vegetation<br />
from a forestry perspective, with tree basal areas and stem counts in measured<br />
plots in mixed farmbush, woodland savanna and gallery (riparian) forest, with<br />
limited attention to herbarium specimens <strong>of</strong> non-trees, and rarities. Some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
forest described that short time ago has already been destroyed, and it is felt that<br />
more information is needed on populations <strong>of</strong> critical, maybe endangered, plant<br />
species in this barely studied and highly deforested region.<br />
The focus is on <strong>the</strong> riverine vegetation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Seli and Mwalogo rivers, south <strong>of</strong><br />
Kabala and around and to <strong>the</strong> north <strong>of</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong>, and especially <strong>the</strong> gallery forests<br />
or thickets. There are many different shades <strong>of</strong> vegetation that can come under <strong>the</strong><br />
title “gallery”, which might refer to vegetation 1m or even 1km from a river,<br />
depending on context. The primary interest is that vegetation which is to be<br />
flooded upstream <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong> dam. However, <strong>the</strong> study includes adjacent<br />
vegetation above <strong>the</strong> high water mark or just downstream <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> dam, that may<br />
also be lost or which may need conservation measures as a consequence <strong>of</strong><br />
immediate repercussions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> flooding. This range <strong>of</strong> forest and thicket in <strong>the</strong><br />
study area is referred to as <strong>the</strong> “<strong>Bumbuna</strong>-Seli vegetation”. However, in order to<br />
build up a clearer ecological picture and perspective, some thicket, savanna and<br />
o<strong>the</strong>r vegetation, which will probably not be directly affected by <strong>the</strong> inundation <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> valley has also been observed or sampled around <strong>the</strong> core <strong>Bumbuna</strong>-Seli study<br />
area.<br />
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1.1. THE FLORA AND BIOGEOGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK<br />
Some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> relevant terms and concepts are described below to set <strong>the</strong><br />
background for <strong>the</strong> study.<br />
1.1.1. HISTORY AND KNOWLEDGE OF FLORISTIC RESEARCH<br />
The earliest plant collections in <strong>Sierra</strong> <strong>Leone</strong> were made by Smeathmann, at<br />
Freetown in 1772; and from 1792 by Afzelius. The first collections clearly from<br />
around <strong>the</strong> present study area were amongst those made in <strong>the</strong> 20th century by<br />
Thomas (1913-14), Deighton (1926-56) and o<strong>the</strong>rs. The very meagre herbarium<br />
collections from <strong>the</strong> area from past researchers include some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> species found<br />
in <strong>the</strong> present study, but some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir records were not re-found, and many found<br />
in <strong>the</strong> present study have not been reported before.<br />
The <strong>Bumbuna</strong>/Seli area is, in biogeographic terms, in <strong>the</strong> western part <strong>of</strong> Upper<br />
Guinea, <strong>the</strong> originally forested region from Togo to Senegal, and a biogeographic<br />
sub-unit <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Guineo-Congolian region (sensu White (1983)), <strong>the</strong> latter <strong>of</strong> which<br />
extends from Senegal to Uganda and <strong>the</strong> Congo basin. White’s ‘chorological’<br />
regions - or regional centres <strong>of</strong> endemism - are defined explicitly in terms <strong>of</strong><br />
plant species’ ranges, so are useful terms when considering <strong>the</strong> conservation <strong>of</strong><br />
biodiversity per se, ra<strong>the</strong>r than that <strong>of</strong> forest cover in general.<br />
On continental or regional scale vegetation maps like White’s, <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong>/Seli<br />
area lies close to <strong>the</strong> forest-savanna boundary, and (<strong>the</strong>refore) close to <strong>the</strong><br />
boundary between Upper Guinea and <strong>the</strong> Guinea-Congolia/Sudanian regional<br />
transition zone. These maps highlight <strong>the</strong> very significant shift that occurs,<br />
apparently immediately to <strong>the</strong> north <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong>/Seli area, from forest zone to<br />
<strong>the</strong> savanna which runs in a ra<strong>the</strong>r homogeneous belt across Africa south <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
Sahara to Sudan and contains fewer pockets <strong>of</strong> rare species <strong>of</strong> global conservation<br />
concern than <strong>the</strong> dwindling forest zone.<br />
Map 1 (from Hawthorne and Jongkind, 2006), includes <strong>the</strong> western part <strong>of</strong> Upper<br />
Guinea and <strong>the</strong> present study area. On continental scale distribution maps like<br />
this, many Upper Guinean forest species reach <strong>the</strong>ir apparent north-west limit<br />
within or near <strong>Bumbuna</strong>/Seli, although exploration <strong>of</strong> valleys fur<strong>the</strong>r north and<br />
west is far from complete.<br />
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Figure 1: Map <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Upper Guinea forest zone<br />
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Figure 2: Map <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Upper Guinea forest zone showing distribution <strong>of</strong> various types <strong>of</strong> species<br />
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The forest-savanna boundary on maps like this does not imply a continuous wall<br />
<strong>of</strong> forest at any scale, but separate regions where it is assumed forest would have<br />
dominated before agriculture, and o<strong>the</strong>rs where forest is restricted to small patches<br />
and galleries along rivers, within a fire–dominated savanna. In <strong>the</strong> forest mosaic<br />
in maps <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Seli valley itself (for instance, NKUK et al. 2005), one can see <strong>the</strong><br />
effects <strong>of</strong> farming patterns, local topography (and hence rainfall, wind and fire),<br />
soils and history on <strong>the</strong> forest-savanna balance. Savanna dominates at all parts <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> compass around <strong>the</strong> line <strong>of</strong> forest in <strong>the</strong> study area. A 360° tour around <strong>the</strong><br />
study area, from <strong>Bumbuna</strong> to Kabala via Kafogo, and back via <strong>the</strong> Kondembaia<br />
road (as made on March 24th-25th), passes almost entirely through Guinean<br />
savanna, except for a short forest section in <strong>the</strong> south east, and many very small<br />
fragments <strong>of</strong> forest along <strong>the</strong> eastern road though Kondembaia, past lake Sanfon.<br />
The forest type boundaries in Figure 1 and Figure 1: Map <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Upper Guinea<br />
forest zone<br />
also summarise some trends in species distribution underlying differences<br />
between <strong>the</strong> forests in <strong>the</strong> east and <strong>the</strong> west <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Upper Guinea region. In<br />
particular, <strong>the</strong>re is a line on <strong>the</strong> map showing <strong>the</strong> limit <strong>of</strong> ‘West Guinean gallery’<br />
species, several <strong>of</strong> which are discussed in <strong>the</strong> present report. These species are<br />
endemic to <strong>the</strong> western part <strong>of</strong> Upper Guinea but <strong>of</strong>ten have a range which<br />
extends beyond <strong>the</strong> generalised limits <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> forest zone.<br />
In <strong>the</strong> ecoregion paradigm adopted by, for instance, WWF, <strong>the</strong> forests in <strong>the</strong> study<br />
area are Western Guinea Lowland Forests, covering <strong>the</strong> lowlands between <strong>the</strong><br />
Sassandra River in Ivory Coast and Guinea. A major factor shaping <strong>the</strong> western<br />
Upper Guinea forest composition is believed to be <strong>the</strong> relatively high annual<br />
rainfall (more than 3m in some places) coupled with a very pronounced dry<br />
season. A modest shared set <strong>of</strong> ‘western’ endemic species stretches from <strong>the</strong> study<br />
area south-eastwards to Monrovia and <strong>the</strong>n Cape Palmas in Liberia, close to <strong>the</strong><br />
border with Ivory Coast. On <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r hand, some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> western species, e.g.<br />
Anisophyllea laurina, stretch from <strong>the</strong> study area to <strong>the</strong> nor<strong>the</strong>rn and western<br />
limits <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> western gallery forest zone indicated, where <strong>the</strong> annual rainfall is<br />
much lower.<br />
However, many rare plants transgress or straddle <strong>the</strong> boundary between <strong>the</strong><br />
Western Guinea Lowland Forest ecoregion and o<strong>the</strong>r parts <strong>of</strong> Upper Guinea, so<br />
<strong>the</strong> term is <strong>of</strong> limited value when categorising patterns for conservation purposes.<br />
Similarly, <strong>the</strong> high altitude vegetation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Nimba and Loma mountains near to<br />
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<strong>the</strong> study area belong to a separate ecoregion, but this disguises significant<br />
similarities.<br />
To consider <strong>the</strong> context <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong>-Seli species composition on a finer scale,<br />
forest classifications made by foresters for practical use can be consulted In this<br />
context, <strong>the</strong> forest remnants in <strong>Sierra</strong> <strong>Leone</strong> have been grouped into Moist<br />
Evergreen and Moist Semi-deciduous forest types (Cole 1968, Savill and Fox<br />
(1969), Vooren and Sayer 1992, Mayers et al. 1992; Lebbie (web page, undated)).<br />
In <strong>the</strong> study region <strong>the</strong> forest-savanna boundary runs close to <strong>the</strong> limits <strong>of</strong> some<br />
evergreen forest indicator species, like Strephonema pseudocola and<br />
Gilbertiodendron preussii, as revealed from herbaria and forest inventories. In<br />
o<strong>the</strong>r words <strong>the</strong> gradient <strong>of</strong> forest type from evergreen forests through semideciduous<br />
forests to savanna in this area is very steep, whereas, in eastern Upper<br />
Guinea, <strong>the</strong> gradient is much shallower and a much broader belt <strong>of</strong> semideciduous<br />
forest is easily recognised. The local variation is particularly extreme<br />
because <strong>of</strong> steep topographic and dry-season moisture gradients, with particularly<br />
high levels <strong>of</strong> rainfall (3m in Makeni, to <strong>the</strong> south compared with 2.3m in Kabala,<br />
in <strong>the</strong> north <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> study area) associated with <strong>the</strong> hills around <strong>Bumbuna</strong>; and dry<br />
season mist and moisture associated with <strong>the</strong> permanent Seli River itself.<br />
Wet evergreeen or ‘hygrophilous’ forest (Hall and Swaine 1981; White, 1981) or<br />
even wetter ‘hyper-wet’ evergreen forests (e.g. Voorhoeve 1965, Hawthorne &<br />
Jongkind 2006, see Figure 1) exist in Liberia and parts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sierra</strong> <strong>Leone</strong>an Gola<br />
forests. The hyper-wet forests are distinguished by <strong>the</strong> presence <strong>of</strong> species like<br />
Tetaberlinia tubmanniana (see e.g. Poorter et al. 2005), and <strong>the</strong> more widespread<br />
wet evergreen forests (Hall and Swaine, 1981) are distinguished by a broader<br />
range <strong>of</strong> species which, on <strong>the</strong> whole, do not occur fur<strong>the</strong>r west that <strong>the</strong> Gola<br />
forests in eastern <strong>Sierra</strong> <strong>Leone</strong>. However, <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong>-Seli vegetation is poorly<br />
known and with a 3m rainfall and groundwater it would not be surprising to find<br />
traces <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se wetter evergreen forest types also.<br />
Beyond <strong>the</strong>se generalities and <strong>the</strong> earlier NKUK reports, <strong>the</strong>re was much to learn<br />
about <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong>-Seli flora at <strong>the</strong> start <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> brief survey, and great potential<br />
for <strong>the</strong> discovery <strong>of</strong> unexpected combinations <strong>of</strong> species and extensions to <strong>the</strong><br />
known ranges <strong>of</strong> species. Clearly, as a step towards understanding <strong>the</strong> significance<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong>-Seli vegetation in <strong>the</strong> broader context, sampling and analysis is<br />
needed.<br />
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1.2. OBJECTIVES<br />
1.2.1. TERMS OF REFERENCE<br />
Chapter 1 - Introduction<br />
The TORs for <strong>the</strong> current Baseline Flora Survey were defined in general terms as:<br />
• To review existing information and conduct new surveys <strong>of</strong> ‘trees and<br />
plants’ using internationally accepted scientific methods suitable to <strong>the</strong><br />
habitat <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong> area.<br />
• To survey <strong>the</strong> trees and o<strong>the</strong>r plants in <strong>the</strong> different areas.<br />
• To identify <strong>the</strong> importance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> riparian forests within <strong>Sierra</strong> <strong>Leone</strong> and<br />
West Africa.<br />
• To highlight <strong>the</strong> significance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se plants.<br />
In summary, <strong>the</strong> main aims <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> current floristic study were to:<br />
• Build a geo-referenced, plant diversity database for <strong>the</strong> study area,<br />
particularly with respect to sampling <strong>the</strong> vegetation and recording as broad<br />
a range <strong>of</strong> species as possible in <strong>the</strong> time available for field work;<br />
• Compile globally available information on <strong>the</strong> plant species <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> area<br />
with <strong>the</strong> (locally obtained) results <strong>of</strong> a rapid botanic survey, especially for<br />
<strong>the</strong> most vulnerable vegetation types <strong>the</strong>re. (Restricted preparatory time<br />
for <strong>the</strong> study limited how much information could be compiled, so this<br />
mainly involved highlighting <strong>the</strong> globally rarer species. )<br />
• Combine <strong>the</strong> two strands <strong>of</strong> local and global data, to highlight variations in<br />
vegetation type and any priority areas from a global conservation<br />
perspective. This database can form <strong>the</strong> basis <strong>of</strong> recommendations for<br />
protective action, and <strong>the</strong> potential mitigation value for o<strong>the</strong>r proposed<br />
conservation areas.<br />
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2. METHODS<br />
2.1. INTRODUCTION TO RAPID BOTANIC SURVEY<br />
Chapter 2 - Methods<br />
The main method employed for <strong>the</strong> current study was Rapid Botanic Survey<br />
(RBS) <strong>of</strong> samples <strong>of</strong> vegetation throughout <strong>the</strong> valley. The RBS methodology (see<br />
Appendix A) was developed by <strong>the</strong> author and colleagues as <strong>the</strong> basis for rapid<br />
assessment <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> plant biodiversity resources <strong>of</strong> tropical vegetation, highlighting<br />
distribution and hotspots <strong>of</strong> globally rare species and major variations in<br />
vegetation type. This simple technique was initially developed for Ghana, but is<br />
now used elsewhere in <strong>the</strong> tropics (see Hawthorne and Abu Juam, 1993;<br />
Hawthorne, 1995; Gordon et al. etc., see also Appendix A).<br />
One <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> main uses <strong>of</strong> RBS data involves analysis <strong>of</strong> species composition in<br />
terms <strong>of</strong> “Stars”, which are categories <strong>of</strong> global rarity defined for species, and a<br />
hotspot index, or <strong>the</strong> Genetic Heat Index (GHI) for patches <strong>of</strong> vegetation. GHI is<br />
an index based on <strong>the</strong> relative number <strong>of</strong> species in each <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> various Star<br />
categories present in <strong>the</strong> sample. In brief, if <strong>the</strong> vegetation has a high proportion<br />
<strong>of</strong> globally rare species it will have a high GHI.<br />
2.2. INCEPTION AND EVOLUTION OF THE PLANNED WORK<br />
The first five days <strong>of</strong> field work involved training <strong>the</strong> field team in RBS<br />
techniques and assessing <strong>the</strong>ir skills. There were sufficient staff for a single RBS<br />
team, and because <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> local participants’ limited prior knowledge <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> plants<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> current study area, <strong>the</strong> survey personnel remained as a single team for all 28<br />
days <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> survey.<br />
Most records were made as herbarium specimens, which involved <strong>the</strong> drying <strong>of</strong><br />
more than 100 plant specimens per day. Hence a (heavy) 1.5 kilowatt drying oven<br />
was made, using light bulbs as <strong>the</strong> heat source. A few days <strong>of</strong> trial and error (not<br />
to mention melted sockets and cables) at <strong>the</strong> start <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> field work were needed to<br />
obtain a safe and efficient temperature for this oven. After <strong>the</strong> trial, it was<br />
operated full-time throughout <strong>the</strong> field survey period.<br />
Due to <strong>the</strong> logistical difficulties <strong>of</strong> collecting data and especially <strong>of</strong> collecting and<br />
drying many specimens from <strong>the</strong> more remote parts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> valley, <strong>the</strong> team first<br />
familiarised itself with <strong>the</strong> flora by sampling <strong>the</strong> more accessible nor<strong>the</strong>rn<br />
(Kafogo area) and sou<strong>the</strong>rn (<strong>Bumbuna</strong> area) thirds <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> valley. In <strong>the</strong> final<br />
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week, whilst a start was made by some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> team sorting and identifying <strong>the</strong><br />
many specimens collected, <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r four people made a four-day observational<br />
walk from <strong>the</strong> north to <strong>the</strong> south, with a single plant press and a light load <strong>of</strong><br />
pressing paper, recording species in geo-referenced vegetation patches, but<br />
collecting only those species not noted in <strong>the</strong> valley previously. The guidelines for<br />
this journey are included in Appendix C.<br />
Very few species which had not been seen at ei<strong>the</strong>r end were found during this<br />
walk, although <strong>the</strong> team did record interesting large areas <strong>of</strong> Gilbertiodendron sp.<br />
aff bilineatum forest and Raphia palma-pinus swamps. Some previously<br />
undetected species, e.g. Xylopia parviflora, were nei<strong>the</strong>r unexpected, nor rare. It is<br />
concluded from this and from conversations with <strong>the</strong> primate and archaeological<br />
teams, that <strong>the</strong>re are likely to be few botanical surprises in <strong>the</strong> less accessible<br />
stretches <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> river, and that data mainly from <strong>the</strong> two end sections <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> valley<br />
provide a reasonable picture <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> whole.<br />
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3. RESULTS<br />
3.1. RBS SAMPLES<br />
Chapter 3 - Results<br />
The 31 RBS samples enumerated are summarised in Figure 3, with descriptive<br />
detail in Table 1. A complete check-list <strong>of</strong> results, showing <strong>the</strong> distribution <strong>of</strong><br />
species by sample, is included as Appendix B.<br />
Figure 3: Map showing RBS sample locations<br />
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Sample<br />
BUFT01<br />
BUHS01<br />
BUHT05<br />
BULS01<br />
BULS02<br />
BULS03<br />
BULS03<br />
B<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS05<br />
BURK01<br />
Date<br />
21/03/2006<br />
17/03/2006<br />
28/03/2006<br />
17/03/2006<br />
18/03/2006<br />
22/03/2006<br />
25/03/2006<br />
22/03/2006<br />
25/03/2006<br />
18/03/2006<br />
Table 1: Summary <strong>of</strong> RBS samples<br />
Note<br />
Forest-thicket (apparently about 6m since<br />
most was farmed), along Seli river, west bank<br />
< 15m above river edge, north <strong>of</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong><br />
dam. Commonest large trees: Dialium<br />
guineense, Hymenocardia lyrata,<br />
Aphanocalyx pteridophyllus, Musanga,<br />
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Alt.<br />
(m)<br />
Lat.<br />
(DD)<br />
Long<br />
(DD)<br />
No.<br />
Trees<br />
No.<br />
Spp.<br />
Pterocarpus santalinoides 185 9.083017 -11.720933 55 49 233<br />
NW <strong>of</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong> dam; west slopes above Seli<br />
(/Rokel) river, about 200m above river. Nr<br />
explosives store towards where it starts it to<br />
descend steeply; in thicket /n thicket / old farm<br />
bush <strong>of</strong> 3-5 years fallow. Canopy c. 3-4m.<br />
Dichrostachys and o<strong>the</strong>r sun-loving plants. 330 9.092167 -11.724833 57 52 131<br />
Hensira hill, nr Kegbema. Ridge top sample.<br />
Xylopia aethiopica, Funtumia africana and<br />
many o<strong>the</strong>r common<br />
secondary/semideciduous forest species.<br />
West bank and steep slope <strong>of</strong>/above Seli<br />
(/Rokel) river, c. 1-50m above river bed, c. 3-<br />
400m south <strong>of</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong> dam, from<br />
construction road/gravel piles southwards;<br />
high rain forest <strong>of</strong> Brachystgegia,<br />
Pentaclethra , Aphanocalyx pteridophyllus,<br />
GHI<br />
429 9.006383 -11.702100 100 75 158<br />
Daniellia 192 9.059333 -11.722667 46 39 257<br />
West bank and steep slope <strong>of</strong>/above Seli<br />
(/Rokel) river, c. 1-50m above river bed, c.<br />
700 m south <strong>of</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong> dam; high rain<br />
forest <strong>of</strong> Brachystgegia Pentaclethra ,<br />
Aphanocalyx pteridophyllus, Daniellia<br />
thurifera, Samananea dinklagei, Carapa 193 9.059000 -11.724000 61 54 271<br />
Well developed high gallery forest on steep<br />
East bank <strong>of</strong> Seli river c. 800m above<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> dam. Milicia regia, Aphanocalyx,<br />
Garcinia kola, Calpocalyx brevibracteatus,<br />
Trichoscypha longifolia.<br />
Well developed high gallery forest on steep<br />
East bank <strong>of</strong> Seli river c. 800m above<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> dam (subsample from same areas<br />
as BULS03, in area with many Phyllocosmus<br />
africanus)<br />
Well developed high gallery forest on steep<br />
East bank <strong>of</strong> Seli river c. 800-1000m above<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> dam. Anisophyllea meniaudii,<br />
Dialium guineense and Brachystegia<br />
leonensis common canopy trees.<br />
Well developed high gallery forest on steep<br />
East bank <strong>of</strong> Seli river c. 900m above<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> dam. >5m above normal high water<br />
mark. Dacryodes klaineana very common<br />
canopy tree.<br />
Rocky river bed, c. 300-700 m south <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> dam. No canopy - just <strong>the</strong> few<br />
resilient specialists that can tolerate periodic<br />
flooding and drought.<br />
184 9.084300 -11.719883 86 71 249<br />
186 9.076000 -11.719500 55 46 221<br />
184 9.087883 -11.719717 105 79 255<br />
211 9.085167 -11.719833 61 46 277<br />
193 9.059000 -11.724000 23 9 129
Sample<br />
BURS01<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS07<br />
BURS08<br />
BURS08<br />
A<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSM01<br />
KAHS01<br />
KAHS02<br />
Date<br />
15/03/2006<br />
25/03/2006<br />
24/03/2006<br />
27/03/2006<br />
27/03/2006<br />
27/03/2006<br />
07/04/2006<br />
28/03/2006<br />
30/03/2006<br />
30/03/2006<br />
Note<br />
East bank <strong>of</strong> Seli (/Rokel) river, just below<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> waterfall mostly in floodable area<br />
(North <strong>of</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong> village and south <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> dam).<br />
Many rocks and boulders around. Soil<br />
generally sandy. Brachystegia and<br />
Pentaclethra common in <strong>the</strong> canopy with<br />
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Alt.<br />
(m)<br />
Lat.<br />
(DD)<br />
Long<br />
(DD)<br />
No.<br />
Trees<br />
No.<br />
Spp.<br />
many o<strong>the</strong>r pioneer and riverine trees. 120 9.052167 -11.736167 188 138 143<br />
River fringe, Pterocarpus santalinoides and<br />
Myrianthus serratus (and o<strong>the</strong>r riverside<br />
specialists) zone, over loose rocks and<br />
flooded annually, on steep East bank <strong>of</strong> and in<br />
Seli river c. 800-1000m above <strong>Bumbuna</strong> dam<br />
(vertically below sample BULS04, with canopy<br />
< c 10m ). 150 9.086000 -11.718500 27 23 157<br />
Riverside forest, below Kasasi, c. 1mile away<br />
on west bank <strong>of</strong> Seli r.. Gallery forest with<br />
Pentaclethra, Synsepalum brevipes,<br />
Pterocarpus sanatalinoides, Uapaca<br />
heudelotii, Parkia bicolor.<br />
Gallery forest on west bank <strong>of</strong> Seli river, c. 2<br />
km north <strong>of</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong>. Amanoa bracteosa,<br />
Gilbertiodendron bilineatum & sp.,<br />
Neolemonniera clitandrifolia<br />
Gallery forest on west bank <strong>of</strong> Seli river, c. 1.8<br />
km north <strong>of</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong>, bordered by small<br />
stream. Hymenocardia, Chidlowia,<br />
Brachystegia, Hannoa etc.<br />
Gallery forest on west bank <strong>of</strong> Seli river, c. 1.8<br />
km north <strong>of</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong>. Including plants on and<br />
near rocks <strong>of</strong> small tributary stream and<br />
overhanging canopy with<br />
Brachystegia, Aphanocalyx, Piptadeniastrum<br />
GHI<br />
188 9.125833 -11.713333 54 44 160<br />
164 9.091400 -11.720033 92 75 369<br />
196 9.090627 -11.721100 23 22 365<br />
all common. 196 9.090627 -11.721100 46 36 282<br />
Secondary forest below <strong>Bumbuna</strong> engineers'<br />
camp. Albizia adianthifolia and Cassia<br />
sieberiana conspicuous in canopy c. 15m tall<br />
on steep slope.<br />
Hensira hill, nr Kegbema. Hill-side,<br />
semideicduous forest sample with many<br />
Piptadeniastrum, Xylopia aethiopica, Parkia<br />
bicolor, Baphia nitida.<br />
By Mawologo river (becomes Seli) on steep<br />
banks with loose rocks and soil; up to c. 30m<br />
above water, with many Elaeis and<br />
Paramacrolobium, Afzelia africana,<br />
A.parviflora and Uapaca heudelotii closer to<br />
255 9.063067 -11.731983 58 37 40<br />
350 9.006383 -11.702100 58 47 111<br />
<strong>the</strong> water. 275 9.387767 -11.731417 55 47 218<br />
By Mawologo river (becomes Seli) on low<br />
bank on east; up to c. 10 m above water.<br />
Many Cryptosepalum tetraphyllum, with<br />
Afzelia africana, Elaeis, Pseudospondias.<br />
250 9.388167 -11.731050 75 55 206
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Sample<br />
KARS03<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS07<br />
KARS08<br />
KATH01<br />
KBRB01<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL01<br />
Date<br />
31/03/2006<br />
31/03/2006<br />
01/04/2006<br />
01/04/2006<br />
02/04/2006<br />
02/04/2006<br />
30/03/2006<br />
19/03/2006<br />
20/03/2006<br />
20/03/2006<br />
Note<br />
By Mawologo river (becomes Seli) on bank on<br />
east; up to c. 10 m above water,and on small<br />
islands. North <strong>of</strong> Fulatown village. Abundant<br />
Uapaca heudelotii, Hexalobus crispiflorus,<br />
Anthostema aubryanum Manilkara obovata.<br />
By Mawologo river (becomes Seli) on bank on<br />
west; up to c. 10 m above water, and on small<br />
islands. nr Kakekah village. Many Uapaca<br />
heudelotii, Anthostema, Spondias,<br />
Pseudosponda, Brachystegia,<br />
By Kabunka crossing, Seli river S. <strong>of</strong> Kafugo.<br />
Many large Elaeis, with Afzelia africana,<br />
Pseudospondias.<br />
Along Mawologho river, Seli river tributqry, S.<br />
<strong>of</strong> Kafugo, nr. Katanda. Uapaca heudelotii,<br />
Myrianthus serratus fringe with<br />
Pseudospondias and Pterocarpus<br />
santalinoides.<br />
Along Makah (Mawalogho tributary). In <strong>the</strong><br />
general area <strong>of</strong> Kafogo. Very abundant<br />
Gilbertiodendron sp. Nr bilineatum (stipules<br />
seem different in <strong>the</strong>se) with Synsepalum<br />
brevipes and Hexalobus crispiflorus.<br />
Upper Maka river, a tributary <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Seli nr.<br />
Kafogo. Abundant Elaeis and Uapaca<br />
heudelotii<br />
Near Kafogu, by a stream and path, in thicket<br />
(c 6 yr old farm bush).<br />
Near Kamabapeh village (which is c. 5 km<br />
NW <strong>of</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong>), c. 500m from main village.<br />
Gallery forest within savanna area which is<br />
outside <strong>of</strong> valley that is to be flooded by dam.<br />
Along tributary <strong>of</strong> Seli river. Ra<strong>the</strong>r disturbed<br />
with many pioneer canopy trees, plus<br />
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Alt.<br />
(m)<br />
Lat.<br />
(DD)<br />
Long<br />
(DD)<br />
No.<br />
Trees<br />
No.<br />
Spp.<br />
GHI<br />
248 9.398867 -11.729300 87 64 213<br />
258 9.407683 -11.725783 57 43 327<br />
257 9.375500 -11.725167 70 51 86<br />
261 9.383833 -11.725500 79 61 102<br />
260 9.372833 -11.725833 62 51 76<br />
275 9.372000 -11.726000 55 45 79<br />
206 9.390000 -11.726000 26 25 213<br />
Gilbertiodendron 147 9.076000 -11.758000 70 56 198<br />
Forest (secret society/protected) around<br />
Kamato village, on hill top and upper slopes,<br />
nr. <strong>Bumbuna</strong> (hill with telephone mast).<br />
Turraeanthus, Piptadeniastrum, Cola nitida,<br />
Daniellia thurifera, Trichilia prieureana and<br />
Millettia lane-poolei common large trees. 238 9.060917 -11.736250 91 80 173<br />
Forest (secret society/protected) around<br />
Kamato village, on hill top and upper slopes,<br />
nr. <strong>Bumbuna</strong> (hill with telephone mast). Forest<br />
half way along, with a higher proportion <strong>of</strong><br />
planted trees, but o<strong>the</strong>rwise with similar trees.<br />
252 9.060617 -11.735567 34 32 197
Sample<br />
KTPL02<br />
RSRS00<br />
RSRS01<br />
RSRS02<br />
RSRS03<br />
RSRS04<br />
RSRS05<br />
RSRS06<br />
RSRS07<br />
RSRS08<br />
Date<br />
21/03/2006<br />
04/04/2006<br />
04/04/2006<br />
04/04/2006<br />
05/04/2006<br />
05/04/2006<br />
06/04/2006<br />
06/04/2006<br />
06/04/2006<br />
06/04/2006<br />
Note<br />
Forest (secret society/protected) around<br />
Kamato village, on hill top and upper slopes,<br />
nr. <strong>Bumbuna</strong> (hill with telephone mast).<br />
Sou<strong>the</strong>rn end <strong>of</strong> forest, going lower down<br />
slope than rest <strong>of</strong> forest. Octoknema, Cola<br />
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Alt.<br />
(m)<br />
Lat.<br />
(DD)<br />
Long<br />
(DD)<br />
No.<br />
Trees<br />
No.<br />
Spp.<br />
lateritia common. 244 9.055667 -11.735333 58 47 196<br />
W. bank Seli river, c. 3km S <strong>of</strong> confluence.<br />
Vegetation on a sand bar. (UTM 29P<br />
0202399, 1031072).<br />
Confluence <strong>of</strong> Mawologho and Seli river.<br />
Gallery forest dominated by Afzelia africana,<br />
Dialium guineense etc. (UTM 29P 0203468,<br />
1032778)<br />
W. bank Seli river, c. 3km S <strong>of</strong> confluence. Up<br />
a small tributary stream. (UTM 29P 0202955,<br />
1032058)<br />
Gallery forest, east side Seli river, several km<br />
S <strong>of</strong> confluence with Mwahologo.(UTM P203<br />
29P 0202986, 1032038).<br />
Gallery forest, Seli river between Kamakpama<br />
and Katoina villages. (UTM P208<br />
29P0201449, 1028197). Much<br />
Gilbertioendron.<br />
Gallery forest, Seli river nr. Kamasipina<br />
village, East bank (UTM 0125088, 29201835)<br />
Gallery forest, Seli river west side, nr Kakutan<br />
(UTM WDS 8429201809E, 1024987N).<br />
Abundant Chrysophyllum africanum. GPS Alt<br />
readings between 183 and 235m).<br />
Newly cleared area. Only river edge spp<br />
present.<br />
W. bank Seli river, gallery forest, S <strong>of</strong><br />
Kakutan. (UTM 29.p 0202197, 1013810).<br />
303 9.317333 -11.705333 1<br />
231 9.334500 -11.692667 11<br />
306 9.322333 -11.702500 6<br />
306 9.321667 -11.703000 4<br />
289 9.288167 -11.717167 1<br />
237 9.257333 -11.708167 6<br />
183 9.158333 -11.707167 2<br />
194 9.158333 -11.721333 3<br />
193 9.156833 -11.707500 2<br />
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3.2. SPECIES IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIMENS<br />
The specimens collected are derived from <strong>the</strong> RBS samples enumerated,<br />
summarised in 3.1 above, with a few miscellaneous specimens collected from<br />
outside RBS samples. They are all summarised in <strong>the</strong> form <strong>of</strong> a check-list in<br />
Appendix B.<br />
Many specimens were identified and some problematic plant groups were brought<br />
to <strong>the</strong> UK for checking and fur<strong>the</strong>r identification. Not all <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ferns, orchids,<br />
grasses and sedges have yet been identified. They have been taken to <strong>the</strong> Royal<br />
Botanic Gardens, Kew. The full check-list will be placed on a web-site as <strong>the</strong>y<br />
become available. However, most (85%, or 1153 <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 1348) specimens collected<br />
were identified at <strong>the</strong> time <strong>of</strong> writing, and form <strong>the</strong> basis <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> following<br />
conclusions.<br />
The unidentified groups are not likely to show different patterns <strong>of</strong> biogeographic<br />
affinity or rarity – if anything <strong>the</strong>y are likely to hold fewer rare species than<br />
average, and <strong>the</strong>refore <strong>the</strong>ir transparency in this report would be highly unlikely to<br />
alter its conclusions. De Marco (pers. comm.: see Appendix D) has sampled <strong>the</strong><br />
orchids briefly and found nothing <strong>of</strong> particular concern or rarity; <strong>the</strong> team had less<br />
than 20 orchid species to be identified amongst <strong>the</strong> 22 specimens. Likewise, <strong>the</strong><br />
main (non-savanna) grasses in <strong>the</strong> gallery forest were few and widespread species<br />
like Olyra latifolia, Leptaspis cochleata, Guaduella oblonga (common in western<br />
Upper Guinea and also in Cameroon). The Cyperaceae may include something <strong>of</strong><br />
interest, but <strong>the</strong> unidentified ferns are also not likely to be <strong>of</strong> great note as <strong>the</strong>se<br />
are usually widely dispersed in suitable habitats.<br />
Some unusual species were found in <strong>the</strong> sampled areas, especially in <strong>the</strong> areas to<br />
be inundated. These are summarised in <strong>the</strong> conclusion and <strong>the</strong> checklist below.<br />
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200<br />
0<br />
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0 10 20 30<br />
Figure 3: Species x sample curve<br />
Figure 4 shows <strong>the</strong> relationship between sample number (i.e. a unit effort <strong>of</strong> about<br />
half a day’s team work) and accumulated species numbers identified. This shows<br />
<strong>the</strong> numbers <strong>of</strong> species starting to level <strong>of</strong>f, but clearly ano<strong>the</strong>r few weeks<br />
intensive sampling would be required to provide a complete check-list,<br />
particularly with respect to <strong>the</strong> savanna vegetation.<br />
Extrapolation from <strong>the</strong>se data using a first order jacknife estimate indicates that<br />
<strong>the</strong>re are about 647 species (779 from 2nd order). However, this excludes <strong>the</strong><br />
groups mentioned in 4.2 (and most <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> savanna species) which would be<br />
expected to add about ano<strong>the</strong>r 100 species, so about 900 vascular plant species<br />
might be expected in <strong>the</strong> entire study area, excluding <strong>the</strong> savanna.<br />
This number, about one third <strong>of</strong> Upper Guinean non-savanna species, is not<br />
unusual for such a varied terrain with high moisture gradients. The main question,<br />
however, is what <strong>the</strong>se species represent in terms <strong>of</strong> vegetation affinity and<br />
species rarity, as discussed below.<br />
3.2.2. ORDINATION OF SAMPLES AND THE VARIATION IN VEGETATION<br />
The species were ordinated using <strong>the</strong> Decorana s<strong>of</strong>tware (and PCORD, see Hill &<br />
Gacuh, 1980; Peet et al. 1988). Analysis using TWINSPAN was also tried, but it<br />
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500<br />
400<br />
300<br />
200<br />
100<br />
0<br />
KATH01<br />
revealed <strong>the</strong> same patterns, so will not be discussed.<br />
6 yr old farmbush/thicket<br />
with stream near Kafogu<br />
Various patches <strong>of</strong> gallery<br />
forest within a few miles Kamabapeh gallery<br />
<strong>of</strong> Kafogu<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
within savanna<br />
KARS05<br />
Forest-thicket below<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS07 KBRB01<br />
BURS01 <strong>Bumbuna</strong> waterfall<br />
KTHT01<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BULS01<br />
BUFT01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS04<br />
River edge forest<br />
BURS06<br />
below Kasasi<br />
BURS08A<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS03a<br />
High forest on slope<br />
800m N <strong>of</strong> dam<br />
River edge forest<br />
2 km N <strong>Bumbuna</strong><br />
KTPL02<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
Hensira hill disturbed, hillside<br />
forest nr. Kegbema<br />
Secondary forest below engineers<br />
camp above dam<br />
BUHS01<br />
BUSF01<br />
Thicket nr. explosives store<br />
Figure 4: Graph <strong>of</strong> first two axes <strong>of</strong> Decorana ordination <strong>of</strong> RBS samples, showing logical<br />
groupings <strong>of</strong> samples<br />
The main function <strong>of</strong> ordination graphs like this is to display sample points<br />
graphically, so that samples with <strong>the</strong> most similar species combinations are closest<br />
to each o<strong>the</strong>r. Often, <strong>the</strong> axes can be related to obvious factors affecting species<br />
distributions. The first axis <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ordination <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> present samples runs from<br />
wetter sites close to watercourses at low X values (on <strong>the</strong> left), to drier and more<br />
disturbed vegetation at high X values. The second ordination axis <strong>the</strong>n is left to<br />
separate out <strong>the</strong> nor<strong>the</strong>rn (Kafogo) samples from those fur<strong>the</strong>r south. However,<br />
<strong>the</strong> most sou<strong>the</strong>rly sample is not that with <strong>the</strong> lowest Y value.<br />
Comparing forest and forest-thicket mosaics at a similar height above water level,<br />
<strong>the</strong>re is a significant and clear difference in <strong>the</strong> forests at <strong>the</strong> extreme ends <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
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Kamato village society forest<br />
(telephone mast hill top)<br />
0 100 200 300 400 500
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valley. The Kafogo type is generally a drier gallery forest with Paramacrolobium<br />
coeruleum, Millettia sanagana and Afzelia africana, whereas Aphanocalyx<br />
pteridophyllus is one <strong>of</strong> many species commoner in <strong>the</strong> south.<br />
Some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> species which differentiate <strong>the</strong>se extremes can be conveniently<br />
summarised by reference to this ordination, by showing <strong>the</strong> plots where selected<br />
species occur as large triangles, in <strong>the</strong> graphs <strong>of</strong> Appendix C.<br />
3.2.3. BIOQUALITY (GHI) OF THE SAMPLES<br />
The GHI (discussed in Appendix 1) highlights <strong>the</strong> degree <strong>of</strong> endemicity in <strong>the</strong><br />
samples; in effect <strong>the</strong> ‘localness’ <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> biodiversity. These values are summarised<br />
in Table 1: Summary <strong>of</strong> RBS samples. They are plotted on <strong>the</strong> axes discussed<br />
for <strong>the</strong> ordination in figure 6 where <strong>the</strong> largest circle corresponds to a GHI <strong>of</strong> 350,<br />
<strong>the</strong> smallest to about 50.<br />
500<br />
400<br />
300<br />
200<br />
100<br />
0<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS05<br />
KBRB01 BURS01<br />
KARS06 KARS08<br />
KARS07<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS08b<br />
BURS08A<br />
BULS02<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS01 BUFT01<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
BUHT05<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUSM01<br />
0 100 200 300 400 500<br />
Figure 5: GHI (circle size) plotted against vegetation types (axis 1 and 2 from Decorana)<br />
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BUSF01
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The GHI <strong>of</strong> a set <strong>of</strong> species is a measure <strong>of</strong> global biodiversity significance (see<br />
Appendix A) and so can helps assign a conservation priority to <strong>the</strong> tract <strong>of</strong><br />
vegetation from which <strong>the</strong> sample was taken. Of course, values <strong>of</strong> vegetation in<br />
<strong>the</strong> context <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> local economy or culture, or o<strong>the</strong>r environmental concerns may<br />
cause vegetation with low GHI to be ranked very highly for conservation, but that<br />
is not <strong>the</strong> focus <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> current study.<br />
GHI values <strong>of</strong> less than 100 are typical for many botanically plain forest patches<br />
across West Africa and beyond, and indicate forests <strong>of</strong> little global biodiversity.<br />
Samples from <strong>the</strong> same undisturbed forest normally have similar GHIs, but<br />
sometimes <strong>the</strong>re are subtle changes highlighting parts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> forest <strong>of</strong> greater or<br />
lesser value. Very secondary forest or o<strong>the</strong>r vegetation dominated by pioneers<br />
usually has a GHI <strong>of</strong> 250 for forest patches in Ghana are treated as biodiversity ‘hotspots’, and<br />
if >300 are within <strong>the</strong> top 3% <strong>of</strong> forest patches <strong>the</strong>re, frequently having earnt<br />
<strong>the</strong>mselves places as National Parks or Globally Significant Biodiversity Areas<br />
(GSBAs), set-aside and protected precisely because <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir extreme GHI hotspot<br />
score. In fact a $US 9m GEF high forest biodiversity project in Ghana is focused<br />
on GSBAs, which were prioritised on <strong>the</strong> basis <strong>of</strong> such high GHIs.<br />
Surveys on Mount Cameroon, one <strong>of</strong> Africa’s most famous ‘hotspots’, revealed<br />
scores in <strong>the</strong> 400s at <strong>the</strong>ir highest, but with low scores in many disturbed areas. A<br />
preliminary check-list from <strong>the</strong> Sapo West Forest in Liberia (enumerated by C.<br />
Jongkind pers. comm.) has a GHI <strong>of</strong> 306; that forest is widely considered to be a<br />
hotspot due to its high concentration <strong>of</strong> rarities. However, <strong>the</strong> sample was not<br />
taken by standard RBS techniques, so it is unclear how representative this is. Tai<br />
Forest in Ivory Coast scored about 200, on a relatively high scoring all-plant<br />
transect (Adou et al, pers. comm.), although higher values can be expected.<br />
Similar scores have been recorded in Malaysia, and in <strong>the</strong> secondary forest <strong>of</strong><br />
Quintana Roo in Mexico. None <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> many samples taken <strong>the</strong>re (Hawthorne and<br />
Hughes, 1997) exceeded 100, revealing a hurricane-ravaged and secondary forest<br />
vegetation dominated by widespread species.<br />
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GHIs <strong>of</strong> 365-370 <strong>the</strong>refore represent very ‘hot’ scores, and it can be seen from<br />
Table 1 and figure 6 that such values have been recorded in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong><br />
Aphanocalyx pteridophyllus forest samples at BURS07 (c. 2km N <strong>of</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong><br />
with abundant Amanoa etc.) and BURS08b nearby. In Ghana, this score would<br />
have earnt a high ranking for <strong>the</strong> sample, and <strong>the</strong> forest <strong>of</strong> which it was part would<br />
have very high priority for protection as a GSBA.<br />
KARS04 (in <strong>the</strong> north, by Mwalogo river, near Kakekah village) is next in <strong>the</strong><br />
league table with a GHI <strong>of</strong> 327. However, samples from nearby represent <strong>the</strong><br />
o<strong>the</strong>r extreme (KARS05 – GHI <strong>of</strong> 86 at Kabunka crossing south <strong>of</strong> Kafogo and<br />
probably secondary as dominated by Elaeis; KARS07 –GHI <strong>of</strong> 76 along Makah<br />
river near Kafogo). At <strong>the</strong> bottom <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> league table, not surprisingly, is <strong>the</strong><br />
sample enumerated in <strong>the</strong> very secondary forest just skirting and below <strong>the</strong><br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> contractor’s camp, with savanna (Cassia sieberiana) and forest (Albizia<br />
adianthifolia) species mixed.<br />
The non-gallery (semideciduous) forest BUSMO1 sampled near Kegbema on<br />
Hensera hill, has many signs <strong>of</strong> disturbance, and earns only 111; its neighbouring<br />
ridge-top forest patch at BUHT05 is similarly slightly ‘warm’ with a GHI <strong>of</strong> 158.<br />
Most surprisingly, <strong>the</strong> botanically uninspiring 3-5 year old fallow vegetation<br />
BUHS01 by <strong>the</strong> Dynamite Store footpath earnt a ‘warm’ score <strong>of</strong> 131, due to <strong>the</strong><br />
presence <strong>of</strong> Western Upper Guinea plants like Anisophyllea laurina and Morinda<br />
geminata.<br />
It has been proposed in previous reports that <strong>the</strong> BHP managers should encourage<br />
natural forest regeneration above <strong>the</strong> reservoir Full Supply Level. If that occurs,<br />
whilst it will probably never develop <strong>the</strong> full, high scoring spectrum <strong>of</strong> valleybottom<br />
species, it will not be devoid <strong>of</strong> rarities and local colour.<br />
4.2. THE TYPES OF GALLERY VEGETATION<br />
As stated in <strong>the</strong> Introduction, compared with o<strong>the</strong>r parts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> forest gradient in<br />
Upper Guinea, <strong>the</strong> forest-savanna transition around <strong>Bumbuna</strong> is striking. In a few<br />
tens <strong>of</strong> metres <strong>the</strong>re is a transition from savanna/fallow (that is superficially<br />
similar to that around Tamale in nor<strong>the</strong>rn Ghana) to evergreen forest (that is<br />
superficially similar to that in South West Ghana, 800 km south <strong>of</strong> Tamale). This<br />
‘compression’, and <strong>the</strong> high degree <strong>of</strong> disturbance in some areas, makes it hard to<br />
describe <strong>the</strong> forest types in <strong>the</strong> study area in standard forest type terms.<br />
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There is no obvious semi-deciduous forest in <strong>the</strong> study area – no extensive block<br />
<strong>of</strong> forest dominated by Celtis mildbraedii or Triplochiton scleroxylon. A few<br />
sampled forest fragments have some such deciduous species, but with a high<br />
secondary forest component. If one were to force a standard terminology on <strong>the</strong><br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong>-Seli area, <strong>the</strong>n it would be stated that small fragments <strong>of</strong> semideciduous<br />
forest remain nearby, but most gallery remnants resemble what is called<br />
Moist Evergreen forest in <strong>the</strong> rest <strong>of</strong> Upper Guinea, with a very distinctive<br />
Western Upper Guinea flavour.<br />
It is preferable to use non-standard terminology and refer to <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong>-Seli<br />
gallery forest vegetation as Western Guinean gallery forest/thicket, with moister<br />
and drier types. Indeed, it was noted that even <strong>the</strong> farm fallow matrix, populated<br />
with widespread pioneer trees and weeds, has a Western Guinean ‘flavour’, with<br />
one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> commonest species, Anisophyllea laurina being endemic to <strong>the</strong> ecoregion.<br />
Many species are common throughout many vegetation types, including<br />
Anisophyllea laurina and Dialium guineense. Even <strong>the</strong> western Upper Guinea<br />
endemic tree Brachystegia leonensis occurs along <strong>the</strong> length <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> valley,<br />
elevating <strong>the</strong> GHIs throughout.<br />
The riverine ‘Pterocarpus’ fringe, <strong>of</strong>ten flooded, is also usually lined with a small<br />
set <strong>of</strong> specialists such as Pterocarpus santalinoides, Uapaca heudelotii,<br />
Hymenocardia lyrata, Diospyros elliotii (<strong>the</strong> latter, and <strong>the</strong> small tree or shrub<br />
Morelia senegalensis which is also common here, is normally associated with<br />
gallery forest in savanna). These are widespread at least in West Africa, and <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
loss is <strong>the</strong>refore not <strong>of</strong> great biodiversity significance.<br />
Much <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> herb and shrub layer under <strong>the</strong>se trees is periodically washed away,<br />
but some must survive regular inundation including Croton scarciesii, Anubias<br />
gracilis, A.afzelii, one or two species <strong>of</strong> Podostemataceae (not yet identified), <strong>the</strong><br />
highly aromatic herb/sub-shrub Hygrophila odora, and <strong>the</strong> peculiar sedge<br />
Microdracoides squamosus. These are mostly Western Upper Guinean species.<br />
None is likely to be particularly threatened.<br />
Gilbertiodendron species (see below), with Neolemonierra clitandrifolia,<br />
Hexalobus crispiflorus, Amanoa bracteosa and Synsepalum brevipes frequently<br />
occur in a belt <strong>of</strong> forest on <strong>the</strong> river edge slightly higher than those <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
Pterocarpus fringe; and from this belt upwards <strong>the</strong> GHI is <strong>of</strong>ten high, with some<br />
local ‘western Upper Guinea’ specialities, including Rinorea afzelii and<br />
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R.microdon.<br />
The Aphanocalyx pteridophyllus forests with scattered Trichoscypha longifolia<br />
represent an unusual type <strong>of</strong> gallery forest, revealed by a notably ‘hot’ score <strong>of</strong><br />
around 350. These species were mostly found in <strong>the</strong> south, and although lush<br />
forests were found around <strong>the</strong> middle <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> valley, <strong>the</strong>y are mostly replaced by<br />
lower stature forests in <strong>the</strong> north.<br />
The thickets and forests around Kafogo are mainly secondary and periodically<br />
flooded, with abundant Elaeis and <strong>the</strong> viciously spiny rattan Calamus.<br />
Never<strong>the</strong>less, even here <strong>the</strong>re are many unusual species not found throughout<br />
Upper Guinea, including <strong>the</strong> large leaved small tree Millettia sanagana, which in<br />
places has leaves more than 1m long and even single leaflets more than 50cm<br />
long. This species, described from Lower Guinea, was barely known in Upper<br />
Guinea in recent years (Hawthorne and Jongkind, 2006) but is one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> most<br />
characteristic species <strong>of</strong> Kafogo gallery thickets and forest. Ano<strong>the</strong>r notable<br />
western species in <strong>the</strong> north is <strong>the</strong> Black Star species Pavetta platycalyx.<br />
4.3. FOREST REMNANTS IN THE LANDCAPE SURROUNDING<br />
THE MAIN STUDY AREA<br />
Many remnant forests exist on <strong>the</strong> periphery <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> study area, <strong>of</strong>ten protected as<br />
secret society groves, and usually not along <strong>the</strong> river itself. Again, because <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
shortage <strong>of</strong> time and <strong>the</strong> need for diplomacy to get permission from <strong>the</strong> elders to<br />
visit study <strong>the</strong>se areas, <strong>the</strong>re was only time to sample forests around Kamato and<br />
Kegbema. They are, not surprisingly, ra<strong>the</strong>r different from <strong>the</strong> forests <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
riversides, half-way between <strong>the</strong> gallery forests and secondary thickets, with many<br />
light-demanding species common throughout Upper Guinea and mostly<br />
widespread throughout tropical Africa, including Xylopia aethiopica,<br />
Margaritaria discoidea, Morus mesozygia, Antiaris toxicaria, Milicia spp.,<br />
Daniellia thurifera. Similarly, widespread understorey trees and herbs include<br />
Trichilia prieuriana, Costus afer, Marantochloa leucantha, Cola nitida. These<br />
species are also found in <strong>the</strong> lower forests if <strong>the</strong>y are disturbed. One <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> few<br />
rare species in <strong>the</strong> drier forests is <strong>the</strong> shrub Psychotria limba which also occurs in<br />
<strong>the</strong> Loma and Tingi mountains.<br />
Relatively little is known <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> nearby vegetation from past collections. N.W.<br />
Thomas collected a number <strong>of</strong> plants in 1914 – probably
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Trichoscypha collected in <strong>the</strong> present study but not identified due to <strong>the</strong> difficulty<br />
<strong>of</strong> naming sterile specimens in this genus) and Acanthus montanus, which was<br />
not collected but which is not <strong>of</strong> great significance.<br />
In 1963 J.K. Morton collected many <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> same species found in <strong>the</strong> present<br />
study from near Bombani (near Makeni), but also found Dialium pobeguinii<br />
which was not detected amongst all <strong>the</strong> D.guineense (suggesting he was sampling<br />
drier vegetation). He also collected a few specimens in 1964 in forest between<br />
Kondembaia and Yifin.<br />
In 1966, Gledhill collected plants from Sonfon Lake, finding Eremospatha<br />
dransfieldii, a rattan (previously E. hookeri) associated with Wet Evergreen forest<br />
in Ghana, but o<strong>the</strong>rwise collections <strong>of</strong> unremarkable savanna and thicket species<br />
have been seen from that area by <strong>the</strong> present author.<br />
In 1968, E.A. Cole collected a few plants from around Kabala and Kafogo,<br />
including some not detected in <strong>the</strong> present study (Diospyros cooperi,<br />
Smeathmannia laevigata, Zanthoxylum viride). There has been much farming in<br />
this area, so this may represent a semideciduous forest that has been mostly<br />
cleared.<br />
Many collections from <strong>the</strong> Loma moutains 100km to <strong>the</strong> East <strong>of</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong>, by<br />
Morton, Gledhill, Adams and o<strong>the</strong>rs reveal <strong>the</strong> expected overlap with <strong>the</strong> present<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> flora. However, at Loma <strong>the</strong>re are many more species that were not<br />
found around <strong>Bumbuna</strong>, indicative <strong>of</strong>, high altitude forest (Pauridiantha schnellii)<br />
and savanna, wetter forests (Garcinia gnetoides) and o<strong>the</strong>r habitats. The Loma<br />
Mountains and Tingi Hills are at <strong>the</strong> nor<strong>the</strong>rn margin <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Western Guinean<br />
Lowland Forest ecoregion, and forest apparently similar to that in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong><br />
study area covers <strong>the</strong>ir foothills. However, <strong>the</strong>y include mountain vegetation<br />
defined by WWF in a separate ‘Guinean montane forest’ ecoregion, and defined<br />
as part <strong>of</strong> a major Afromontane phytochorion by White.<br />
Jaeger (1944) has summarized <strong>the</strong> vegetation <strong>of</strong> Loma mountains. Four plant<br />
communities have been recognized on <strong>the</strong>se massifs by Cole (1968): closed<br />
forests and Guinea savanna (from 460 - 915m asl); sub-montane shrub savanna<br />
(915-1700m); montane grassland (prairie d’altitude) (1700m); and sub-montane<br />
gallery forests (1700m). Jaeger (1983) identified 1,576 species, 757 genera, 135<br />
families and 9 endemic taxa, apparently mostly from montane grassland or<br />
savanna. The vascular epiphytes <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Loma Mountains and Mount Nimba have<br />
been <strong>the</strong> subject <strong>of</strong> extensive studies (Jaeger et al. 1968; Johansson 1974). A total<br />
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<strong>of</strong> 101 species in <strong>the</strong> Orchidaceae have been recorded for Mount Nimba,<br />
including one endemic species Rhipidoglossum paucifolium (Johansson 1974).<br />
There is no obvious montane vegetation in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong> study area, although<br />
pioneer species from <strong>the</strong> forest zone, such as Harungana madagascariensis and<br />
Trema guineensis are present on <strong>the</strong> summit at Loma (Cole 1968). The ‘Upland<br />
Grassland’ shown on <strong>the</strong> previous vegetation map is probably a misleading term,<br />
although it was not intensively sampled, as it appears to be largely fire climax<br />
lowland grassland, typical <strong>of</strong> Guinea savanna, with ‘elephant grass’ and<br />
sometimes scattered trees. The submontane gallery forests <strong>of</strong> Loma have more in<br />
common with <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong> species, but <strong>the</strong>re are also apparently significant<br />
differences. Parinari excelsa is reported to be <strong>the</strong> dominant tree species in <strong>the</strong><br />
sub-montane gallery forests <strong>of</strong> both <strong>the</strong> Loma Mountains and Tingi Hills (Cole<br />
1968) and is common in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong> study area. O<strong>the</strong>r lowland forest trees <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> gallery forests include Anthonotha macrophylla, Pseudospondias, Amphimas,<br />
Daniella thurifera, Terminali ivorensis, Allanblacki, Musanga; <strong>the</strong> shrubs<br />
Whitfieldia lateritia and Campylospermum squamosum are also held in common.<br />
However, tree ferns, Cya<strong>the</strong>a camerooniana, <strong>the</strong> bamboo Oxy<strong>the</strong>nan<strong>the</strong>ra<br />
abyssinica and <strong>the</strong> climber Clematis grandiflora are important in <strong>the</strong> mountain<br />
gallery forests, but are not present in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong> study area.<br />
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Several poorly known species and species <strong>of</strong> limited distribution are common in<br />
<strong>the</strong> Seli valley. None <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se is believed to be endemic here, but many are<br />
endemic to <strong>the</strong> western part <strong>of</strong> Upper Guinea, and occur in wet gallery forests or<br />
in evergreen forests, <strong>of</strong>ten both.<br />
Two species found in <strong>the</strong> study area, Cola aff. caricifolia and Gilbertiodendron<br />
aff.bilineatum, show some differences from populations elsewhere, and<br />
conceivably represent new varieties. Sorindeia collina here may have to be<br />
resurrected from it its recent loss in synonymy, and in this case it might well be<br />
one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> rarer species.<br />
All <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se species were probably once abundant in <strong>the</strong> gallery forests <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sierra</strong><br />
<strong>Leone</strong> and Guinea, but <strong>the</strong>ir current extent is unknown. (Some notes on individual<br />
species have been included in <strong>the</strong> appendices.)<br />
The unusual riverine forest <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> study area has considerable ‘local colour’, i.e. a<br />
distinctive combination <strong>of</strong> species, and in this sense its loss will represent a<br />
significant loss to global biodiversity. This forest is apparently <strong>of</strong> quite a different<br />
composition from <strong>the</strong> Gola forests. There is still an incomplete picture <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
present Loma Mountain flora and vegetation, in spite <strong>of</strong> many past studies <strong>the</strong>re,<br />
and many herbarium collections. However, from what is known, <strong>the</strong> various facies<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong>/Seli vegetation are likely to be matched by some fragments <strong>of</strong><br />
forests to <strong>the</strong> north and east <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> area, and many if not all <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> rarer species<br />
will almost certainly be locally common in <strong>the</strong> Loma Mountains, providing that<br />
its foothill forests have not been too widely destroyed.<br />
The fact that <strong>the</strong> gallery forests represent to some extent biological corridors<br />
between isolated fragments <strong>of</strong> forest increases <strong>the</strong>ir significance in terms <strong>of</strong> being<br />
deserving <strong>of</strong> conservation action and <strong>of</strong> global funds set aside to help maintain<br />
global biodiversity.<br />
Subsistence agriculture in <strong>the</strong> wake <strong>of</strong> commercial logging has reduced <strong>the</strong> area <strong>of</strong><br />
primary forest in <strong>Sierra</strong> <strong>Leone</strong> from more than 70 % to just under 6 % (Davies<br />
1987). Most <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> damage had already been done to <strong>the</strong> flora by <strong>the</strong> time <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
present survey. NKUK (2005) estimated that 15% <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> riparian forest in <strong>the</strong><br />
reservoir basin was lost between 1987 and 2005.<br />
The fact that <strong>the</strong> unusual types <strong>of</strong> forest represented in <strong>the</strong> Seli valley have been<br />
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severely eroded at one level to small fragments draws our attention to <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
conservation, in effect increasing <strong>the</strong>ir significance, but <strong>the</strong>ir small extent and<br />
limited scope for long term functioning <strong>of</strong> a whole ecosystem means that <strong>the</strong>y<br />
may represent a lost cause, <strong>the</strong>reby reducing <strong>the</strong>ir significance. At least, however,<br />
<strong>the</strong> loss <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Seli forests due to BHP activities increases <strong>the</strong> need for<br />
conservation <strong>of</strong> equivalent forest fragments nearby that have some reasonable<br />
chance <strong>of</strong> long-term survival in <strong>the</strong> valley.<br />
There has been continuing clearing <strong>of</strong> forests, including fragments high on <strong>the</strong><br />
Seli banks, which is very unfortunate, as <strong>the</strong>se would have allowed some hope <strong>of</strong><br />
maintaining a higher fringe at <strong>the</strong> new high water mark. However, with <strong>the</strong> altered<br />
dynamics <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> valley, <strong>the</strong> loss <strong>of</strong> seasonal streams and <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> long-lived fringe <strong>of</strong><br />
massive Brachystegia and Aphanocalyx, it will be hard, if not impossible, to<br />
replace this fringe by planting trees required to prevent erosion on <strong>the</strong> steep<br />
slopes. Replanting needs to be done for protection <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> BHP reservoir, but it will<br />
not seriously compensate for local losses <strong>of</strong> forest down-slope.<br />
It may be possible to emulate some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> corridor potential <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> forests<br />
(especially for north-south movements <strong>of</strong> animals) by stimulation <strong>of</strong> regeneration<br />
<strong>of</strong> slightly different, but undisturbed natural vegetation above <strong>the</strong> new high water<br />
mark. It is important that this opportunity is not lost by unimaginative planting <strong>of</strong><br />
exotic species (like Teak or Cassia siamea), and it is worth trying some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
indigenous trees like Brachystegia in such planting schemes.<br />
This encouragement <strong>of</strong> regeneration and <strong>the</strong> continued protection <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ‘society<br />
groves’ and o<strong>the</strong>r fragments are likely to contribute a little to conservation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
biodiversity <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> area, but will not compensate entirely for <strong>the</strong> species to be lost<br />
in <strong>the</strong> inundated area itself. However, although some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> local floristic colour,<br />
including Psychotria limba, is found in <strong>the</strong>se fragments, <strong>the</strong>y are too different<br />
from <strong>the</strong> gallery forest that will be lost, being clearly drier and in large part <strong>of</strong>ten<br />
largely secondary, with many ageing or young pioneer plants.<br />
Due to sparse knowledge <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> gallery and o<strong>the</strong>r forests in <strong>the</strong> country as a<br />
whole, and given <strong>the</strong> impracticality <strong>of</strong> transplanting <strong>the</strong> high value remnants<br />
wholesale, <strong>the</strong> most constructive approach for mitigation will be for <strong>the</strong> BHP to<br />
support a much wider rapid botanic survey <strong>of</strong> both flourishing forests e.g. Loma<br />
and Tingi Mountains, as suggested by many o<strong>the</strong>rs, and also <strong>of</strong> tiny fragments <strong>of</strong><br />
riverine vegetation to <strong>the</strong> south <strong>of</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong> and in <strong>the</strong> tributaries leading into it,<br />
back to <strong>the</strong>ir sources and in adjacent catchments. Following such a broader range<br />
survey, BHP should manage and help protect specific patches along rivers, even<br />
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thin gallery strips, as <strong>the</strong> loss <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se fragments could lead to soil erosion, and<br />
could eventually lead to <strong>the</strong> loss <strong>of</strong> many <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Western Upper Guinea<br />
specialities.<br />
This national botanic survey, should be a long term project, helping train <strong>Sierra</strong><br />
<strong>Leone</strong>an botanists and restore <strong>the</strong> herbaria. It would aim to build a detailed picture<br />
<strong>of</strong> which plant lives where, highlighting <strong>the</strong> national extent <strong>of</strong> rarer species even<br />
in terms <strong>of</strong> small forest fragments, and especially in gallery forest. The outputs <strong>of</strong><br />
such a project should include <strong>the</strong> establishment and improvement <strong>of</strong> small and<br />
large protected areas <strong>of</strong> forest across <strong>the</strong> country, with steps to guarantee <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
sustained conservation. A successful project <strong>of</strong> this type could <strong>the</strong>n truly be said to<br />
be mitigation for <strong>the</strong> loss <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se globally significant gallery forest remnants.<br />
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APPENDICES<br />
Appendices<br />
APPENDIX A – RAPID BOTANIC SURVEY, THE STAR<br />
SYSTEM, AND THE GENETIC HEAT INDEX (GHI)<br />
In a Rapid Botanical Survey, tens or hundreds <strong>of</strong> sampling sites are dispersed<br />
throughout an area to be sampled (e.g. a forest or country), and botanists collect a<br />
comprehensive, if not complete, list <strong>of</strong> plant species in each sampled area. Whilst<br />
each sample will rarely be a complete list <strong>of</strong> species, especially because seedlings<br />
are hard to identify, it will usually include more than 80%, and importantly it can<br />
be assumed not to be biased to certain types <strong>of</strong> species. However, <strong>the</strong> botanical<br />
scope <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> sample can be defined separately (usually, all vascular plants with<br />
epiphytes under-sampled).<br />
The sample areas might be measured (a 25 x 25m plot is a convenient standard for<br />
a day’s work) or, in most Rapid Botanic Survey (‘RBS’) methods, all species are<br />
recorded from a given landscape unit, until <strong>the</strong> rate <strong>of</strong> discovery <strong>of</strong> species new to<br />
<strong>the</strong> sample falls to a low level, ideally below one species per ten minutes.<br />
Measured plots are only important where absolute diversity figures are deemed<br />
important (e.g. species area curves).<br />
Most species are collected as specimens, and all are noted on a form, for later<br />
collation and more careful identification. O<strong>the</strong>r information about <strong>the</strong> forest, at<br />
that point and in general, is also recorded. Trees above a certain size may be<br />
enumerated separately, to help tie in forest inventory data.<br />
A botanic survey team comprises one or two competent field botanists, one <strong>of</strong><br />
whom may concentrate on <strong>the</strong> trees. O<strong>the</strong>r members <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> team collect hundreds<br />
<strong>of</strong> ecological voucher specimens. An experienced survey team can complete two<br />
samples per day, with around 100 species in each. In a full year, <strong>the</strong>y can complete<br />
300 samples with time to collate and identify <strong>the</strong> thousands <strong>of</strong> specimens, mostly<br />
sterile, which have to be collated and ultimately identified. This task is made<br />
easier as time goes by, and <strong>the</strong> reference collection increases. Sterile specimens<br />
become easier to identify when collated with many <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir sterile or fertile<br />
conspecifics.<br />
The survey team can be arranged to promote local botanical training that will<br />
ultimately contribute to solving conservation problems that are highlighted.<br />
Experienced botanists become more familiar with <strong>the</strong> ecology and distribution <strong>of</strong><br />
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species and are in an increasingly better position to contribute to wise<br />
management decisions. The data generated have o<strong>the</strong>r, long term benefits, not<br />
least being detailed distribution maps. The database derived from such a sampling<br />
can be used to show where various species live, and to diagnose various aspects <strong>of</strong><br />
forest condition and quality (Hawthorne 1996), notably forest typology and<br />
hotspot indexes like <strong>the</strong> Genetic Heat Index (GHI) described below.<br />
STARS<br />
A Star system for rating species according to global rarity and o<strong>the</strong>r details has<br />
been defined, with a view to summarizing <strong>the</strong> conservation merit <strong>of</strong> each forest<br />
plant species in Ghana (Hawthorne, 1992; 1996; Hawthorne & Abu Juam, 1995).<br />
It has subsequently been implemented in o<strong>the</strong>r countries (Gordon et al 2003,<br />
2004; Chua et al. 1998, currently in Trinidad and Chile). This system has two<br />
main functions:<br />
A framework for assessing individual species, with which species-specific<br />
policies can be framed (e.g. ‘no Black Star tree species should be damaged during<br />
logging operations’). The IUCN Red List categories proved to be too unsubtle as<br />
<strong>the</strong> basis for framing forest management decisions in Ghana, and completely<br />
inappropriate as <strong>the</strong> basis for <strong>the</strong> following use <strong>of</strong> Star categories.<br />
A basis for defining <strong>the</strong> conservation value <strong>of</strong> a tract or sample <strong>of</strong> forest <strong>of</strong> any<br />
size. The Star <strong>of</strong> a species defines its weight for <strong>the</strong> calculation <strong>of</strong> a weighted<br />
average, referred to as a Genetic Heat Index.<br />
Stars are based primarily on global and local rarity, and global rarity estimated for<br />
a subset on a one degree precision is used to weight <strong>the</strong>ir relative importance.<br />
O<strong>the</strong>r factors also influence <strong>the</strong> Star allocated to particular species. For instance, a<br />
species may be given a higher Star rating than o<strong>the</strong>rs with <strong>the</strong> same global<br />
distribution if that species is taxonomically isolated e.g. at <strong>the</strong> genus or species<br />
level; a keystone or ecologically important species; rare within its range; or<br />
known to vary a lot from population to population.<br />
The relative importance <strong>of</strong> Stars, or <strong>the</strong>ir weight is set approximately proportional<br />
to <strong>the</strong> inverse <strong>of</strong> recorded range measured in degree squares, ra<strong>the</strong>r than presumed<br />
actual range, on a degree square precision. Because <strong>the</strong>se data are not usually<br />
available for all species, <strong>the</strong>y can be calculated for a subset <strong>of</strong> species in each Star<br />
category, allowing <strong>the</strong> definition <strong>of</strong> Stars to be made on <strong>the</strong> basis <strong>of</strong> general<br />
biogeographical trends (like Western Upper Guinea endemic).<br />
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Numbers <strong>of</strong> species are liable to fluctuate as more information becomes available;<br />
<strong>the</strong> categories are <strong>the</strong>refore subject to refinement as we learn more about <strong>Sierra</strong><br />
<strong>Leone</strong>an forests (e.g. probably more becoming Blue from Gold)<br />
Table 2: Star categories showing numbers <strong>of</strong> species in each, as currently defined for Upper Guinea<br />
Star No. No. Degree squares Weight Comment<br />
spp. occupied<br />
for GHI<br />
Black 215 1.6 ±0.5 27 Urgent attention to conservation <strong>of</strong><br />
populations needed. Rare<br />
Gold 212 7.8 ±3.8 9<br />
internationally and not common in<br />
Upper Guinea; take particular care <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong>se species<br />
Fairly rare internationally and/or in<br />
Upper Guinea<br />
Blue 429 24.5 ±12.6 3 Widespread internationally but scarce<br />
in Upper Guinea, or vice-versa. Such<br />
species may add ‘local colour’ in<br />
unusual forests, but turn out to be<br />
abundant in over large areas in o<strong>the</strong>r<br />
parts <strong>of</strong> Africa.<br />
Reddish 59 39.6±16 2 Scarlet: Common but under serious<br />
(Scarlet+<br />
pressure from heavy exploitation and<br />
Red+<br />
<strong>the</strong>refore priority for protection from<br />
Pink)<br />
genetic erosion. Red: Common, but<br />
under exploitation pressure. Need<br />
careful control <strong>of</strong> exploitation. Pink<br />
Common and lightly or only<br />
Green 1369 69.2 ± 49.8 0<br />
potentially exploited<br />
No conservation concern<br />
O<strong>the</strong>r 506 (>100) Non forest species, or species not yet<br />
considered<br />
CALCULATION OF GENETIC HEAT INDEX (GHI)<br />
GHI is a measure <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> concentration <strong>of</strong> globally rare species (as detected by 1<br />
degree grid cell occupation <strong>of</strong> global distribution) in a forest or region: an<br />
estimate <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> chances that <strong>the</strong> next plant one meets in a specified forest is a rare<br />
one – a Black, Gold or Blue Star species - weighted (roughly) by degree <strong>of</strong> rarity.<br />
Because <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> difficulties <strong>of</strong> scoring abundance across different habit types, <strong>the</strong><br />
GHI is not weighted by <strong>the</strong> abundance <strong>of</strong> each species in <strong>the</strong> sample, which makes<br />
little difference in most cases anyway unless <strong>the</strong> abundance weights are massive<br />
(no. <strong>of</strong> individuals), providing more than about 40 species are sampled. Species<br />
poor and rich forest would have <strong>the</strong> same score if <strong>the</strong> same proportion <strong>of</strong> species<br />
were rare.<br />
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Samples <strong>of</strong> various sizes (plots, RBS plots, long term check-lists for forests or<br />
whole countries) can be compared using GHIs, as it is roughly a proportion (per<br />
species) figure. However, large changes in sample size can influence <strong>the</strong> results,<br />
so samples are normally enumerated using a standard RBS protocol.<br />
The numbers <strong>of</strong> species <strong>of</strong> each Star category are totalled for samples <strong>of</strong> any size<br />
(preferably more than 40 species) and converted to <strong>the</strong> GHI as a weighted<br />
average, where <strong>the</strong> weight is approximately in inverse proportion to <strong>the</strong> numbers<br />
<strong>of</strong> degree squares occupied by members <strong>of</strong> each Star. Table 3 shows examples.<br />
Numbers <strong>of</strong> species <strong>of</strong> each Star for each sample (row) in <strong>the</strong> table are : BK=<br />
Black; GD=Gold; RD= Reddish (red, scarlet or pink); BU=Blue; GN=Green.<br />
Total spp = Total number <strong>of</strong> species, including those with no star allocated<br />
(including one species for each record <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> type ‘Uvaria sp.’, which are<br />
generally without Stars).<br />
NO= no Star allocated yet, mostly because <strong>the</strong> species is a non-forest plant. These<br />
are ‘invisible’ to <strong>the</strong> Genetic Heat Index (GHI), which is calculated as:<br />
A = (27 * BK + 9 * GD + 3 * BU + 2 * RD ) * 100<br />
B = BK+GD+BU+RD+GN<br />
GHI = A/B<br />
Table 3: Sample <strong>of</strong> some Upper Guinea samples <strong>of</strong> plants, showing <strong>the</strong> numbers <strong>of</strong> species <strong>of</strong> each Star and<br />
<strong>the</strong> GHI calculated from that<br />
A small cross-section <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> hundreds <strong>of</strong> RBS samples enumerated in Ghana, and checklists from<br />
elsewhere are shown below, to show <strong>the</strong> variation inside and between some forests. Some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
following types <strong>of</strong> samples are in <strong>the</strong> Table<br />
3-4. Hawthorne and Abu Juam (1995) “RBS” plotless and 25 x 25m respectively<br />
5. Checklists and compilations, that for Tai from Adou et al. (2005), with merged data for several transects near Mt. Nienekoue. The partial<br />
checklist for Ankasa (about 1/3 <strong>the</strong> species) still provides a reasonable overview, about average for <strong>the</strong> >50 independent small RBS samples<br />
<strong>the</strong>re, which are obviously more variable around this average. RBS samples from around The Tai and Liberian broad samples, or partial<br />
check-lists, would highlight more and less hot forest patches in <strong>the</strong>se areas, so we anticipate Liberian RBS scores with GHIs in <strong>the</strong> 400s.<br />
6. A small subset <strong>of</strong> RBS sample data from transects in Ankasa forest (Hawthorne et al, 1998), including those with highest and lowest GHI.<br />
7-8. Provisional check list (v. incomplete) for western part <strong>of</strong> Sapo FR, Liberia, being compiled by C.Jongkind for FFI (unpubl.) from recent<br />
herbarium collections, or (8) developing check list for <strong>the</strong> whole <strong>of</strong> Liberia, from herbarium data, and including many non-forest species.<br />
Shaded rows indicate partial check lists <strong>of</strong> large areas ra<strong>the</strong>r than simple plots.<br />
Nos. species <strong>of</strong> each Star<br />
Total A B GHI<br />
Forest Block Sample SAMPNAME BK GD RD BU GN NO spp<br />
(A/B)<br />
Liberia 8 LIBERIA 126 10 47 314 1088 324 1909 585600 1738 337<br />
ANKASA 6 1:1B.R1 5 13 5 24 55 3 105 33400 102 328<br />
SAPO WEST 7 SAPOW 18 23 9 50 181 43 324 86100 281 306<br />
ANKASA 6 2:6.H4 5 10 8 20 58 3 104 30300 102 297<br />
ANKASA 5 ANKCHK1 6 2 16 47 191 57 319 60700 291 251<br />
ANKASA 6 1:2A.H2 4 7 5 18 71 3 108 23500 105 224<br />
BOI TANO 3 BOTRS1 4 2 4 10 55 2 77 16400 75 219<br />
Tai (Adou et al.) 5 TAI 21 1 38 126 543 64 793 153800 787 195<br />
ANKASA 3 ANKRS1 1 7 4 14 47 1 74 14000 73 192<br />
ANKASA 6 3:6.F7 1 6 9 12 63 3 94 13500 91 148<br />
ATEWA 3 ATWHT3 2 3 14 12 69 1 101 14700 101 146<br />
NEUNG NORTH 3 NGNHU1 1 6 5 16 67 2 97 13900 95 146<br />
Obotumfo (SM) 2 A12 1 1 2 6 31 4 45 5800 41 142<br />
CAPE 3 PTS 3 C3PFL1 1 5 12 7 58 3 86 11900 84 142<br />
BOI TANO 4 BOTPSW1 0 7 8 12 55 1 83 11500 82 140<br />
NEUNG NORTH 3 NGNSL1 1 6 8 22 80 5 122 16300 117 139<br />
SUBRI 3 SUBSW1 3 4 10 24 110 5 156 20900 151 138<br />
ANKASA 6 3:5.H5 0 5 9 17 66 2 99 11600 98 118<br />
ATEWA 4 ATEPSW2 0 0 2 4 18 2 26 1600 24 67<br />
BIA SOUTH 5 BIACHK2 0 3 37 49 392 61 542 33000 494 67<br />
AFRAM Hwaters 3 AFHPL3 0 0 3 1 56 2 62 900 60 15<br />
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A diagram <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> variation in GHI across Ghana is shown in Figure 7. The higher<br />
and redder areas depict ‘hotspot’ areas with elevated GHI.<br />
Figure 7: Variation in GHI across Ghana<br />
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APPENDIX B –CHECK LIST<br />
This is a listing <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> plots in which each species identified was found, plus o<strong>the</strong>r<br />
species in <strong>the</strong> database from historical collections. Many <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> latter records were<br />
compiled under <strong>the</strong> Ecosyn project in Wageningen (thanks to Carel Jongkind for help<br />
downloading <strong>the</strong>m).<br />
The Star category is explained in Appendix A, and abbreviated below as B for Black<br />
star, b for Blue Star, G for gold star, g for green star, R for Red, S for Scarlet and P for<br />
pink star, <strong>the</strong> latter three ‘reddish stars’ representing different shades <strong>of</strong> threat from<br />
overexploitation for common but used species (not examined here).<br />
Habit is C for Climbers and lianes, T for Trees, S for Shrubs, H for herbs<br />
Nomenclature follows Hawthorne and Jongkind 2006 for woody plants<br />
Acacia kamerunensis Gandoger (Leguminosae-mim.) Star=g<br />
Habit= C<br />
BULS05<br />
Acacia pentagona (Schum. & Thonn.) Hook.f. (Leguminosaemim.)<br />
Star=g Habit= C<br />
BURS02<br />
Aframomum (Zingiberaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BUHT05 BULS04 KARS05 KARS07<br />
Aframomum sp. (Zingiberaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
RSRS06<br />
Afrobrunnichia erecta (Asch.) Hutch. & Dalz.<br />
(Polygonaceae) Star=g Habit= C<br />
BULS05<br />
Afzelia africana Sm. (Leguminosae-caes.) Star=r Habit= T<br />
BURS01 KAHS01 KAHS01 KAHS02 KARS05<br />
KTPL02<br />
Afzelia parviflora (Vahl) Hepper (Leguminosae-caes.) Star=b<br />
Habit= T<br />
Bagru River Freetown Gola Forest Guma Valley KAHS01<br />
Kumrabai Lalehun Njala Port Loko Pujehun Sonfon lake York<br />
This western Upper Guinea tree is known from <strong>Sierra</strong><br />
<strong>Leone</strong> and Liberia: we found it in association with <strong>the</strong><br />
much commoner and widespread A.africana.<br />
Aganope leucobotrya (Dunn) Polhill (Leguminosae-pap.)<br />
Star=g Habit= C<br />
BULS02 BURS01 BUSF01 Leicester<br />
Leicester Leicester Njala Regent<br />
Agelaea pentagyna (Lam.) Baill (Connaraceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= C<br />
BUHT05 BULS01 BULS02 BULS04 BULS04<br />
BURS07 Freetown KARS06 KARS07 KTHT01<br />
Loma Mountains Makeni<br />
Aidia (Rubiaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BULS02 KARS04<br />
Aidia genipiflora (DC.) Dandy (Rubiaceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BURS01 BURS07 KARS04 KARS06 Loma<br />
Mountains<br />
Alafia (Apocynaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BULS03<br />
Albertisia ferruginea (Diels) Forman (Menispermaceae)<br />
Star=B Habit= C<br />
KARS04 Kenema Njala<br />
Albizia adianthifolia (Schum.) W.F.Wight (Leguminosaemim.)<br />
Star=g Habit= T<br />
BUHS01 BUHT05 KAHS01 KARS04 KARS06<br />
KTHT01<br />
Albizia ferruginea (Guill. & Perr.) Benth. (Leguminosae-mim.)<br />
Star=s Habit= T<br />
BULS04 BULS04 BURS07 KARS05 KBRB01<br />
KTPL02<br />
Albizia zygia (DC.) J.F.Macbr. (Leguminosae-mim.) Star=g<br />
Habit= T<br />
BUHS01 BUHT05 BUSM01 KTHT01 Loma<br />
Mountains Tingi Mountains<br />
Alchornea cordifolia (Schum. & Thonn.) Muell.Arg.<br />
(Euphorbiaceae) Star=g Habit= S<br />
BUFT01 BUHS01 BULS03B BURS01 KARS06<br />
KARS07<br />
Alchornea hirtella Benth. (Euphorbiaceae) Star=g Habit= S<br />
BURS01 BURS01 <strong>Bumbuna</strong> KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS04 KATH01 KATH01 Kurubonla Magbile<br />
Makeni Tingi Mountains<br />
Alstonia boonei De Wild. (Apocynaceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BUHT05 BULS03 BULS03 BURS01<br />
Amanoa bracteosa Planch. (Euphorbiaceae) Star=G Habit= T<br />
BURS07 BURS08A RSRS05<br />
Ampelocissus (Vitaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BURS01<br />
Amphimas pterocarpoides Harms (Leguminosae-pap.)<br />
Star=g Habit= T<br />
BURS07 BUSF01 KTHT01 KTPL01<br />
Anapeltis lycopodiodes (L.) J.Sm. (Polypodiaceae) Star=<br />
Habit=<br />
BULS01<br />
Anchomanes difformis (Araceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BURS01 BURS01<br />
Ancistrocladus (Ancistrocladaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BULS02 BULS04 BURS07 RSRS01<br />
Ancistrocladus sp. (Ancistrocladaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BUFT01<br />
Aneilema (Commelinaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BURS01<br />
Anisophyllea laurina R.Br. ex Sabine (Anisophylleaceae)<br />
Star=G Habit= T<br />
BUFT01 BUHS01 BUHT05 BULS03B BURS02<br />
BURS07 Freetown KTHT01 Makeni Sonfon lake<br />
Anisophyllea meniaudi Aubréville & Pellegrin<br />
(Anisophylleaceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BUHT05 BULS02 BULS04 BULS04 BURS07<br />
BUSF01 BUSM01<br />
Annickia polycarpa (A.DC.) Van Setten & Maas<br />
(Annonaceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
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BUSM01 Sugar Loaf Mountain<br />
Anthocleista (Gentianaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BUFT01 BULS04 BURS01 KARS06 KARS08<br />
Anthocleista nobilis G.Don (Gentianaceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BUHT05 BULS02 BULS03 Bagru River Freetown<br />
Loma mountains<br />
Loma mountains<br />
Njala Sugar Loaf Mountain<br />
Anthocleista vogelii Planch. (Gentianaceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BURS01<br />
Anthonotha macrophylla P.Beauv. (Leguminosae-caes.)<br />
Star=g Habit= T<br />
BUHT05 BURS01 Freetown KAHS02 KAHS02<br />
KARS05 KARS07 KARS08 KATH01 KTPL01<br />
KTPL02 Tingi Mountains<br />
Anthostema aubryanum Baill. (Euphorbiaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= T<br />
KARS03 KARS04 KARS05 KARS06<br />
Anthostema senegalense A.Juss. (Euphorbiaceae) Star=b<br />
Habit= T<br />
KAHS02 Kambia<br />
Antiaris toxicaria (Rumph. ex Pers.) Leschen. (Moraceae)<br />
Star=p Habit= T<br />
BUHT05 BULS03 BULS04 BULS05 BURS01<br />
KTHT01<br />
Antidesma laciniatum (Euphorbiaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
KTHT01<br />
Anubias afzelii (larger) (Araceae) Star= Habit=<br />
KARS03<br />
Anubias afzelii Schott (Araceae) Star=G Habit= H<br />
BURK01 BURS01 Bafodia Guma Valley KAHS01<br />
KARS03<br />
A remarkably varied aroid, stout fleshy herb, found in<br />
patches at river margins, varying from small elliptic leaves<br />
to large leaves with small lobes at <strong>the</strong> base. In gallery<br />
forest from Senegal to Mali.<br />
Anubias gracilis A.Chev. ex Hutch. (Araceae) Star=G Habit=<br />
BURS08A KBRB01<br />
A small slender, triangular leaved aroid from Western<br />
Upper Guinea only, in streamns.<br />
Aphanocalyx pteridophyllus (Harms) Wieringa<br />
(Leguminosae-caes.) Star=B Habit= T (nb=Monopetalanthus<br />
pterid.)<br />
BUFT01 BULS01 BULS02 BULS03 BULS03B<br />
BULS04 BURS07 BURS08 BURS08A Gola Forest<br />
KTPL01 KTPL02 Kambui Hills Njala<br />
One <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> common species in <strong>the</strong> wetter and taller types<br />
<strong>of</strong> gallery forest, this species is endemic to Western Upper<br />
Guinea.<br />
Aspilia (Compositae) Star= Habit=<br />
BUHS01<br />
Asplenium ((Aspleniaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
KARS04<br />
Asystasia scandens (Lindau) Hooker (Acanthaceae) Star=G<br />
Habit= C<br />
Freetown Guma Valley Guma Valley Havelock<br />
KBRB01 Kenema Loma Mountains Njala<br />
Waterloo York<br />
Ataenidia conferta (Benth.) Milne-Redhead (Marantaceae)<br />
Star=g Habit= H<br />
BURS08A<br />
Atroxima afzeliana (Oliv.) Stapf (Polygalaceae) Star=g Habit=<br />
C<br />
BURS01 KAHS01 KARS05<br />
Aubrevillea platycarpa Pellegr. (Leguminosae-mim.) Star=b<br />
Habit= T<br />
BULS03 BULS04 BULS04 BULS05 BUSM01<br />
Freetown KTHT01 KTHT01 KTHT01 KTPL01 Kabala<br />
Kambui Hills<br />
Appendices<br />
Aulacocalyx (Rubiaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BULS03B BURS07 KARS07<br />
Aulacocalyx divergens (Hutch. & Dalz.) Keay (Rubiaceae)<br />
Star=G Habit= t<br />
BUFT01 BULS01 BULS02 BURS06 BURS07<br />
BURS07 Hangha KARS04 Loma Mountains Musaia<br />
Yifin<br />
Aulacocalyx jasminiflora Hook.f. (Rubiaceae) Star=g Habit=<br />
t<br />
KARS03 KARS05<br />
Baissea multiflora A.DC. (Apocynaceae) Star=g Habit= C<br />
BURS01 BUSF01 Loma Mountains<br />
Loma mountains<br />
Njala<br />
Baphia capparidifolia Bak. var. polygalacea<br />
(Leguminosae-pap.) Star=g Habit= C<br />
BULS03B BURS01 BUSF01 KTPL02<br />
Baphia nitida Lodd. (Leguminosae-pap.) Star=g Habit= t<br />
BUHT05 BUHT05 BUHT05 BUSM01<br />
Barleria oeno<strong>the</strong>roides Dum. Cours. (Acanthaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= S<br />
BULS03B BURS08A BURS08A KTHT01 Loma<br />
Mountains Loma mountains<br />
Makeni Sonfon lake<br />
Begonia (Begoniaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
KBRB01<br />
Bertiera (Rubiaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BUHT05<br />
Bertiera spicata (Gaertn.f.) Wernham (Rubiaceae) Star=b<br />
Habit= S<br />
BUHT05 Kambui Hills Kasewe Forest<br />
Reserve Kenema Kumrabai Njala Yonibana<br />
Bixa orellana L. (Bixaceae) Star=g Habit=<br />
BUHS01<br />
Blighia sapida Konig (Sapindaceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BUSF01 BUSM01<br />
Blighia unijugata Bak. (Sapindaceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BUSF01<br />
Blighia welwitschii (Hiern) Radlk. (Sapindaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= T<br />
BUHT05<br />
Boehmeria macrophylla Hornem. (Urticaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= S<br />
BULS04 KBRB01<br />
Bolbitis (Lomariopsidaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
Bolbitis (Lomariopsidaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BUHT05 BULS03 BULS03B BULS04 BULS05<br />
BURS01 BURS08A BUSM01 KARS03 KBRB01<br />
KBRB01 KTPL01 KTPL02<br />
Bombax buonopozense P.Beauv. (Malvaceae s.l.(bomb.))<br />
Star=g Habit= T<br />
BULS01 KTPL01<br />
Borreria verticillata (L.) G.F.W.Mey (Rubiaceae) Star=<br />
Habit=<br />
BUHS01<br />
Brachystegia leonensis Burtt Davy & Hutch. (Leguminosaecaes.)<br />
Star=G Habit= T<br />
BUFT01 BULS01 BULS01 BULS02 BULS03<br />
BULS03B BULS04 BURS01 BURS01 BURS01<br />
BURS02 BURS08 BURS08A KARS03 KARS03<br />
KARS04 KARS06 KARS08 KBRB01 KTHT01<br />
KTPL02 Kambui Kambui Hills Kenema<br />
Brachystephanus ? (Acanthaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BURS08A<br />
Bulbophyllum (Orchidaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BULS01 BURS06<br />
Caesalpinia benthamiana (Baill.) Herendeen & Zarucchi<br />
(Leguminosae-caes.) Star=g Habit= C<br />
BULS03<br />
Calamus deeratus Mann & Wendl. (Palmae) Star=g Habit= C<br />
KAHS02 KARS05 KARS07 KATH01<br />
Calpocalyx brevibracteatus Harms (Leguminosae-mim.)<br />
Star=g Habit= T<br />
BULS03 BURS08A Kambui Kenema<br />
Calycobolus (Convolvulaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BULS04 BURS06<br />
Calycobolus africanus (G.Don) Heine (Convolvulaceae)<br />
Star=g Habit= C<br />
BULS03<br />
Calycobolus heudelotii (Bak. ex Oliv.) Heine<br />
(Convolvulaceae) Star=g Habit= C<br />
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BUFT01 BUHT05 BULS01 BULS03 BURS07 RSRS01<br />
Campylospermum flavum (Schum.&Thonn. ex Stapf)Farron<br />
(Ochnaceae) Star=g Habit= t<br />
Campylospermum glaberrimum (P.Beauv.) Farron<br />
(Ochnaceae) Star=b Habit= S<br />
BUFT01 BUHT05 BUHT05 BUHT05 BULS01<br />
BURS01 BURS06 BURS07 BURS08A KARS03<br />
KARS07 KARS08<br />
Campylospermum schoenleinianum (Klotsch) Farron<br />
(Ochnaceae) Star=g Habit= S<br />
BULS03 BUSM01<br />
Canarium schweinfurthii Engl. (Burseraceae) Star=p Habit=<br />
T<br />
BULS03 BULS04 BULS04 BURS02 BURS06<br />
BURS07 KAHS02 KARS05 KARS06<br />
Capparis (Capparaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
RSRS01<br />
Carapa procera DC. (Meliaceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BULS01 BULS02 BULS04 BULS04 BURS01<br />
BURS02 KAHS01 KAHS02 KARS03 KARS04<br />
KARS08 KBRB01 KTPL02<br />
Cardiospermum grandiflorum Swartz (Sapindaceae)<br />
Star=g Habit= C<br />
BURS01<br />
Cardiospermum halicacabum L. (Sapindaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= C<br />
BUSF01<br />
Carpolobia (Polygalaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BURK01<br />
Carpolobia alba G.Don (Polygalaceae) Star=g Habit= S<br />
BUHT05 BULS01 BULS02 BULS04 BURS01<br />
BURS01 BURS07 Sugar Loaf Mountain<br />
Casearia calodendron Gilg (Salicaceae (flac.)) Star=b<br />
Habit= t<br />
BUHS01<br />
Cassia (Leguminosae-caes.) Star= Habit=<br />
KTHT01<br />
Cassia sieberiana DC. (Leguminosae-caes.) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BUSF01<br />
Cassipourea afzelii (Oliv.) Alston (Rhizophoraceae) Star=b<br />
Habit= T<br />
BULS03 BULS04 Freetown Havelock<br />
Kabala Kambia Kenema Leicester<br />
Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn. (Malvaceae s.l.(bomb.)) Star=g<br />
Habit= T<br />
BUFT01 BUHT05 BULS02 BULS03 BULS03B<br />
BURS01 BURS02 BURS02 BUSF01 BUSM01<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02 KARS03 KARS05 KARS06<br />
KARS07 KARS08 KTPL02<br />
Ceratopteris (Parkeriaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
KBRB01<br />
Cercestis afzelii Schott (Araceae) Star=g Habit= C<br />
BULS02 BULS04 BURS01 BURS07 BURS08A<br />
BUSM01 Bagru River KARS05 KARS06 KARS07<br />
KARS08 KBRB01 KBRB01 KTHT01 KTPL01<br />
KTPL02<br />
Cercestis ivorensis A.Chev. (Araceae) Star=b Habit= C<br />
KARS03 KARS06 KARS07<br />
Chassalia kolly (Schum.) Hepper (Rubiaceae) Star=g Habit=<br />
S<br />
BUHS01 BURS01 BUSF01 KTHT01 KTHT01<br />
Chazaliella sciadephora (Hiern) Petit & Verdc. (Rubiaceae)<br />
Star=g Habit= S<br />
BUSM01 Loma Mountains<br />
Chidlowia sanguinea Hoyle (Leguminosae-caes.) Star=b<br />
Habit= T<br />
BULS03 BULS04 BULS05 BULS05 BULS05<br />
BURS01 BURS08 BURS08A BURS08A Gola<br />
Forest Hamilton Kambui Hills Kenema York<br />
Christiana africana DC. (Malvaceae s.l.(tili.)) Star=g Habit= t<br />
BUFT01 BURS02 KARS04 KARS06 KARS07<br />
KARS08<br />
Chromolaena odorata (L.) King & Robinson (Compositae)<br />
Star=g Habit= S<br />
BUSF01<br />
Chrysophyllum (Sapotaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BUHT05 BURS02<br />
Chrysophyllum africanum A.DC. (Sapotaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= T<br />
BUHT05 BULS03 BULS03 BULS04 BULS05<br />
BULS05 BURS07 BURS08A BUSM01 KTHT01<br />
Chrysophyllum pruniforme Pierre ex Engl. (Sapotaceae)<br />
Star=g Habit= T<br />
BULS03<br />
Chrysophyllum subnudum Bak. (Sapotaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= T<br />
BUHT05<br />
Chrysophyllum ubangiense (Sapotaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BULS04<br />
Chrysophyllum welwitschii Engl. (Sapotaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= C<br />
KARS06<br />
Chytranthus carneus Radlk. (Sapindaceae) Star=g Habit= t<br />
BULS05<br />
Cissus (Vitaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BURS01<br />
Cissus aralioides (Welw. ex Bak.) Planch. (Vitaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= C<br />
BURS01<br />
Cissus sylvestris Tchoumé (Vitaceae) Star=! Habit=<br />
BULS01 BULS04 BURS08A KARS06<br />
Cleistanthus (Euphorbiaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BULS04<br />
Cleistopholis patens (Benth.) Engl. & Diels (Annonaceae)<br />
Star=g Habit= T<br />
Freetown KAHS01 KARS03 KARS07 KARS08<br />
KTPL01 KTPL02 KTPL02<br />
Clerodendrum (Verbenaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BUSF01<br />
Clerodendrum schweinfurthii (Verbenaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
KARS08<br />
Clerodendrum silvanum Henriq. var. buchholzii (Gurke)<br />
Verdcourt (Verbenaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BURS01<br />
Cnestis corniculata Lam. (Connaraceae) Star=g Habit= C<br />
BUSM01 Havelock<br />
Cnestis ferruginea Vahl ex DC. (Connaraceae) Star=g Habit=<br />
C<br />
BUHS01 BUHT05 BULS03B BURS01 BUSM01<br />
KARS07<br />
C<strong>of</strong>fea canephora Pierre ex Froehner (Rubiaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= T<br />
KTPL02<br />
Cola caricifolia (G.Don) K.Schum. (Malvaceae s.l.(sterc.))<br />
Star=g Habit= t<br />
BULS02 BULS03B BULS03B BULS04<br />
BULS05 BURS01 BURS01 BURS06 BURS07<br />
KAHS01 KARS05 KARS06 KARS07 KARS08<br />
KBRB01 KTHT01 Njala<br />
Cola chlamydantha K.Schum. (Malvaceae s.l.(sterc.)) Star=g<br />
Habit= t<br />
BULS01 BULS03 BULS05 BURS01 KBRB01<br />
KTHT01 RSRS02<br />
Cola gigantea (Malvaceae s.l.(sterc.)) Star= Habit=<br />
BUHT05 BUSM01 KAHS02 KARS06<br />
Cola gigantea/lat. (Malvaceae s.l.(sterc.)) Star= Habit=<br />
KTPL01<br />
Cola lateritia (Malvaceae s.l.(sterc.)) Star= Habit=<br />
BULS01 BULS03 BULS05 BURS01 BURS08A<br />
KBRB01 KTHT01 KTPL01 KTPL02<br />
Cola nitida (Vent.) Schott. & Endl. (Malvaceae s.l.(sterc.))<br />
Star=g Habit= T<br />
KTHT01 KTPL02 York<br />
Combretum (Combretaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BUFT01 BUHT05 BULS05 BURS01<br />
Combretum =237 (Combretaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BUHT05<br />
Combretum =901 (Combretaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BULS01<br />
Combretum comosum G.Don (Combretaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= C<br />
BURS01 Freetown Kenema Makeni Njala<br />
Combretum grandiflorum G.Don (Combretaceae) Star=b<br />
Habit= C<br />
BUSF01 <strong>Bumbuna</strong> York<br />
Combretum mildbraedii (Combretaceae) Star=g Habit= C<br />
BULS03<br />
Combretum oyemense Exell (Combretaceae) Star=g Habit=<br />
C<br />
BULS01 BULS02 BULS02 BURS07<br />
Combretum sp G.Don (Combretaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
KARS04<br />
Commelina (Commelinaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
KARS05 KBRB01<br />
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Connarus africanus Lam. (Connaraceae) Star=g Habit= C<br />
BULS04 BURS07 Guma Valley KAHS02 KARS07<br />
Sonfon lake Sonfon lake<br />
Copaifera salikounda Heckel (Leguminosae-caes.) Star=r<br />
Habit= T<br />
KAHS01 KARS03 KARS06 KATH01 KTHT01<br />
RSRS01<br />
Cordia (Boraginaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BUHT05<br />
Corynan<strong>the</strong> pachyceras K.Schum. (Rubiaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= T<br />
BUHT05 Kasewe Forest Reserve<br />
Costus Ker-Gawl. (Zingiberaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BUSF01 KARS03 KARS03 KARS03<br />
Costus afer Ker-Gawl. (Zingiberaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BURS01 BURS02 BURS08A KARS05 KARS06<br />
KARS08 KTHT01<br />
Craterispermum laurinum (Poir.) Benth. (Rubiaceae)<br />
Star=g Habit= t<br />
BUHS01 BUHT05 BURS07 KAHS01 KARS03<br />
KARS07 KARS08 KBRB01<br />
Cremaspora (Rubiaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
KAHS02<br />
Cremaspora triflora (Thonn.) K.Schum. (Rubiaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= C<br />
BURS07 BURS07<br />
Crinum natans Bak. (Amaryllidaceae) Star=g Habit= H<br />
KATH01<br />
Croton (Euphorbiaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
KARS03<br />
Croton scarciesii Sc.Elliot (Euphorbiaceae) Star=g Habit= S<br />
BURK01 BURS01 BURS06 Njala<br />
Crotonogyne caterviflora N.E.Br. (Euphorbiaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= S<br />
BURS07 RSRS05 Yonibana<br />
Cryptosepalum tetraphyllum (Hook.f.) Benth.<br />
(Leguminosae-caes.) Star=G Habit= T<br />
Gola Forest KAHS01 KAHS02 KARS03 KARS04<br />
Kambui Hills Kambui Hills Kenema Lalehun Loma<br />
Mountains Loma Mountains RSRS05 Sugar Loaf<br />
Mountain Sugar Loaf Mountain<br />
Ctenitis (Dryopteridaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BURS01<br />
Culcasia (Araceae) Star= Habit=<br />
KARS04 KARS04 KARS06<br />
Culcasia barombensis N.E. Brown (Araceae) Star=! Habit=<br />
KTHT01 KTPL02<br />
Culcasia saxatilis A.Chev. (Araceae) Star=g Habit= H<br />
BURK01 BURS01 KARS03 KARS04 KARS05<br />
KARS08 KTPL01<br />
Cuviera macroura K.Schum. (Rubiaceae) Star=b Habit= t<br />
BULS01 BUSF01<br />
Dacryodes klaineana (Pierre) H.J.Lam (Burseraceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= T<br />
BULS03 BULS04 BULS05 BULS05 BULS05<br />
BURS06 BUSM01 KAHS02 KAHS02 KARS08<br />
RSRS08<br />
Dactyladenia scabrifolia (Hua) Prance & F.White<br />
(Chrysobalanaceae) Star=b Habit= t<br />
KAHS01 Musaia Musaia Sonfon lake<br />
Dactyladenia whytei (Stapf.) Prance & F.White<br />
(Chrysobalanaceae) Star=B Habit= t<br />
BURS07 <strong>Bumbuna</strong> KARS03 KARS03<br />
Kafogo Kenema Lalehun Njala Pujehun<br />
Dalbergia (Leguminosae-pap.) Star= Habit=<br />
KARS03 KARS05<br />
Dalbergia afzeliana G.Don (Leguminosae-pap.) Star=g<br />
Habit= C<br />
BURS01 BURS01 KARS05<br />
Dalbergia hepperi spec.nov. (Leguminosae-pap.) Star=B<br />
Habit= C<br />
KARS03<br />
Dalbergia oblongifolia G.Don (Leguminosae-pap.) Star=b<br />
Habit= C<br />
BULS01<br />
Dalbergia saxatilis Hook.f. (Leguminosae-pap.) Star=g<br />
Habit= C<br />
BUHS01 BURS01 KARS03 KARS03<br />
Dalbergiella welwitschii (Bak.) Bak.f. (Leguminosae-pap.)<br />
Star=g Habit= C<br />
KAHS02 KARS03<br />
Daniellia thurifera Bennett (Leguminosae-caes.) Star=p<br />
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Habit= T<br />
BUFT01 BUHT05 BULS02 BULS03B BULS04<br />
BULS04 BURS01 BURS02 BURS07 BURS08<br />
BUSM01 Freetown KAHS02 KARS04 KARS05<br />
KBRB01 KTHT01 Kenema Waterloo<br />
Deinbollia grandifolia Hook.f. (Sapindaceae) Star=g Habit=<br />
S<br />
BUHT05 BUHT05 BURS01 BUSF01 BUSF01<br />
KAHS01 KARS06 KTHT01 KTPL01<br />
Desmodium salicifolium (Poir.) DC. (Leguminosae-pap.)<br />
Star=g Habit= S<br />
BURS02 KAHS02 Senehun<br />
Desmodium velutinum (Willd.) DC. (Leguminosae-pap.)<br />
Star=g Habit= S<br />
BUHS01<br />
Dialium aubrevillei Pellegr. (Leguminosae-caes.) Star=g<br />
Habit= T<br />
BUHT05 Gola Forest Kambui Hills<br />
Dialium dinklagei Harms (Leguminosae-caes.) Star=g Habit=<br />
T<br />
BUHT05 BURS01 BURS02 BURS07 BUSM01<br />
KTHT01<br />
Dialium guineense Willd. (Leguminosae-caes.) Star=g Habit=<br />
T<br />
BUFT01 BUFT01 BUHS01 BULS02 BULS03<br />
BULS03B BULS04 BULS05 BURS08 BUSM01<br />
KAHS01 KARS03 KARS04 KARS05 KARS06<br />
KARS07 KARS08<br />
Dichapetalum heudelotii (Planch. ex Oliv.) Baill. var.<br />
ndongense (Engl.) Bret. (Dichapetalaceae) Star=! Habit=<br />
BUHT05 BUHT05 BUHT05 BUSM01 KBRB01<br />
Dichapetalum pallidum (Oliv.) Engl. (Dichapetalaceae)<br />
Star=g Habit= C<br />
BUHT05 BULS02 BURS01 BURS07<br />
Dichapetalum toxicarium (G.Don) Baill. (Dichapetalaceae)<br />
Star=g Habit= C<br />
Bagru River Freetown<br />
Freetown Gola Forest Havelock<br />
Kambia Leicester Leicester Njala<br />
Njala Regent<br />
Dichrostachys glomerata (Forsk.) Chiov. (Leguminosaemim.)<br />
Star=g Habit=<br />
BUHS01<br />
Dicranolepis (Thymelaeaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BULS03 BURS07<br />
Dicranolepis disticha Planch. (Thymelaeaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= S<br />
BUHT05 BULS01 BULS05 BURS01 KTHT01<br />
Kasewe Forest Reserve Sonfon lake<br />
Dicranolepis laciniata Gilg (Thymelaeaceae) Star=b Habit=<br />
S<br />
BUHT05 Loma Mountains<br />
Dictyandra arborescens Welw. ex Hook.f. (Rubiaceae)<br />
Star=b Habit= t<br />
BUHT05<br />
Didelotia engleri Dinkl. & Harms (Leguminosae-caes.) Star=B<br />
Habit= T<br />
KBRB01<br />
Didymosalpinx abbeokutae (Hiern) Keay (Rubiaceae)<br />
Star=g Habit= C<br />
KARS04<br />
Dioclea hexandra (Leguminosae-pap.) Star=g Habit= C<br />
BULS01<br />
Dioscorea (Dioscoreaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BUSF01<br />
Dioscorea praehensilis Benth. (Dioscoreaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= C<br />
BUHS01 KTPL01<br />
Dioscorea preussii Pax (Dioscoreaceae) Star=g Habit= C<br />
KATH01 Loma Mountains Tingi Mountains<br />
Diospyros elliotii (Hiern) F.White (Ebenaceae) Star=g Habit=<br />
T<br />
BURK01 BURS01 BURS02 BURS06<br />
Diospyros heudelotii Hiern (Ebenaceae) Star=b Habit= T<br />
BUFT01 BUHS01 BULS03B BULS04 BURS01<br />
BURS01 BURS01 BURS02 BURS02 KAHS01<br />
KARS03 KARS06 KARS07 KARS08 KBRB01<br />
KTHT01<br />
Diospyros piscatoria Guerke (Ebenaceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BUFT01 BULS01 BULS04 BURS08 KAHS01<br />
KAHS02 KARS03 RSRS02<br />
Diospyros thomasii Hutch. & Dalz. (Ebenaceae) Star=G<br />
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Habit= t<br />
BULS02 BULS03 BULS03 BUSM01 KARS07<br />
Discoglypremna caloneura (Pax) Prain (Euphorbiaceae)<br />
Star=g Habit= T<br />
BUHT05<br />
Dissotis sp (Melastomataceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BUHS01 KARS03<br />
Distemonanthus benthamianus Baill. (Leguminosaecaes.)<br />
Star=p Habit= T<br />
BULS03<br />
Dorstenia turbinata Engler (Moraceae) Star=g Habit= t<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> Gola Forest KBRB01 Lalehun Loma<br />
Mountains Sugar Loaf Mountain York<br />
Dracaena (Dracaenaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
KARS04<br />
Dracaena as prev (Dracaenaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BUSM01<br />
Dracaena camerooniana Bak. (Dracaenaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= S<br />
KARS07<br />
Dracaena cristula W. Bull (Dracaenaceae) Star=g Habit= S<br />
BULS03B BULS04 BULS04 BURS08 KBRB01<br />
KTHT01 Kambui Hills Kenema Loma Mountains<br />
Loma mountains York<br />
Dracaena mannii Bak. (Dracaenaceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
KTPL02<br />
Dracaena surculosa (Dracaenaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BULS02 BURS02 KAHS01 KAHS02 KARS03<br />
KARS05<br />
Drypetes afzelii (Pax) Hutch (Euphorbiaceae) Star=b Habit= t<br />
BULS05 BURS06 BURS07 Guma Valley KBRB01<br />
Drypetes gilgiana (Pax) Pax & K.H<strong>of</strong>fm. (Euphorbiaceae)<br />
Star=g Habit= S<br />
BURS06<br />
Drypetes inaequalis Hutch. (Euphorbiaceae) Star=b Habit=<br />
S<br />
BULS02 BULS04 BURS07 BUSM01<br />
Elaeis guineensis Jacq. (Palmae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BULS02 BURS01 BURS08 KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KAHS02 KARS03 KARS04 KARS05 KARS06<br />
KARS07 KARS08 KATH01 KBRB01 KTHT01<br />
Entada mannii (Oliv.) Tisser (Leguminosae-mim.) Star=g<br />
Habit= C<br />
BURS01<br />
Entada rheedei Sprengel (Leguminosae-mim.) Star=g Habit=<br />
C<br />
BURS07<br />
Entandrophragma angolense (Welw.) DC. (Meliaceae)<br />
Star=r Habit= T<br />
BULS03 BULS04 BULS05 BULS05 KTHT01<br />
Eremospatha hookeri (Mann & Wendl.) Wendl. (Palmae)<br />
Star=! Habit=<br />
BULS05<br />
Eriocoelum racemosum Bak. (Sapindaceae) Star=b Habit=<br />
T<br />
BULS05<br />
Erythrina vogelii Hook.f. (Leguminosae-pap.) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BUHS01 BURS01<br />
Erythrococca anomala (Juss. ex Poir.) Prain<br />
(Euphorbiaceae) Star=g Habit= S<br />
BULS04<br />
Erythrophleum suaveolens (Guill. & Perr.) Brenan<br />
(Leguminosae-caes.) Star=g Habit= T<br />
KAHS01 Sonfon lake Tingi Mountains<br />
Erythroxylum mannii Oliv. (Erythroxylaceae) Star=g Habit=<br />
T<br />
BUHT05<br />
Euadenia (Capparaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
KTPL02<br />
Euadenia eminens Hook.f. (Capparaceae) Star=g Habit= S<br />
Bagru River KARS06 York York<br />
Euadenia trifoliolata (Schum. & Thonn.) Oliv. (Capparaceae)<br />
Star=g Habit= S<br />
KTHT01<br />
Euclinia longiflora Salisb. (Rubiaceae) Star=g Habit= t<br />
KTPL01<br />
Eugenia calophylloides DC. (Myrtaceae) Star=G Habit= t<br />
BURS07 KAHS01 KARS08<br />
Eugenia sp --- (Myrtaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BULS02 BURS06<br />
Farquharia elliptica Stapf (Apocynaceae) Star=g Habit= C<br />
KARS07<br />
Ficus (Moraceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BULS03 BULS04 BURS01 BURS01 BURS01<br />
BURS02 BURS06 BURS06<br />
Ficus =432 (Moraceae) Star= Habit=<br />
KTPL02<br />
Ficus asperifolia Miq. (Moraceae) Star=g Habit= S<br />
BUFT01 BURK01 BURS01 KARS03<br />
Ficus calyptrata Thonn. ex Vahl (Moraceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BURS01<br />
Ficus elasticoides De Wild. (Moraceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
KTPL01<br />
Ficus exasperata Vahl (Moraceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BUHS01 BUSF01<br />
Ficus kamerunensis Mildbr. & Burrett (Moraceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= T<br />
BURS07<br />
Ficus lutea Vahl (Moraceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BULS01 BULS02 BURS01 KARS03<br />
Ficus lyrata Warb. (Moraceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
KARS03<br />
Ficus mucuso Ficalho (Moraceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BURS01 KTPL01<br />
Ficus natalensis Hochst. ssp. leprieurii (Moraceae)<br />
Star=g Habit= T<br />
KARS03<br />
Ficus natalensis ssp. leprieuri (Moraceae) Star= Habit=<br />
KARS04<br />
Ficus ottoniifolia (Miq.) Miq. (Moraceae) Star=g Habit=<br />
KTHT01 Njala<br />
Ficus ottoniifolia (Miq.) Miq. ssp. multinervia C.C. Berg<br />
(Moraceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BURS07<br />
Ficus polita Vahl (Moraceae) Star=g Habit=<br />
BURS01 BURS01<br />
Ficus pseudomangifera Hutch. (Moraceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
KARS04<br />
Ficus sagittifolia Warb. ex Mildbr. & Burret (Moraceae)<br />
Star=g Habit= T<br />
BULS04 Loma Mountains Njala<br />
Ficus saussureana DC. (Moraceae) Star=b Habit= T<br />
BURS01 BURS01<br />
Ficus scott-elliotii Mildbr. & Burrett (Moraceae) Star=b Habit=<br />
T<br />
BURS01 BURS01 BURS08 Musaia Njala<br />
Ficus sp.a(aff.ovata) (Moraceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BURS01<br />
Ficus sp.aff.tesselata (Moraceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BULS01 BURS02<br />
Ficus sur Forsk. (Moraceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BUHS01 BUHT05 BURS01 KARS06 KARS08<br />
Ficus variifolia Warb. (Moraceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BURS02 KARS03 KTHT01<br />
Floscopa africana (P.Beauv.) C.B.Clarke (Commelinaceae)<br />
Star=g Habit= H<br />
Friesodielsia gracilis (Hook.f.) Steen (Annonaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= C<br />
BURS07 KAHS01 KARS03<br />
Friesodielsia velutina (Sprague & Hutch.) Van Steenis<br />
(Annonaceae) Star=b Habit= C<br />
BUSM01 Yonibana Yonibana<br />
Funtumia africana (Benth.) Stapf (Apocynaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= T<br />
BUFT01 BUHT05 BULS04 BULS04 BURS07<br />
BURS08 BURS08A BUSM01 KTHT01 KTPL01<br />
KTPL02<br />
Funtumia elastica (Preuss) Stapf (Apocynaceae) Star=p<br />
Habit= T<br />
BURS08<br />
Garcinia afzelii Engl. (Guttiferae) Star=r Habit= t<br />
BULS05 KAHS01 KAHS02 KARS03 KARS05<br />
KARS08 KATH01<br />
Garcinia kola Heckel (Guttiferae) Star=S Habit= T<br />
BUHT05 BUHT05 BULS03 BULS05 BURS01<br />
BURS01 BURS02 BURS02<br />
Garcinia smeathmannii (Planch. & Triana) Oliv. (Guttiferae)<br />
Star=g Habit= T<br />
BUHT05 BULS04 BURS07 KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KAHS02 KARS03 KARS04 KARS05 KARS06<br />
KARS06 KARS07 KARS08<br />
Geophila obvallata (Schum.) F.Didr. (Rubiaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= H<br />
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BULS03B KARS03 KARS05<br />
Gilbertiodendron bilineatum (Hutch. & Dalz.) J.Leonard<br />
(Leguminosae-caes.) Star=G Habit= T<br />
BURS01 BURS07 Bagbe Bagbe RSRS02<br />
Gilbertiodendron aff.bilineatum?ivorense (A.Chev.)<br />
J.Leonard (Leguminosae-caes.) Star=G Habit= T<br />
BURS01 BURS07 BURS07 KARS07 RSRS02<br />
The earlier NKUK report highlight stands <strong>of</strong> abundant<br />
Gilbertiodendron bilineatum in some gallery forests.<br />
Although we have indeed found this species and G .limba,<br />
several specimens <strong>of</strong> abundant riverside Gilbertiodendron<br />
appear to be <strong>of</strong> a similar species or, as it is intermediate in<br />
form with G.preussii, maybe a hybrid. G. sp.aff bilineatum<br />
differs by having glabrous smooth pods with one raised<br />
band (normally 3 banded and hairy in bilineatum); by<br />
having single-lobed persistent stipules (similar to G.<br />
bilineatum, quite distinct from G. preussii which in any case<br />
is not usually confined to watery places like <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs).<br />
Unlike G. ivorense, a rare species from Ivory Coast, <strong>the</strong><br />
bracts are quite small. W.h. is currently working on this<br />
plant, which will involve checking specimens from o<strong>the</strong>r<br />
European herbaria. Even if it does turn out to be a new<br />
taxon, it is quite likely to have been collected before and<br />
misfiled in herbaria.<br />
Gilbertiodendron limba (Scott Elliot) J.Leonard<br />
(Leguminosae-caes.) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BURS02 BURS06 Guma Valley Kafogo Kafogo<br />
RSRS05<br />
Gilbertiodendron preussii (Harms) J.Leonard<br />
(Leguminosae-caes.) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BULS02 Gola Forest Gola Forest Gola Forest<br />
KARS08 KBRB01<br />
Glyphaea brevis (Spreng.) Monachino (Malvaceae s.l.(tili.))<br />
Star=g Habit= t<br />
BULS04 BURS02 BURS07 KARS04 KARS05<br />
KARS06 KTHT01<br />
Guarea cedrata (A.Chev.) Pellegr. (Meliaceae) Star=p Habit=<br />
T<br />
BUHT05 BUHT05 BUSM01 KARS07 KTHT01<br />
Guibourtia leonensis J.Léonard (Leguminosae-caes.)<br />
Star=B Habit= T<br />
BUHT05 BULS03 BULS04 BULS05 BURS02<br />
KTHT01 Kambui Hills Kambui Hills Kambui Hills<br />
Hannoa klaineana Pierre & Engl. (Simaroubaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= T<br />
BULS03 BULS04 BULS05 BULS05 BURS07<br />
BURS07 BURS08 BUSM01 KAHS02 KARS03<br />
KARS04 KARS05 KARS06 KARS07 KBRB01<br />
KTHT01 KTHT01<br />
Harungana madagascariensis Lam. ex Poir. (Guttiferae)<br />
Star=g Habit= T<br />
BUHS01 BULS03B KARS08<br />
Heinsia crinita (Afzel.) G.Tayl. (Rubiaceae) Star=g Habit= S<br />
Freetown KARS05<br />
Heisteria parvifolia Sm. (Olacaceae) Star=g Habit= S<br />
BULS01 BULS02 BULS02 BULS03 BULS04<br />
BURS01 BURS02 BURS06 BURS06 BURS07<br />
KAHS01 KAHS01 KAHS01 KAHS02 KARS03<br />
KARS04 KARS05 KARS06 KARS07 KARS08<br />
KBRB01<br />
Heritiera utilis (Sprague) Sprague (Malvaceae s.l.(sterc.))<br />
Star=r Habit= T<br />
BURS07 Gola Forest Kenema Loma<br />
Mountains<br />
Hexalobus crispiflorus A.Rich. (Annonaceae) Star=g Habit=<br />
T<br />
BUFT01 BULS01 BULS01 BULS01 BULS02<br />
BURS02 BURS06 BURS07 KAHS02 KARS03<br />
KARS04 KARS06 KARS06 KARS07 KARS08<br />
Loma Mountains<br />
Hibiscus sterculiifolius (Guill. & Perr.) Steud. (Malvaceae<br />
(s.s..)) Star=g Habit=<br />
BULS03B<br />
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Holarrhena floribunda (G.Don) Dur. & Schinz.<br />
(Apocynaceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BUSF01<br />
Homalium africanum (Hook.f.) Benth. (Salicaceae (flac.))<br />
Star=g Habit= T<br />
BULS02 BULS03 BULS04 BURS01 BURS08A<br />
KAHS02 KARS07<br />
Homalium letestui Pellegr. (Salicaceae (flac.)) Star=g Habit=<br />
T<br />
BULS03B<br />
Hugonia (Linaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
KARS06<br />
Hugonia planchonii Hook.f. (Linaceae) Star=b Habit= C<br />
BUFT01 BUHT05 BULS03B BULS05 BURS01<br />
BURS07 BUSF01 KTHT01 Sonfon lake<br />
Hygrophila odora (Nees) T.Anderson (Acanthaceae) Star=<br />
Habit=<br />
BURK01 BURS01<br />
Hygrophila sp.b (Acanthaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BURK01<br />
Hymenocardia lyrata Tul. (Euphorbiaceae) Star=G Habit= t<br />
BUFT01 BULS01 BULS02 BULS03B BULS04<br />
BURS01 BURS02 BURS07 BURS08 KARS03<br />
KARS04 KARS06 Kambia Loma Mountains Loma<br />
Mountains RSRS07<br />
Hypoestes spp. (Acanthaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
KAHS02<br />
Hypoestes verticillaris (L.f.) Soland. ex Roem. & Schu<br />
(Acanthaceae) Star=g Habit= H<br />
KATH01 KTHT01<br />
Hypselodelphys poggeana (K.Schum.) Milne-Redhead<br />
(Marantaceae) Star=g Habit= C<br />
BULS03 BURS01 BURS08A KBRB01<br />
Ipomoea involucrata P.Beauv. (Convolvulaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= C<br />
BUHS01<br />
Ipomoea triloba L. (Convolvulaceae) Star=g Habit=<br />
BURK01 Freetown<br />
Irvingia (Irvingiaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BULS04 KARS08<br />
Irvingia robur Mildbr. (Irvingiaceae) Star=b Habit= T<br />
BULS04 BURS02 Gola Forest<br />
Irvingia wombolu Vermoesen (Irvingiaceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BUHT05 BUHT05 KARS03 KARS07<br />
Isolona campanulata Engl. & Diels (Annonaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= t<br />
BURS07<br />
Ixora (Rubiaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BULS04<br />
Ixora guineensis Benth. (Rubiaceae) Star=g Habit= S<br />
BULS02 BURS07<br />
Jasminum pauciflorum Benth. (Oleaceae) Star=g Habit= C<br />
BUHS01 BUSF01<br />
Jussiaea (Onagraceae) Star= Habit=<br />
KBRB01<br />
Justicia tenella (Nees) T.Anders (Acanthaceae) Star=g Habit=<br />
H<br />
BURS02 York<br />
Keetia (Rubiaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BUFT01 BUHS01<br />
Keetia tenuifllora (Hiern) Bridson (Rubiaceae) Star=g Habit=<br />
C<br />
BULS04<br />
Klainedoxa gabonensis (Irvingiaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
KAHS02 KARS05 KARS08<br />
Landolphia (Apocynaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
KAHS01 KARS04 KARS08<br />
Landolphia dulcis (R.Br. ex Sabine) Pichon (Apocynaceae)<br />
Star=g Habit= C<br />
BURS01 KARS03<br />
Landolphia hirsuta (Hua) Pichon (Apocynaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= C<br />
BUHS01 BULS05<br />
Landolphia incerta (K.Schum.) Persoon (Apocynaceae)<br />
Star=g Habit= C<br />
BULS02<br />
Landolphia membranacea (Stapf) Pichon (Apocynaceae)<br />
Star=G Habit= C<br />
KTHT01 Njala Yonibana Yonibana Yonibana<br />
Yonibana Yonibana Yonibana Yonibana<br />
Lankesteria hispida (Willd.) T.Anders. (Acanthaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= S<br />
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BULS03 BULS05 Freetown Kenema<br />
RSRS01<br />
Lasiodiscus fasciculiflorus Engl. (Rhamnaceae) Star=b<br />
Habit= t<br />
BURS07<br />
Lecaniodiscus cupanioides Planch. ex Benth.<br />
(Sapindaceae) Star=g Habit= t<br />
BULS01 BURS07 KAHS01 KARS03 KTHT01<br />
Leea guineensis G.Don (Leeaceae) Star=g Habit= S<br />
BURS01<br />
Lepidagathis alopecuroides (Vahl) R.Br. ex Griseb.<br />
(Acanthaceae) Star=! Habit=<br />
Freetown KARS03 Loma Mountains Loma<br />
Mountains<br />
Lepidagathis hyssopifolia (Benth.) T.Anders.<br />
(Acanthaceae) Star=g Habit= H<br />
BUFT01 KATH01<br />
Leptaulus daphnoides Benth. (Icacinaceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BURS06 BURS06<br />
Leptoderris (Leguminosae-pap.) Star= Habit=<br />
BUHS01 KARS05 KARS06 KARS07 KARS08<br />
Leptoderris brachyptera (Benth.) Dunn. (Leguminosaepap.)<br />
Star=g Habit= C<br />
KAHS02<br />
Leptoderris fasciculata (Benth.) Dunn. (Leguminosae-pap.)<br />
Star=g Habit= C<br />
BULS03 BULS04 BURS01<br />
Macaranga barteri Muell.Arg. (Euphorbiaceae) Star=g Habit=<br />
T<br />
BUHT05 BULS03B BURS01 KARS08<br />
Macaranga heterophylla (Muell.Arg.) Muell.Arg.<br />
(Euphorbiaceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BUHT05 BURS01 KARS05 KARS06 KARS08<br />
Macaranga hurifolia Beille (Euphorbiaceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BUSF01 Tingi Mountains<br />
Maesobotrya barteri (Euphorbiaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BUSM01 BUSM01 KAHS01 KBRB01<br />
Maesopsis eminii Engl. (Rhamnaceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BUHT05 BULS04<br />
Magnistipula zenkeri Engl. (Chrysobalanaceae) Star=b<br />
Habit= t<br />
BURS08A BURS08A Tingi Mountains<br />
Mangenotia eburnea Pichon (Asclepiadaceae) Star=g Habit=<br />
C<br />
BUSF01 Port Loko Port Loko Yonibana<br />
Mangifera indica L. (Anacardiaceae) Star=g Habit=<br />
KTHT01<br />
Manilkara obovata (Sabine & G.Don) J.H.Hemsley<br />
(Sapotaceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BUFT01 BULS03B BULS04 BURS02 BURS06<br />
BURS07 BURS08A KARS03<br />
Manniophyton fulvum Muell.Arg. (Euphorbiaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= C<br />
BUHT05 BULS03B BURS01<br />
Mapania (Cyperaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BURS06 BUSM01 KARS04 KARS06 KARS07<br />
Maran<strong>the</strong>s aubrevillei (Pellegr.) Prance (Chrysobalanaceae)<br />
Star=G Habit= T<br />
BULS03 Kambui Kambui Kenema<br />
Marantochloa (Marantaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
KARS04 KARS05<br />
Marantochloa cuspidata (Rose.) Milne-Redhead<br />
(Marantaceae) Star=g Habit= H<br />
BURS01 Freetown KATH01 KBRB01 Kambia<br />
Kambui Hills Kasewe Forest Reserve Kenema<br />
Kenema Loma mountains Loma<br />
Mountains Loma Mountains Njala Port<br />
Loko Waterloo Yonibana York<br />
Marantochloa leucantha (Marantaceae) Star=g Habit= H<br />
BULS03 KARS06 KTPL01 KTPL01<br />
Mareya micrantha (Benth.) Muell.Arg. (Euphorbiaceae)<br />
Star=g Habit= t<br />
BUHT05 BULS01 BULS04 KTHT01<br />
Margaritaria discoidea (Baill.) Webster (Euphorbiaceae)<br />
Star=g Habit= T<br />
BUHS01 BUSF01<br />
Megaphrynium Hepper (Marantaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BULS03 BULS05 BUSM01<br />
Megaphrynium macrostachyum (Benth.) Milne-Redhead<br />
(Marantaceae) Star=g Habit= H<br />
BULS03<br />
Memecylon lateriflorum (G.Don) Bremek.<br />
(Melastomataceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BULS02 BULS02 BULS03 BULS04 KAHS01<br />
Kasewe Forest Reserve<br />
Memecylon normandii Jac.-Fél. (Melastomataceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= T<br />
BUFT01 BULS03B BURS07<br />
Merremia pterygocaulos (Steud. ex Choisy) Hallier<br />
(Convolvulaceae) Star=g Habit= C<br />
BUHS01<br />
Merremia umbellata (Convolvulaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BUFT01 KBRB01<br />
Microdesmis keayana Leonard (Pandaceae) Star=g Habit= t<br />
BUHT05 BULS03 BULS03 BULS03B BULS04<br />
BULS05 BURS01 BURS06 Freetown Havelock<br />
Havelock KTHT01 KTPL02 Makeni<br />
Microglossa pyrifolia (Lam.) O.Ktze. (Compositae) Star=g<br />
Habit= H<br />
BUHS01 BUSF01<br />
Mikania cordata (Compositae) Star= Habit=<br />
KAHS02<br />
Mildbraedia paniculata Pax (Euphorbiaceae) Star=! Habit=<br />
BURS01<br />
Milicia regia (A.Chev.) C.C.Berg (Moraceae) Star=s Habit= T<br />
BUFT01 BUHT05 BULS02 BULS03 BULS03B<br />
BULS04 BULS05 BURS01 BURS01 BUSF01<br />
Freetown KAHS01 KARS06 KBRB01 Njala<br />
Njala<br />
Millettia (Leguminosae-pap.) Star= Habit=<br />
BURS02 BUSF01<br />
Millettia chrysophylla Dunn (Leguminosae-pap.) Star=g<br />
Habit= C<br />
KARS05 RSRS01<br />
Millettia lane-poolei Dunn (Leguminosae-pap.) Star=b Habit=<br />
t<br />
BUHS01 BULS03 BUSF01 KBRB01 KTHT01<br />
KTPL01 KTPL02 Kenema<br />
Lalehun<br />
Millettia pallens Stapf (Leguminosae-pap.) Star=G Habit= t<br />
BURS01 Freetown Kabala Loma<br />
Mountains Pujehun Senehun Sugar Loaf Mountain<br />
Sugar Loaf Mountain Waterloo<br />
Millettia rhodantha Baill. (Leguminosae-pap.) Star=g Habit= t<br />
BURS01 BURS06 <strong>Bumbuna</strong> Hangha<br />
Kenema Njala Pujehun<br />
Millettia sanagana Harms (Leguminosae-pap.) Star=b Habit=<br />
t<br />
KARS03 KARS04 KARS06 KARS08 KATH01<br />
RSRS02<br />
A large leaved gallery thicket species, <strong>of</strong>ten a tall<br />
unbranched shrub with stems a cm or so in diameter and<br />
very large leaves. known from Guinee, a few sites in<br />
Liberia and <strong>Sierra</strong> <strong>Leone</strong>. The ra<strong>the</strong>r unusually it is not<br />
recorded again except for Fernano Po and Cameroon. It<br />
has very large leafets and is a distinctive feature <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
gallery forest and thicket in <strong>the</strong> north <strong>of</strong> our area but not<br />
<strong>the</strong> south.<br />
Millettia warneckei Harms var. porphyrocalyx (Dunn)<br />
Hepper (Leguminosae-pap.) Star=G Habit= C<br />
BURS01 KAHS02 KARS03 KARS06 KATH01 Yifin<br />
Monanthotaxis (Annonaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BURS01 KTHT01<br />
Monanthotaxis sp. (Annonaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
KARS05 KARS07<br />
Monodora tenuifolia Benth. (Annonaceae) Star=g Habit= t<br />
BUHT05 BULS02 BULS03 BULS04 BURS01<br />
KTHT01 Loma mountains Port<br />
Loko<br />
Morelia senegalensis A.Rich. ex DC. (Rubiaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit=<br />
BULS01 KAHS01 KARS03 KARS05 Kasewe<br />
Forest Reserve<br />
Morinda geminata DC. (Rubiaceae) Star=G Habit= t<br />
BUHS01 BURS01 KAHS01 KARS06<br />
Morinda morindoides (Bak.) Milne-Redh. (Rubiaceae)<br />
Star=g Habit= C<br />
BUHS01 Yifin<br />
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Morinda sp. (Rubiaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BULS03<br />
Morus mesozygia Stapf (Moraceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BULS01 KTHT01 KTPL01 KTPL02<br />
Mostuea hirsuta (T.And. ex Benth.) Baill. ex B<br />
(Gelsemiaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BURS06<br />
Musanga cecropioides F.Br. (Cecropiaceae) Star=g Habit=<br />
T<br />
BUFT01 BULS03 BURS07 BUSM01 KBRB01<br />
Mussaenda afzelii G.Don (Rubiaceae) Star=g Habit= C<br />
Gola Forest Havelock KBRB01<br />
Kasewe Forest Reserve Kenema Kumrabai Njala<br />
Port Loko Yonibana<br />
Myrianthus arboreus P.Beauv. (Cecropiaceae) Star=g Habit=<br />
t<br />
BULS05 BURS01 KTHT01 KTHT01 KTPL02<br />
Myrianthus libericus Rendle (Cecropiaceae) Star=g Habit= t<br />
BUHT05 BULS03 BUSM01 <strong>Bumbuna</strong> Freetown<br />
Kenema Loma Mountains Njala<br />
Myrianthus serratus (Trecul) Benth. (Cecropiaceae) Star=<br />
Habit=<br />
BUFT01 BULS01 BURS01 BURS02 BURS06<br />
BURS07 KAHS02 KARS03 KARS04 KARS05<br />
KARS06 KARS08<br />
Napoleonaea heudelotii A.Juss. (Lecythidaceae) Star=G<br />
Habit= t<br />
BUFT01 BUHT05 BULS03 BULS04 BURS01<br />
BURS07 BUSM01 <strong>Bumbuna</strong> Freetown Gola Forest<br />
KAHS02 KARS04 KBRB01 KTHT01 KTPL01<br />
KTPL02 Kambia Kambia Kumrabai Magbile Magbile<br />
Njala<br />
Napoleonaea vogelii Hook. & Planch. (Lecythidaceae)<br />
Star=g Habit= T<br />
Freetown KAHS01 KAHS02 KARS05 KARS06<br />
KARS07<br />
Nauclea (Rubiaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
KARS06<br />
Nauclea latifolia Sm. (Rubiaceae) Star=g Habit=<br />
BUFT01 BUHS01 BULS01 BULS03B BURS01<br />
BURS02 BURS07<br />
Neocarya macrophylla (Sabine) Prance<br />
(Chrysobalanaceae) Star=g Habit= t<br />
BURS01<br />
Neolemonniera clitandrifolia (A.Chev.) Heine<br />
(Sapotaceae) Star=G Habit= T<br />
BULS03 BURS02 BURS06 BURS07 BURS08<br />
RSRS01<br />
Newbouldia laevis (P.Beauv.) Seemann ex Bureau<br />
(Bignoniaceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BUHS01 BURS01 KARS06<br />
Newtonia aubrevillei (Pellegr.) Keay (Leguminosae-mim.)<br />
Star=b Habit= T<br />
BULS02 BULS04 BUSM01 Hangha Loma<br />
Mountains Njala<br />
Octoknema borealis Hutch. & Dalz. (Olacaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= T<br />
BURS01 BURS06 BUSM01 KTPL01 KTPL02 Loma<br />
Mountains Yifin<br />
Olax gambecola Baill. (Olacaceae) Star=g Habit= S<br />
KARS05 KTHT01<br />
Olax subscorpioidea Oliv. (Olacaceae) Star=g Habit= t<br />
KAHS02<br />
Olyra latifolia L. (Gramineae) Star=g Habit= H<br />
BUHT05 BULS04 BULS05 BURS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS03 KARS04 KARS05 KARS06 KARS08<br />
KBRB01<br />
Osmunda regalis Linné (Osmundaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BURS01 BURS08<br />
Oxyanthus (Rubiaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BULS03B BUSM01 KAHS01 KARS05 KTHT01<br />
KTHT01<br />
Oxyanthus speciosus DC. (Rubiaceae) Star=g Habit= t<br />
BURS01 KARS04 KARS08 KTHT01 KTHT01<br />
Oxyanthus unilocularis Hiern (Rubiaceae) Star=g Habit= t<br />
KTPL01<br />
Palisota (Commelinaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BULS05<br />
Palisota barteri Hook.f. (Commelinaceae) Star=g Habit= S<br />
KBRB01 KTPL01 Tingi Mountains<br />
Palisota hirsuta (Thunb.) K.Schum. (Commelinaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= S<br />
BURS08A BUSF01 Gola Forest KAHS02 KARS05<br />
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KATH01 KBRB01 KTHT01 Yifin<br />
Pancovia (Sapindaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
KTPL02<br />
Pancovia pedicellaris Radlk. & Gilg (Sapindaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= t<br />
BUSM01 KARS04 KARS06 KARS06 KBRB01<br />
KTPL02<br />
Pancovia sessiliflora Hutch. & Dalz. (Sapindaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= S<br />
KARS04<br />
Pandanus candelabrum P.Beauv. (Pandanaceae) Star=b<br />
Habit= t<br />
KARS03 KATH01 RSRS03<br />
Paramacrolobium coeruleum (Taub.) J.Leonard<br />
(Leguminosae-caes.) Star=b Habit= T<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02 KARS06 Kenema Loma<br />
Mountains Makeni Njala Yifin<br />
Pararistolochia (Aristolochiaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BULS05 BULS05<br />
Parinari congensis F.Didr. (Chrysobalanaceae) Star=b<br />
Habit= T<br />
KARS05<br />
Parinari excelsa Sabine (Chrysobalanaceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BUHS01 BUHT05 BULS02 BULS03B BULS04<br />
BULS04 BURS06 BURS07 KAHS01 KARS07<br />
Parkia bicolor A.Chev. (Leguminosae-mim.) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BUHT05 BUHT05 BULS04 BULS05 BURS01<br />
BURS06 BURS08 BURS08A BUSM01 KARS08<br />
KTHT01 KTPL01 KTPL02<br />
Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.) R.Br. (Leguminosae-mim.) Star=g<br />
Habit=<br />
BUHS01 BUHS01<br />
Parquetina nigrescens (Afzel.) Bullock (Asclepiadaceae)<br />
Star=! Habit=<br />
BUSF01 BUSF01<br />
Paullinia pinnata L. (Sapindaceae) Star=g Habit= C<br />
BUFT01 BULS03B BURS01 BUSF01 KARS04<br />
KARS06 KARS08<br />
Pauridiantha afzelii (Hiern) Bremek. (Rubiaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= S<br />
KAHS02 KARS03 KARS06 Njala Senehun Yifin<br />
Pavetta corymbosa (Rubiaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
KTHT01<br />
Pavetta platycalyx Bremek. (Rubiaceae) Star=B Habit= t<br />
KARS04 KARS05 Kurubonla<br />
Pentaclethra macrophylla Benth. (Leguminosae-mim.)<br />
Star=g Habit= T<br />
BULS02 BULS03 BULS04 BULS04 BULS05<br />
BURS01 BURS02 BURS06 BURS07 BURS07<br />
BURS08 BURS08 KAHS01 KAHS02 KARS03<br />
KARS04 KARS06<br />
Pentadesma butyracea Sabine (Guttiferae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BUFT01 BULS03B RSRS06<br />
Phaulopsis (Acanthaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
KAHS02<br />
Phaulopsis ciliata ? (Acanthaceae) Star=g Habit= S<br />
BUHS01 BULS03B BURS01 BURS08A Freetown<br />
KBRB01 Kurubonla Leicester<br />
Phyllanthus (Euphorbiaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BUSF01<br />
Phyllanthus muellerianus (O.Ktze.) Exell (Euphorbiaceae)<br />
Star=g Habit= C<br />
BURS01 BUSF01<br />
Phyllanthus petraeus A.Chev. ex Beille (Euphorbiaceae)<br />
Star=b Habit= S<br />
RSRS04<br />
Phyllanthus reticulatus (Euphorbiaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BUFT01 BURK01<br />
Phyllocosmus africanus (Hook.f.) Klotzsch (Ixonanthaceae)<br />
Star=g Habit= T<br />
BUFT01 BUHT05 BULS03B BURS01 BURS08<br />
KARS05 KBRB01<br />
Piper guineense Schum. & Thonn. (Piperaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= C<br />
KTHT01<br />
Piptadeniastrum africanum (Hook.f.) Brenan<br />
(Leguminosae-mim.) Star=p Habit= T<br />
BUSM01 KTHT01 KTPL01<br />
Pisonia aculeata L. (Nyctaginaceae) Star=g Habit= C<br />
KAHS01<br />
Placodiscus pseudostipularis Radlk. (Sapindaceae)<br />
Star=b Habit= t<br />
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BUHT05 BULS03 BULS03B BULS05 BURS07<br />
BUSM01 KARS04 KARS07<br />
Pleiocarpa mutica Benth. (Apocynaceae) Star=g Habit= t<br />
BUFT01 BURS02<br />
Pneumatopteris afer ? (Thelypteridaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BURS01<br />
Polycephalium capitatum (Baill.) Keay (Icacinaceae)<br />
Star=b Habit= C<br />
BURS01 Freetown<br />
Magbile Njala<br />
Pouteria aningeri (Sapotaceae) Star=S Habit= T<br />
KBRB01<br />
Premna hispida Benth. (Verbenaceae) Star=g Habit= t<br />
BUHS01 BUHT05 BULS03 BURS07 KAHS01<br />
KAHS02 KARS06 KARS07<br />
Pseuderan<strong>the</strong>mum tunicatum (Afzel.) Milne-Redhead<br />
(Acanthaceae) Star=g Habit= S<br />
BULS03 BURS08A Freetown KARS06 KBRB01<br />
KTHT01 Loma mountains<br />
Pseudospondias microcarpa (Anacardiaceae) Star=<br />
Habit=<br />
BURS01 BURS06 KAHS01 KAHS02 KARS03<br />
KARS04 KARS05 KARS06 KARS07 KARS08<br />
KBRB01 KTHT01 KTPL02<br />
Psidium guajava L. (Myrtaceae) Star=g Habit= t<br />
BUHS01<br />
Psilanthus ebracteolatus Hiern (Rubiaceae) Star=g Habit=<br />
S<br />
BULS04 KTHT01 Loma mountains<br />
Loma mountains Njala<br />
Psychotria L. (Rubiaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BUHT05 KARS05 KARS06 KARS07 RSRS02<br />
Psychotria abouabouensis (Schnell) Verdcourt<br />
(Rubiaceae) Star=B Habit= S<br />
BURS06 KARS04 KATH01<br />
A small creeping herb, <strong>of</strong>ten gregarious, forming patches<br />
over extensive areas,
BULS04 BURS01 BUSF01 KAHS02 KBRB01<br />
Loma Mountains<br />
Sabicea cordata Hutch. & Dalz. (Rubiaceae) Star=B Habit= C<br />
BUHS01 KAHS02<br />
Sabicea venosa Benth. (Rubiaceae) Star=g Habit= C<br />
BURS08A Senehun<br />
Salacia (Celastraceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BURS07 KARS05<br />
Salacia debilis (G.Don) Walp. (Celastraceae) Star=g Habit= C<br />
BUFT01<br />
Salacia lehmbachii Loes. var. aurantiaca (Hallé) N.Hallé<br />
(Celastraceae) Star=g Habit= S<br />
BUHT05 BUHT05 BUHT05 BULS04 BULS05<br />
BURS01 KAHS02 KARS07 KTHT01 KTPL02<br />
KTPL02<br />
Salacia leptoclada Tul. (Celastraceae) Star=g Habit= C<br />
BUFT01<br />
Salacia senegalensis (Lam.) DC. (Celastraceae) Star=b<br />
Habit= C<br />
BUHS01 Freetown Njala<br />
Salacia staudtiana Loesener var. leonensis<br />
(Celastraceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BULS04 BUSM01 KTHT01 KTPL01<br />
Salacia tuberculata Blakelock var. tuberculata<br />
(Celastraceae) Star= Habit=<br />
KTPL02<br />
Salacighia (Celastraceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BUSF01<br />
Samanea dinklagei (Harms) Keay (Leguminosae-mim.)<br />
Star=g Habit= T<br />
BUFT01 BUHS01 BUHT05 BUHT05 BULS02<br />
BULS03B BULS04 BULS05 BURS01 BURS06<br />
BURS07 BUSM01 Bagru River Freetown<br />
KAHS02 KARS05 KARS07 KBRB01 KTHT01<br />
Kenema Loma Mountains Loma<br />
Mountains Loma Mountains Njala<br />
Port Loko Sonfon lake Tingi Mountains<br />
Santiria trimera (Oliv.) Aubrév. (Burseraceae) Star=b Habit= T<br />
BULS02 BULS05 BURS07 BURS08A KAHS01<br />
KAHS02 KARS03 KARS06 KARS07 KARS08<br />
KTHT01<br />
Sarcocephalus pobeguinii Hua ex Pobeguin; Pellegr.<br />
(Rubiaceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BUSF01 KARS03 KATH01<br />
Sarcophrynium brachystachys (Benth.) K.Schum.<br />
(Marantaceae) Star=g Habit= H<br />
KTHT01<br />
Sarcophrynium prionogonium (Marantaceae) Star=<br />
Habit=<br />
KTPL02<br />
Scadoxus (Amaryllidaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BURS01<br />
Scleria boivinii Steud. (Cyperaceae) Star=g Habit= C<br />
BUHT05 BULS03B BURS01<br />
Scottellia klaineana Pierre (Achariaceae (flac.)) Star=g<br />
Habit= T<br />
BULS03<br />
Scytopetalum (Scytopetalaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BURS06<br />
Scytopetalum tieghemii (A.Chev.) Hutch. & Dalz.<br />
(Scytopetalaceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BURS06 Gola Forest Njala<br />
Selaginella (Selaginellaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BULS03B BURS06 BURS08A KARS06<br />
Senna podocarpa (Leguminosae-caes.) Star=g Habit= S<br />
BUFT01<br />
Sherbournia (Rubiaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BUHT05 BULS03B BURS07 BURS07 BURS08A<br />
KARS06<br />
Sherbournia bignoniiflora (Welw.) Hua (Rubiaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= C<br />
KBRB01<br />
Smeathmannia pubescens Soland. ex R.Br.<br />
(Passifloraceae) Star=g Habit= t<br />
BUFT01 BULS03 BULS03 BULS03B BURS01<br />
BURS06 KAHS01 KAHS02 KARS03 KARS04<br />
KARS05 KARS06 KARS07<br />
Smilax anceps (Smilacaceae) Star=g Habit= C<br />
BUHS01 BUHS01 BURS01 BUSF01<br />
Solanum torvum Sw. (Solanaceae) Star=g Habit= S<br />
BUHS01 KTHT01<br />
Sorindeia collina Keay (Anacardiaceae) Star=B Habit=<br />
BUHT05 BULS01 BULS02 BULS05 BULS05<br />
BULS05 BURS01 BURS01 BURS01 BURS07<br />
BURS08A BURS08A KAHS02 KTPL02 RSRS03<br />
RSRS05<br />
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In <strong>the</strong> basin we found two species <strong>of</strong> Sorindeia. S.<br />
juglandifolia is a sprawling shrub or liane common in farm<br />
bush, and has small fruits in terminal panicles with which<br />
local people are very familiar. In March it was well into its<br />
fruiting season. It has distinctive venation and 1-9 leaflets.<br />
Ano<strong>the</strong>r is a smaller treelet common in <strong>the</strong> moister gallery<br />
forests, and has larger fruits in cauliflorous panicles and 9<br />
or more thinly papery leaflets without distinctive veins.<br />
Local people did not recognise it as edible, and it was<br />
flowering (or with last years old fruits) in March. This –<br />
clearly a different species, and one missing from my own<br />
recent summary <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> trees (Hawthorne and Jongkind,<br />
2006)- has proved difficult to identify, even after<br />
correspondence with Pr<strong>of</strong>. Breteler who has just revised<br />
<strong>the</strong> genus (pers. comm.. via C. Jongkind). It seems it might<br />
be S. collina which Breteler, now apparently erroneously,<br />
sunk into S.juglandifolia, In <strong>the</strong> old Flora <strong>of</strong> West Tropical<br />
Africa S.collina is endemic to <strong>Sierra</strong> <strong>Leone</strong> and known only<br />
from Bintumane, Kambui Hills and <strong>the</strong> Tingi Mts. However,<br />
as <strong>the</strong> name has been sunk into S.juglandifolia and does<br />
not appear in Breteler’s revision (Breteler 2003), it will take<br />
quite some work to unravel <strong>the</strong> current view <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> true<br />
distribution <strong>of</strong> this species.<br />
Sorindeia juglandifolia (A.Rich.) Planch. ex Oliv.<br />
(Anacardiaceae) Star=g Habit= S<br />
BULS04 KARS03 KARS05 KARS07 KARS08<br />
KBRB01 Kambui Hills Loma Mountains Tingi<br />
Mountains<br />
Spathodea campanulata P.Beauv. (Bignoniaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= T<br />
KARS07<br />
Spondias mombin L. (Anacardiaceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BULS01 BULS03 KARS04 KARS06 KARS08<br />
KATH01 KTHT01 KTPL01<br />
Sterculia oblonga Mast. (Malvaceae s.l.(sterc.)) Star=g<br />
Habit= T<br />
KTPL02<br />
Sterculia tragacantha Lindl. (Malvaceae s.l.(sterc.)) Star=g<br />
Habit= T<br />
BUHS01 BUHT05 BURS01 BURS08 KARS03<br />
KARS05 KARS06 KARS08 KTHT01 KTPL02<br />
Streblus (Moraceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BURS06<br />
Streblus usambarensis (Moraceae) Star=g Habit= t<br />
BUFT01 BULS02 BULS03 KAHS01 Loma<br />
Mountains<br />
Streptogyna (Gramineae) Star= Habit=<br />
BULS04<br />
Streptogyna crinita P.Beauv. (Gramineae) Star=g Habit= H<br />
KTHT01<br />
Strombosia glaucescens (Olacaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BUHT05 BULS04 KTPL02<br />
Strombosia pustulata Oliv. (Olacaceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
KTHT01 KTPL02<br />
Strophanthus (Apocynaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BURS01<br />
Strophanthus preussii Engl. & Pax (Apocynaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= C<br />
KTHT01<br />
Strophanthus sarmentosus DC. var. sarmentosus<br />
(Apocynaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
KTHT01<br />
Strychnos (Loganiaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
KARS03 KARS04 KARS05 KARS07 KARS08<br />
Strychnos afzelii Gilg (Loganiaceae) Star=g Habit= C<br />
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BULS03 BULS04 BURS07 Freetown<br />
Freetown KAHS02 KARS03 Loma Mountains<br />
Strychnos densiflora Baill. (Loganiaceae) Star=g Habit= C<br />
KARS07<br />
Strychnos icaja Baill. (Loganiaceae) Star=g Habit= C<br />
BULS03 BULS03B BURS08A<br />
Strychnos longicaudata Gilg (Loganiaceae) Star=g Habit=<br />
C<br />
BUFT01 BULS02 BURS01<br />
Strychnos malacoclados C.H.Wright (Loganiaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= C<br />
BULS02 BURS01 BURS06 BURS06 KARS06<br />
KBRB01 KBRB01 KTPL02<br />
Strychnos splendens Gilg (Loganiaceae) Star=g Habit= C<br />
BULS02 BULS05<br />
Synsepalum afzelii (Engl.) Pennington (Sapotaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= T<br />
BULS03 BUSM01 KTHT01<br />
Synsepalum brevipes (Baker) Pennington (Sapotaceae)<br />
Star=g Habit= t<br />
BULS01 BULS02 BULS03B BULS04 BURS01<br />
BURS06 KAHS01 KAHS02 KAHS02 KARS03<br />
KARS05 KARS06 KARS07 KARS08 KBRB01<br />
Synsepalum sp. (Sapotaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BURS06<br />
Syrrheonema hexastamineum Keay (Menispermaceae)<br />
Star=! Habit=<br />
BUHT05 BULS03 KBRB01 KBRB01<br />
Syzygium rowlandii Sprague (Myrtaceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BULS01 BURS06<br />
Tabernaemontana (Apocynaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BULS03 BUSM01 KAHS02 KARS06 KBRB01<br />
Tabernaemontana africana A.DC. (Apocynaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= T<br />
BULS05 BURS01 BURS08A<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> Freetown Hill Station<br />
Kambia Kumrabai Leicester Loma Mountains Loma<br />
Mountains Magbile Makeni Port Loko Regent Sugar<br />
Loaf Mountain York<br />
Tacazzea apiculata Oliv. (Asclepiadaceae) Star=g Habit= C<br />
BUFT01 BURK01<br />
Tarenna (Rubiaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BUSF01 KARS04<br />
Tarenna brachysiphon (Hiern) Keay (Rubiaceae) Star=G<br />
Habit= C<br />
BURS02 BURS06 Bagru River KBRB01 Sonfon<br />
lake<br />
Tarenna nitidula (Benth.) Hiern (Rubiaceae) Star=G Habit= C<br />
BULS02 BURS07 <strong>Bumbuna</strong> Freetown KAHS01<br />
KAHS02 KARS03 Kafogo Kambui Hills Kumrabai<br />
Leicester Loma Mountains Sugar Loaf Mountain<br />
Tingi Mountains<br />
Tarenna vignei (Rubiaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
KTHT01 KTPL02 KTPL02<br />
Terminalia ivorensis A.Chev. (Combretaceae) Star=s Habit=<br />
T<br />
BURS01<br />
Terminalia superba Engl. & Diels (Combretaceae) Star=p<br />
Habit= T<br />
BULS03 BULS05 KTPL01 KTPL02<br />
Tessmannia baikieaoides Hutch. & Dalz. (Leguminosaecaes.)<br />
Star=G Habit= T<br />
BURS07<br />
A rare tree scattered across <strong>the</strong> Mountains from <strong>Sierra</strong><br />
<strong>Leone</strong> to <strong>the</strong> Nimba outliers in Ivory Coast. Interestingly,<br />
this species occurs on steep slopes <strong>of</strong> gallery forest in <strong>the</strong><br />
north <strong>of</strong> our study area.<br />
Tetracera Hutch. & Dalz. (Dilleniaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BURS08A KARS08<br />
Tetracera potatoria Afzel. ex G.Don (Dilleniaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= C<br />
BURS01 Freetown KARS05 KARS07<br />
Tetrapleura tetraptera (Schum. & Thonn.) Taub.<br />
(Leguminosae-mim.) Star=g Habit= T<br />
KTPL01 KTPL02<br />
Tetrorchidium didymostemon (Baill.) Pax & K.H<strong>of</strong>fm.<br />
(Euphorbiaceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BUHT05 BUHT05 BULS04 BULS05 BURS01<br />
KARS08 KBRB01 KTHT01 KTPL02<br />
Thecacoris stenopetala (Muell.Arg.) Muell.Arg.<br />
(Euphorbiaceae) Star=g Habit= S<br />
BUFT01 KBRB01<br />
Tiliacora leonensis (Sc.Eliott) Diels (Menispermaceae)<br />
Star=g Habit= C<br />
BUFT01 BULS02 BURS01 BURS07 Njala<br />
Treculia africana (Moraceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BURS02 BUSF01 KAHS02 KARS04<br />
Trema orientalis (L.) Blume (Ulmaceae) Star=g Habit= t<br />
BUHS01 BURS01 BUSF01 Freetown<br />
Tricalysia (Rubiaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BULS04 BURS06<br />
Tricalysia bracteata Hiern (Rubiaceae) Star=b Habit= S<br />
BUHT05 Loma mountains<br />
Tricalysia reflexa Hutch. var. reflexa (Rubiaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= S<br />
BURS06<br />
Trichilia (Meliaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BULS05 KBRB01<br />
Trichilia monadelpha (Thonn.) J.J.de Wilde (Meliaceae)<br />
Star=g Habit= T<br />
BULS01 KARS05 KARS06 KTHT01 KTPL02<br />
Trichilia prieureana A.Juss. (Meliaceae) Star=g Habit=<br />
BULS03 BURS06 KTHT01 KTPL01 KTPL02<br />
Trichilia tessmannii Harms (Meliaceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BULS03<br />
Trichoscypha arborea (A.Chev.) A.Chev. (Anacardiaceae)<br />
Star=g Habit= T<br />
BUHT05 Gola Forest KTPL02<br />
Trichoscypha baldwinii Keay (Anacardiaceae) Star=b<br />
Habit= t<br />
BUSM01<br />
Trichoscypha longifolia (Hook.f.) Engl. (Anacardiaceae)<br />
Star=G Habit= t<br />
BULS03 BULS03 BULS04 BURS02<br />
Mainly a small tree <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> moister extreme <strong>of</strong> gallery forests, but<br />
can grow to 25m. It is only known from a few localities in Liberia<br />
(Dukwai river, Zuie, nr Kakata); and <strong>Sierra</strong> <strong>Leone</strong> (Kangama, Dodo<br />
Hills and Makump).<br />
Trilepisium madagascariense DC. (Moraceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= T<br />
BULS04 BURS01 BUSM01 KAHS02 KARS06<br />
Tristemma albiflorum (Melastomataceae) Star=b Habit= S<br />
KBRB01 Loma Mountains<br />
Triumfetta cordifolia A.Rich. (Malvaceae s.l.(tili.)) Star=g<br />
Habit=<br />
BUHS01<br />
Triumfetta tomentosa Boj. (Malvaceae s.l.(tili.)) Star=g<br />
Habit=<br />
KTHT01<br />
Turraea leonensis Keay (Meliaceae) Star=B Habit= t<br />
Hangha KTHT01<br />
Turraeanthus africanus (Welw. ex C.DC.) Pellegr.<br />
(Meliaceae) Star=p Habit= T<br />
BUHT05 BURS06 BUSM01 BUSM01 KTHT01<br />
KTPL01 KTPL02 KTPL02<br />
Uapaca guineensis Muell.Arg. (Euphorbiaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= T<br />
BUHT05 BULS03 BULS04 BULS04 BUSM01<br />
KARS05 KARS06 KARS07 KARS08 Kurubonla<br />
Uapaca heudelotii Baill. (Euphorbiaceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BUFT01 BULS01 BULS02 BURS01 BURS02<br />
BURS06 BURS07 BURS07 KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KAHS02 KARS03 KARS04 KARS05 KARS06<br />
KARS07 KARS08 RSRS07<br />
Uncaria talbotii Wernham (Rubiaceae) Star=g Habit= C<br />
BURS01<br />
Usteria guineensis Willd. (Loganiaceae) Star=g Habit= C<br />
BULS01<br />
Uvaria (Annonaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BULS03<br />
Uvaria =743 (Annonaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BURS07<br />
Uvaria =811 (Annonaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BULS03B<br />
Uvaria anonoides Bak.f. (Annonaceae) Star=g Habit= C<br />
BURS01 Loma Mountains<br />
Uvaria chamae P.Beauv. (Annonaceae) Star=b Habit= C<br />
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BUHS01 Freetown<br />
Uvaria sp. (Annonaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
KARS05<br />
Uvariastrum (Annonaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
KAHS02 KARS06<br />
Uvariastrum pierreanum Engl. (Annonaceae) Star=g Habit=<br />
t<br />
BURS06<br />
Uvariopsis guineensis Keay (Annonaceae) Star=G Habit= t<br />
BURS08 Gola Forest Gola Forest Gola Forest<br />
Gola Forest Loma mountains<br />
Loma mountains<br />
Vangueriella (Rubiaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BULS03B KARS03<br />
Vangueriella discolor (Benth.) Verdcourt (Rubiaceae) Star=b<br />
Habit= S<br />
BUHS01<br />
Vangueriella sp. (Rubiaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BURS06<br />
Vangueriella vanguerioides (Hiern) Verdc. (Rubiaceae)<br />
Star=b Habit= S<br />
KAHS01 Kenema Loma Mountains Loma<br />
Mountains Sugar Loaf Mountain Sugar Loaf<br />
Mountain<br />
Vanilla (Orchidaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
KAHS02 KARS03 KARS04 KARS05<br />
Vepris felicis Breteler (Rutaceae) Star=B Habit= t<br />
BUFT01 BULS03 BULS03B BULS04 BURS07<br />
KAHS01<br />
Vepris suaveolens (Engl.) W.Mziray (Rutaceae) Star=b<br />
Habit= T<br />
BULS04 BURS06 Kambui Hills Loma Mountains<br />
Loma mountains<br />
Sugar Loaf Mountain Sugar Loaf Mountain Tingi<br />
Mountains<br />
Vismia guineensis (L.) Choisy (Guttiferae) Star=g Habit= t<br />
BUFT01 BUHT05 BULS03B BURS01 KARS07<br />
Vitex (Verbenaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
KARS07<br />
Vitex grandifolia Gurke (Verbenaceae) Star=g Habit= t<br />
BURS01 BURS07 KARS03 KARS04 KARS07<br />
KARS07 KBRB01<br />
Warneckea cinnamomoides (G.Don) Jacq.-Félix<br />
(Melastomataceae) Star=b Habit= t<br />
BUSM01<br />
Warneckea fasciculare (Planch ex Benth.) Jac.-Fél.<br />
(Melastomataceae) Star=! Habit=<br />
BURS07<br />
Whitfieldia lateritia Hooker (Acanthaceae) Star=b Habit= S<br />
BULS03 BULS04 BULS05 Kasewe Forest Reserve<br />
Makeni<br />
Ximenia americana L. (Olacaceae) Star=g Habit= t<br />
KAHS02 KATH01<br />
Xylopia aethiopica (Dunal) A.Rich. (Annonaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= T<br />
BUFT01 BUHT05 BULS02 BULS03 BULS03B<br />
BURS08A BUSM01 KARS05<br />
Xylopia parviflora (A.Rich.) Benth. (Annonaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= T<br />
RSRS05<br />
Xylopia quintasii Engl. & Diels (Annonaceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BUFT01 BUHT05 BULS03 BULS03 BULS03B<br />
BULS04 BULS05 BULS05 BURS08A<br />
Xylopia villosa Chipp (Annonaceae) Star=g Habit= T<br />
BULS03 BULS04 BURS06 Gola Forest<br />
Zanthoxylum gilletii (De Wild.) Waterman (Rutaceae) Star=g<br />
Habit= T<br />
BUHT05 BULS04 BUSM01 KTPL02<br />
Zanthoxylum rubescens Planch. ex Hook.f. (Rutaceae)<br />
Star=b Habit= S<br />
BULS03B<br />
sp (Rubiaceae) Star= Habit=<br />
BUHT05_<br />
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Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS01<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS07 KARS06 KBRB01<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
APPENDIX C– ORDINATION: SELECTED SPECIES<br />
The Sample points with no GHI listed are observational positions for which GPS<br />
readings could be made in <strong>the</strong> middle <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> valley by <strong>the</strong> rapid reconnaissance<br />
sub-team ra<strong>the</strong>r than full RBS samples.<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUHT05<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Afzelia aricana Widespread dry<br />
forest tree <strong>of</strong>ten found in savanna. A.<br />
parviflora a similar rare tree occurs in<br />
similar areas.<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BUHT05<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
Anthostema aubryanum Swamp<br />
forest small tree. A. senegalense<br />
occurs in <strong>the</strong> area also.<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01 KTHT01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Aubrevillea platycarpa Tall forest<br />
tree frequently confused with<br />
Pentaclethra<br />
BUHS01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS06<br />
BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01 BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Amanoa bracteosa<br />
Upper Guinean riverine tree.<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01<br />
KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS01<br />
KARS07 KARS06<br />
KARS08<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
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BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
Anubias afzelii Locally common<br />
along some shallower river<br />
edges<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Aulacocalyx divergens Small<br />
shrub <strong>of</strong> western Guinean forests<br />
BUHS01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS06<br />
BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01 BURS07<br />
BUHT05<br />
BULS04 BULS05<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Anisophyllea laurina<br />
Globally rare, western Upper Guinea,<br />
but locally abundant on old farms.<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS04 BUHT05<br />
BULS05<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
Aphanocalyx pteridophyllus.<br />
Western Guinea forest,<br />
especially gallery<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
Blighia sapida Widespread tree<br />
<strong>of</strong> many forest types<br />
BUHS01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
BURS06<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS06<br />
BURS01<br />
KBRB01<br />
KARS07<br />
KTHT01<br />
BURS02<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BULS03B<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS04 BULS05<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTPL02<br />
BUHT05<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Brachystegia leonensis Locally<br />
common immense canopy tree,<br />
restricted to Western Guinea<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KARS06 KBRB01<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
BURS08A<br />
KTPL01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
Campylospermum glaberrimum<br />
Shrub common in many types <strong>of</strong><br />
gallery forest and thicket<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS06<br />
BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BULS03B<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Cassia sieberiana common in<br />
fallow and savanna in <strong>the</strong> area<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS07 KARS06<br />
BURS01<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Chrysophyllum africanum<br />
Riverine forest tree widespread<br />
in Africa<br />
BUHS01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS06<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
BURS02<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUHT05<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Calycobolus heudelotii Liane in<br />
wet forests<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
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BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
Campylospermum<br />
schoenleinianum Small shrub<br />
typical <strong>of</strong> evergreen forests<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS06<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
BURS01<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS07 KARS06 KBRB01 KTHT01<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BULS03B<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTPL02<br />
BUHT05<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
Chassalia kolly a ra<strong>the</strong>r sunloving<br />
forest shrub or climber<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01<br />
KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS04 KARS07<br />
KARS06<br />
BURS01<br />
KBRB01<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BUHT05<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Cleistopholis patens widespread<br />
pioneer tree common also in<br />
swamps<br />
BUHS01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS02<br />
KAHS01<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04 KARS07<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KBRB01<br />
KTHT01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BULS03B<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTPL02<br />
BUHT05<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Calamus deeratus Spiny rattan,<br />
fond <strong>of</strong> swamps<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KBRB01<br />
KARS07 KARS06<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS01<br />
BUFT01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS04 BUHT05<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
Carapa procera a widespread,<br />
forest medium-sized tree<br />
particular fond <strong>of</strong> wetter sites<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS06<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
BURS01<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS07 KARS06 KBRB01<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS08b<br />
BURS08A<br />
BULS02<br />
BULS03B<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUHT05<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
Chidlowia sanguinea: Common<br />
in some Upper Guinean hill forest<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BULS03B<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01 BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01<br />
KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS06<br />
BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Cola chlamydantha Small<br />
unbranched tree <strong>of</strong> wetter<br />
(usually evergreen) west African<br />
forests<br />
BUHS01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01
Appendices<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS06<br />
KAHS01<br />
KAHS02<br />
BURS02<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01 KTHT01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BULS03B<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTPL02<br />
BUHT05<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Copaifera salikounda Tree <strong>of</strong><br />
semideciduous or evergreen<br />
forest<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS02<br />
KAHS01<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS01<br />
KBRB01<br />
KARS07 KARS06<br />
KARS08<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01 BURS07<br />
BUHT05<br />
BULS04 BULS05<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTHT01<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
Culcasia saxatilis herb common<br />
in gallery forest and damp rocky<br />
places<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01<br />
KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS07 KARS06<br />
BURS01<br />
KBRB01<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BUHT05<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
Dialium guineense Common tree<br />
in many forest types<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04 KARS07<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KBRB01<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Diospyros thomasii Small tree or<br />
shrub from western Upper<br />
Guinea<br />
BUHS01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS06<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
BURS02<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BULS03B<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUHT05<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Crinum natans aquatic herb<br />
gregarious in shallow rivers<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS02<br />
KAHS01<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS01<br />
KBRB01<br />
KARS07 KARS06<br />
KARS08<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01 BURS07<br />
BUHT05<br />
BULS04 BULS05<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTHT01<br />
BUSM01<br />
Nippon Koei UK, MRAG, NHM and ZSL 54 Botanical survey –Final Report<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
Daniellia thurifera common upper<br />
Guinean forest tree<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07 KARS06 KBRB01<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS04 BUHT05<br />
BULS05<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
Diospyros piscatoria Medium<br />
forest tree (probably “D.<br />
gabunensis” in NKUK 2005)<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS01<br />
KARS07 KARS06<br />
KARS08<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Diosopyros elliotii Gallery forest<br />
tree usually in savanna zone<br />
BUHS01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
BURS06<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS02<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BULS03B<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUHT05<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Cryptosepalum tetraphyllum<br />
medium tree <strong>of</strong> wetter forests<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01<br />
KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS06<br />
BURS01<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01 KTHT01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
Deinbollia grandifolia (& maybe<br />
D.cuneata if that is different).<br />
Shrub<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01<br />
KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS06<br />
BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
KTHT01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BULS03B<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01 BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
Cola cf caricifolia The local<br />
population larger than normal<br />
and not cauliflorous<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BULS03B<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01 BURS07<br />
BULS04 BUHT05<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
Drypetes inaequalis Forest<br />
shrub: western Upper Guinea.<br />
BUHS01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS06<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
BURS02<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS06<br />
BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BULS03B<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUHT05<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Elaeis guineensis Pioneer palm<br />
and cultivated<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS06<br />
BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
Garcinia afzelii Small tree esp.<br />
drier galleries<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS01<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS07 KARS06 KBRB01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01 BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
Gilbertiodendron bilneatum<br />
Medium tree <strong>of</strong> Upper Guinean<br />
riversides<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01 KTHT01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Guibourtia leonensis western<br />
Upper Guinea forest tree<br />
BUHS01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS06<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
BURS01<br />
KARS07 KARS06<br />
KARS08<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS02<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS01<br />
BUFT01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUHT05<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Ficus lutea Widespread<br />
strangling fig<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS01<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS07 KARS06 KBRB01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
Appendices<br />
Botanical survey – Final Report 55 Nippon Koei UK, MRAG, NHM and ZSL<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
Garcinia kola Medium sized tree<br />
<strong>of</strong> various forest types<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS06<br />
BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
G.limba small tree <strong>of</strong> Upper<br />
Guinea wet places<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07 KARS06 KBRB01<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07 BUFT01<br />
BULS04 BUHT05<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Heisteria parvifolia widespread,<br />
forest shrub or small treelet<br />
BUHS01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS06<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
BURS02<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BULS03B<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUHT05<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Ficus exasperate widespread<br />
pioneer tree<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS07 KARS06<br />
BURS01<br />
KBRB01<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01 BURS07<br />
BUHT05<br />
BULS04 BULS05<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
Garcinia smeathmanii small to<br />
medium tree <strong>of</strong> moist forests<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS01<br />
KARS07 KARS08<br />
KARS06 KBRB01<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01 BURS07<br />
BUHT05<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
G.sp. aff bilneatum (1 line on<br />
pods). Gregarious along some<br />
stretches<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS02<br />
KAHS01<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS07 KARS06<br />
BURS01<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
Hexalobus crispiflorus common<br />
byh water here – widespread tree<br />
BUHS01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01
Appendices<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
BURS06<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS06<br />
BURS01<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
KTHT01<br />
BURS02<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BULS03B<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS04 BUHT05<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Hymenocardia lyrata mostly<br />
river-edge treelet<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01<br />
KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS06<br />
BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01 KTHT01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07 BUFT01<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
Lecaniodscus cupanoides<br />
medium pioneer tree<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS06<br />
BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
Margaritaria discoideus<br />
secondary forest medium pioneer<br />
tree<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Microglossa pyrifolia weedy<br />
climber<br />
BUHS01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS06<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
BURS02<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BULS03B<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUHT05<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Jasminum pauciflorum forest<br />
edge climber<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07 KARS06 KBRB01<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
BURS08A<br />
KTPL01<br />
BULS03B<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01 BURS07<br />
BULS04 BUHT05<br />
BULS05<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUSM01<br />
Nippon Koei UK, MRAG, NHM and ZSL 56 Botanical survey –Final Report<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
Manilkara obovata widespread,<br />
variable tree<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01<br />
KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS06<br />
BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BULS03B<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS04 BUHT05<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
Memecylon lateriflorum moist<br />
forest understorey tree<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS06<br />
BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Millettia sanagana: small tree<br />
with v.scattered widespread<br />
distrib<br />
BUHS01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS06<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
BURS02<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BULS03B<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUHT05<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Lankesteria hispida small forest<br />
shrub v. scattered to Cameroon<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS06<br />
BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
Maran<strong>the</strong>s aubrevillei tree<br />
indicating wet evergreen forest<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS01<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS07 KARS06 KBRB01 KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS08A<br />
BULS03B<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUHT05<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
Microdesmis keayana forest<br />
shrub or treelet<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KBRB01<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BUHT05<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
Millettia lane-poolei Western<br />
Upper Guinea, medium tree,<br />
common in drier forests<br />
BUHS01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS06<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
BURS02<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
KARS05<br />
KBRB01<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01 BURS07<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUHT05<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Morelia senegalensis gallery<br />
forest treelet<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS01<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS07 KARS06 KBRB01 KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUHT05<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
Myrianthus arboreus Common<br />
small pioneer tree<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01 BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
Neolemonierra clitandrifolia<br />
evergreen forests, esp by rivers<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS02<br />
KAHS01<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KBRB01<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUHT05<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Palisota hirsuta large herbaceous<br />
pioneer esp in wet places<br />
BUHS01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS06<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
BURS02<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BULS03B<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUHT05<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Myrianthus libericus small<br />
understorey tree<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS02<br />
KAHS01<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS01<br />
KBRB01 KARS08<br />
KARS07 KARS06<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01 BURS07<br />
BUHT05<br />
BULS04 BULS05<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUSM01<br />
Appendices<br />
Botanical survey – Final Report 57 Nippon Koei UK, MRAG, NHM and ZSL<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
Napoleonaea heudelotii western<br />
upper Guinea small forest tree<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BULS03B<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS04 BUHT05<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
Newtonia aubrevillei large<br />
evergreen forest tree<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS01<br />
KARS07 KARS06 KBRB01 KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
BUHS01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS06<br />
KAHS02<br />
KAHS01<br />
KARS05<br />
BURS02<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS07<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUHT05<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Myrianthus serratus more at<br />
home by water’s edge<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04 KARS07 KARS06<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KBRB01<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BUHT05<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
Napoleonaea vogelii <strong>of</strong>ten by<br />
rivers and more widespread than<br />
prev.<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS01<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BUHT05<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
Octoknema borealis medium<br />
forest tree<br />
KATH01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BUHT05<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
Parkia bicolor large forest tree Pavetta platycalyx western Upper<br />
Guinea shrub or treelet<br />
Axis 2<br />
Axis 1<br />
BUHS01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01
Appendices<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS06<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
BURS02<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUHT05<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Pentadesma butyracea<br />
evergreen forest tree<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
Psychotria abouabouensis (1 st<br />
rec. for <strong>Sierra</strong> <strong>Leone</strong>), Creeping<br />
herb in wet places. Guinea to<br />
Ghana but v. uncommon,<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BULS03B<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01 BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Rinorea afzelii Forest shrub: W.<br />
Upper Guinea<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BULS03B<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUHT05<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUHS01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
BURS06<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS06<br />
BURS01<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
KTHT01<br />
BURS02<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BULS03B<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01 BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTPL02<br />
BUHT05<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Pentaclethra macrocarpa<br />
widespread forest tree<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KBRB01<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUHT05<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUSM01<br />
Nippon Koei UK, MRAG, NHM and ZSL 58 Botanical survey –Final Report<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
Psychotria limba shrub from<br />
W.Upper Guinea<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS02<br />
KAHS01<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS01<br />
KBRB01<br />
KARS07 KARS06<br />
KARS08<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BULS01<br />
BUFT01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
Axis 1<br />
Rinorea microdon W.Upper<br />
Guinea shrub<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS02<br />
KAHS01<br />
KARS05<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BUHS01<br />
<strong>Bumbuna</strong> project Main RBS samples -Decorana<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS01<br />
KARS07 KBRB01<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08<br />
KTHT01<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BULS03B<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01 BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
Salacia senegalensis climber Samanea dinklagei medium tree<br />
widespread in many forest types<br />
Axis 2<br />
BURS08A<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTPL02<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUHS01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS06<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
BURS02<br />
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KARS05<br />
KARS06 KBRB01 KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BULS03B<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUHT05<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Pseuderan<strong>the</strong>mum tunicatum<br />
forest herb or shrublet,<br />
widespread<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07 KARS06 KBRB01<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
BURS08A<br />
KTPL01<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01 BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BUHT05<br />
BULS04<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
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Axis 1<br />
Pterocarpus santalinoides<br />
widespread and common riverine<br />
medium tree<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
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Axis 1<br />
BUHS01<br />
Rungia guineensis forest shrub<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
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KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS07 KARS06<br />
BURS01<br />
KBRB01 KTHT01<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01 BURS07<br />
BURS08A<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTPL02<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Santiria trimera Forest tree in W.<br />
upper Guinea and Lower Guinea<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUHS01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS06<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
KARS06<br />
BURS01<br />
BURS02<br />
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BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BULS03B<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS04 BUHT05<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Sorindeia juglandifolia<br />
widespread weak shrub <strong>of</strong> gallery<br />
forest etc.<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BULS03B<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01 BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
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Axis 1<br />
BUHS01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS02<br />
KAHS01<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS06<br />
KARS05<br />
BURS01<br />
KARS07 KARS06<br />
KARS08<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS02<br />
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BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07 BUFT01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
BUHT05<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Sorindeia cf. collina ?W.Upper<br />
Guinea. Cauliflorous treelet.<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KBRB01<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
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BUHS01<br />
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Axis 1<br />
BUHS01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS06<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
BURS02<br />
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KARS05<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS06<br />
BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS01<br />
BUFT01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS04 BUHT05<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Synsepalum brevipes medium<br />
tree common in gallery forest<br />
across Africa`<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01 BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
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Tarenna nitidula Climber Tarenna brachysiphon Climber Tessmannia baikiaeoides<br />
uncommon ?upland forest tree<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS04 BUHT05<br />
BULS05<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
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BULS03a<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Trichoscypha longifolia W.Upper<br />
Guinea understorey tree <strong>of</strong><br />
?evergreen forests<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01<br />
KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07 KARS06 KBRB01<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BULS03B<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01 BURS07<br />
BULS04 BUHT05<br />
BULS05<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
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Axis 1<br />
Vepris felicis Uncommon shrub,<br />
W. Upper Guinea<br />
BUHS01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS06<br />
KARS08 BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01 KTHT01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
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BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
Axis 1<br />
Turraea leonensis Shrub <strong>of</strong> dry<br />
?forests, W.Upper Guinea<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BULS03a<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
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KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
BURS01<br />
KARS07 KBRB01 KARS08<br />
KARS06<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01 BURS07<br />
BUHT05<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
Axis 1<br />
Vitex grandifolia small to medium<br />
tree<br />
BUHS01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS06<br />
BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
Axis 1<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
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Axis 1<br />
Uapaca heudelotii stilt-rooted<br />
tree widespread along riverbanks<br />
Axis 2<br />
KATH01<br />
KARS03<br />
KAHS01 KAHS02<br />
KARS05<br />
KARS04<br />
KARS08<br />
KARS06<br />
BURS01<br />
KARS07<br />
KBRB01<br />
BURS06<br />
BURS02<br />
BURS08A<br />
BURS08b<br />
BULS03B<br />
BULS02<br />
BUFT01<br />
BULS01<br />
BURS07<br />
BULS05<br />
BULS04<br />
BULS03a<br />
KTHT01<br />
KTPL02<br />
KTPL01<br />
BUHT05<br />
BUSM01<br />
BUHS01<br />
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Axis 1<br />
Whitfieldia lateritia forest<br />
understorey shrub W Upper<br />
Guinea<br />
BUHS01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01<br />
BUSF01
Appendices<br />
APPENDIX D - SOME ORCHIDS OF THE BUMBUNA VALLEY<br />
By John DeMarco, September 2006<br />
Introduction<br />
On 13 and 14 May 2006, I visited <strong>Bumbuna</strong> at <strong>the</strong> invitation <strong>of</strong> Dr Torben Larsen, who was carrying<br />
out a study <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> butterflies <strong>the</strong>re. On <strong>the</strong> morning <strong>of</strong> 14 May, I spent about two hours in <strong>the</strong> valley<br />
upstream <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> dam, in <strong>the</strong> company <strong>of</strong> Dr Larsen and a guide. Most <strong>of</strong> our time was spent in a forest<br />
patch on <strong>the</strong> east side <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> river about 1km upstream <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> dam, which was not yet flooded. This<br />
forest patch, while seriously degraded by human activities, was <strong>the</strong> best available near <strong>the</strong> dam. About<br />
12 species <strong>of</strong> epiphytic orchids were collected, mostly from trees that had fallen or were cut down in<br />
preparation for farming activities. All were collected within about 200m <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> river. Interestingly,<br />
<strong>the</strong>re were no trees old or large enough to support epiphytes right on <strong>the</strong> banks <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> river in this area,<br />
possibly because periodic storm surges would destroy trees growing too close to <strong>the</strong> river. No<br />
terrestrial orchids were seen.<br />
Annotated list <strong>of</strong> species collected<br />
Aerangis biloba (JD5440, flowered August-September 2006) Widespread in West Africa. Mainly<br />
associated with forest, but may be found in more exposed locations.<br />
Ancistrorhynchus clandestinus (JD5442, flowered June 2006) Numerous large and vigorous<br />
specimens found. Widespread in West Africa, including humid forest and secondary vegetation in <strong>the</strong><br />
forest zone.<br />
Angraecum distichum (JD5439, flowered September 2006) One <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> more common epiphytic<br />
orchids in <strong>Sierra</strong> <strong>Leone</strong>. I have found it both in forest and in more exposed locations, but in <strong>the</strong> latter<br />
case I suspect it to be a relict <strong>of</strong> more humid micro-climatic conditions in <strong>the</strong> recent past.<br />
Bulbophyllum lucifugum (JD5430): Not flowering, but unmistakable. Possibly <strong>the</strong> most interesting<br />
collection <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> day, on account <strong>of</strong> its limited distribution. In <strong>the</strong> Flora <strong>of</strong> West Tropical Africa<br />
(1968), this species was recorded globally from only two locations in <strong>Sierra</strong> <strong>Leone</strong>. However, Perez-<br />
Vera (2003) subsequently reported this species from several locations in Cote d’Ivoire, and Vermeulen<br />
(1987) also reported three collections from Liberia. I have found it in <strong>the</strong> past year at several locations<br />
in and around <strong>the</strong> Gola and Kambui Forest Reserves in sou<strong>the</strong>astern <strong>Sierra</strong> <strong>Leone</strong>, including on<br />
roadside trees in Kenema, <strong>the</strong> largest town in that area. The presence <strong>of</strong> this species in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong><br />
valley may be an indication that conditions in <strong>the</strong> valley are favourable to some plant species more<br />
commonly found in more humid areas to <strong>the</strong> south. It is worth noting that <strong>the</strong> apparent rarity <strong>of</strong> this<br />
and many o<strong>the</strong>r species in FWTA may in many cases simply be a reflection <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> lack <strong>of</strong> collecting<br />
effort in many parts <strong>of</strong> West Africa up to that time.<br />
Bulbphyllum sp. (JD5431, JD5432, JD5433, JD5434) All <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se are plants <strong>of</strong> medium size with 2<br />
leaves per pseudobulb, with features that are common to a number <strong>of</strong> species. They exhibit some<br />
differences in <strong>the</strong> vegetative parts, but may or may not represent more than one species. It would be<br />
risky to assign a species name in <strong>the</strong> absence <strong>of</strong> flowers.<br />
Calyptrochilum christyanum (JD5437) Not flowering, but distinguishable from C. emarginatum on<br />
<strong>the</strong> basis <strong>of</strong> old inflorescences. The latter is one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> most common orchids in <strong>the</strong> sou<strong>the</strong>ast, but may<br />
be replaced by C. christyanum fur<strong>the</strong>r north.<br />
Diaphanan<strong>the</strong> bidens (JD5441) Not flowering, but leaves are distinctive. One <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> more common<br />
epiphytes in <strong>the</strong> sou<strong>the</strong>rn part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> country, more easily found on village trees than in forest.<br />
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Diaphanan<strong>the</strong> curvata (JD5448, flowered September 2006) Known from <strong>Sierra</strong> <strong>Leone</strong> to Cameroon,<br />
associated with forest. FWTA listed only one record from <strong>Sierra</strong> <strong>Leone</strong>, but I have found it at several<br />
o<strong>the</strong>r locations in <strong>the</strong> sou<strong>the</strong>ast. This record represents a range extension toward <strong>the</strong> northwest, and is<br />
ano<strong>the</strong>r indication that <strong>the</strong> forest in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong> valley has some elements normally associated with<br />
humid forest.<br />
Graphorkis lurida (JD5438) Not flowering. Easily recognized, this may be <strong>the</strong> most commonly seen<br />
epiphytic orchid in <strong>Sierra</strong> <strong>Leone</strong>. At least in <strong>the</strong> sou<strong>the</strong>rn part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> country, it may be found almost<br />
anywhere <strong>the</strong>re are trees <strong>of</strong> sufficient age, <strong>of</strong>ten in very exposed locations.<br />
Polystachya affinis (JD5435) Ano<strong>the</strong>r species that is unmistakable in <strong>the</strong> absence <strong>of</strong> flowers.<br />
Widespread in West Africa, it is known from both high forest and gallery forest.<br />
Polystachya puberula (JD5436, flowered June 2006) This is also a widespread species, which I have<br />
found both in and out <strong>of</strong> high forest in <strong>the</strong> sou<strong>the</strong>rn part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> country.<br />
Polystachya tessellata (JD5443) This is ano<strong>the</strong>r <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> most common epiphytic orchids in sou<strong>the</strong>rn<br />
<strong>Sierra</strong> <strong>Leone</strong>, being found in forest as well as disturbed areas.<br />
Total:12 species, including at least one undetermined Bulbophyllum species.<br />
Presently, all <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> above specimens are being maintained in cultivation at <strong>the</strong> District Forestry<br />
Office, Kenema.<br />
Analysis<br />
None <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> species found during this brief visit is especially rare, or completely unexpected. The<br />
presence <strong>of</strong> a few less common species, which are usually associated with high forest, suggests that<br />
<strong>the</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong> valley may have supported a range <strong>of</strong> epiphytic orchid species approaching that <strong>of</strong> more<br />
humid forests to <strong>the</strong> south. Two <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> collections (Bulbophyllum lucifugum and Diaphanan<strong>the</strong><br />
curvata) represent <strong>the</strong> westernmost and possibly nor<strong>the</strong>rnmost records for <strong>the</strong> species, based on <strong>the</strong><br />
information I have available.<br />
While <strong>the</strong>re is no indication from this small sample that <strong>Bumbuna</strong> is home to rare or threatened orchid<br />
species, <strong>the</strong> site is <strong>of</strong> interest as it is near <strong>the</strong> nor<strong>the</strong>rn and western limits <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Upper Guinea Forest.<br />
Thus, one might expect to find a good number <strong>of</strong> plant species here that are close to <strong>the</strong> limit <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
ranges.<br />
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Appendices<br />
APPENDIX E - PHOTOGRAPHS<br />
1-2; View north and south <strong>of</strong> dam, showing young bush regrowth with fragments <strong>of</strong> older<br />
gallery forests<br />
3-4: Remnant forest above high water mark, being deliberately cleared on eastern slopes<br />
(view from western ridge nr. Kamera).<br />
5-8: Gallery forest due to be lost, north <strong>of</strong> dam; with farm bush on higher ground.<br />
9: Small stream tributary, below Kasasi (BURS06).<br />
10: Fringing forest closest to water, which is periodically flooded, is <strong>of</strong>ten dominated by<br />
species with stilt roots, notably Pterocarpus santalinoides, various Ficus species,<br />
Uapaca heudelotii.<br />
11: A slightly secondary type <strong>of</strong> Moist evergreen forest, <strong>the</strong> protected, sacred forest around<br />
Kamato village (KTPL02).<br />
12-13: Slightly degraded gallery forests still contain many globally rare species.<br />
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14: Pandanus (centre) common along Mawologho river north <strong>of</strong> Kafogo, is very much<br />
less common in <strong>the</strong> sou<strong>the</strong>rn third <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> study area. Pandans in our area are in a state<br />
<strong>of</strong> considerable taxonomic uncertainty, <strong>the</strong>re being one variable (P. candelabrum) or<br />
very many tightly defined species depending on taxonomic taste. In <strong>the</strong> latter context,<br />
several species are known only from one or two collections in <strong>Sierra</strong> <strong>Leone</strong>. (see 33).<br />
15: Kamato village on a hill near <strong>Bumbuna</strong> protects its surrounding forest which however<br />
differs from <strong>the</strong> forest due to be lost by flooding.<br />
16: Crocodile killed by villagers in river nr. Kafogo (Apparently a slender-snouted<br />
crocodile - Crocodylus cataphractus).<br />
17-20: Field team in action, collecting and pressing plant specimens.<br />
21: The drying oven and sorting <strong>of</strong> specimens at <strong>Bumbuna</strong><br />
22-23: Rattan bridge nr. Kafogo, made mostly from Calamus deeratus, a very spiny species<br />
that is unpleasantly abundant in parts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> gallery forest in this area. The bridges are<br />
apparently maintained periodically at night by male secret societies.<br />
24: Gallery forest, or at least a fringe <strong>of</strong> trees viewed from beyond <strong>the</strong> eastern arm <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
study area, near Kondembaia.<br />
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25: Crinum natans (Amaryllidaceae), abundant where <strong>the</strong> watercourse is wide, shallow<br />
and not very fast flowing in <strong>the</strong> dry season at least.<br />
26: Anubias afzelii (Araceae) commonly found, gregarious at edge <strong>of</strong> water and gallery<br />
forest.<br />
27-28: Anubias gracilis (Araceae) Not as common as <strong>the</strong> previous but, like it, found only in<br />
<strong>the</strong> western part <strong>of</strong> Upper Guinea.<br />
29: Angraecum distichum (Orchidaceae). Common epiphyte especially on trees close to<br />
<strong>the</strong> water.<br />
30: Nervillia sp. (Orchidaceae) terrestrial, leafless orchid in high gallery forest.<br />
31-2: Bulbophyllum sp. (Orchidaceae)<br />
33: Pandanus (see 14)<br />
34: Curtain <strong>of</strong> Rhipsalis baccifera (Cactaceae) in gallery forest close to water.<br />
35: RBS team, next to a large tree <strong>of</strong> Brachystegia leonensis, characteristic <strong>of</strong> many types<br />
<strong>of</strong> gallery forest in this area. Left to right William Hawthorne, Pr<strong>of</strong>. Abdul Karim,<br />
Abdulai Faeika, Mamo Sissé, Asan Djabie, Jon Kente, Julius Sissé (Team also<br />
includes Mr. Kabbie Kanu, photographer, in foreground <strong>of</strong> no. 20)<br />
36-48: Some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> characteristic legume trees and shrubs <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> area.<br />
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36-39: Gilbertiodendron sp. aff bilineatum (but pod 1 veined) & G.preussii (Leguminosae –<br />
Caesalp.) (persistent stipules and <strong>of</strong>ten >5 pairs leaflets). Along <strong>the</strong> riverbanks and in<br />
some areas gregarious <strong>the</strong>re.<br />
40-41: Aphanocalyx pteridophyllus (Leguminosae –caesalp.) One <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> distinctive trees <strong>of</strong><br />
moist gallery forest.<br />
42-43: Chidlowia sanguinea (Leguminosae –caesalp.) a medium sized tree, seems to prefer<br />
rocky or steep slopes.<br />
44: Millettia sanagana (large leaflets in foreground) (Leguminosae–Papil.); usually<br />
unbranched shrub with large compound leaves, which dominates gallery thickets<br />
around and to <strong>the</strong> north <strong>of</strong> Kafogo.<br />
45: Millettia pallens (Leguminosae–Papil.) especially common at edge <strong>of</strong> drier forests<br />
higher up slopes, thickets in wet areas and even farm bush.<br />
46: Millettia warneckei var. porphyrocalyx (Leguminosae–Papil.). A sprawling shrub or<br />
small tree common in open vegetation. This variety is endemic to a small part <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sierra</strong><br />
<strong>Leone</strong>, but <strong>the</strong> species as a whole is more widespread in Upper Guinea, especially<br />
coastal thickets.<br />
47: Baphia capparidifolia var. polygalacea. Very similar notes to <strong>the</strong> last species/variety<br />
(M.warneckei), except <strong>the</strong> variety is more widespread in western Upper guinea than<br />
<strong>the</strong> Millettia.<br />
48: Dichrostachys glomerata. Common in very secondary vegetation, farm bush etc. and<br />
widespread.<br />
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49-55: Anacardiaceae<br />
49-50: Sorindeia juglandifolia common shrub <strong>of</strong> more disturbed gallery thickets and in farm<br />
bush with edible fruits.<br />
51-52: Sorindeia collina. Based on observations from this study this small cauliflorous tree<br />
should be removed from synonymy with S. grandifolia and may well <strong>the</strong>n still prove<br />
to be endemic to <strong>Sierra</strong> <strong>Leone</strong>, especially mountain forests.<br />
53-55: Trichoscypha longifolia. Uncommon and endemic to <strong>the</strong> wetter forests <strong>of</strong> western<br />
Upper Guinea. Found in a few <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> moister patches <strong>of</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong> gallery forest.<br />
56: Carapa procera (Meliaceae). Similar to <strong>the</strong> previous species, but much more<br />
widespread in Africa and beyond.<br />
57-59: Cola sp. aff carcifolia (Sterculiaceae) (this would be a larger tree than normal for that<br />
species and with hairier fruits) and C. millenii (not recorded in <strong>Sierra</strong> <strong>Leone</strong> – a drier<br />
forest tree with blunter less lobed leaves).<br />
60-61: Neolemonierra clitandrifolia (Sapotaceae) a large tree in <strong>the</strong> moister types <strong>of</strong> gallery<br />
forest.<br />
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62: Manilkara obovata (Sapotaceae). A variable species scattered in a number <strong>of</strong> forest<br />
types.<br />
63: Napoleonea heudelotii (brazil nut family, Lecythidaceae) one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> commonest small<br />
trees in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bumbuna</strong> forests, but globally restricted to <strong>the</strong>se and o<strong>the</strong>r forests <strong>of</strong><br />
western Upper Guinea.<br />
64-65: Hexalobus crispiflorus (Annonaceae). A common medium sized tree <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> riverine<br />
fringing forest, and a widespread species in Africa.<br />
66: Diospyros heudelotii (Ebenaceae). A locally common ebony, in riverine forest (when it<br />
can develop stilt roots) and drier forests.<br />
67-69: nisophyllea laurina (Anisophylleaceae) a common and well known species (edible<br />
fruit and useful poles) in <strong>Sierra</strong> <strong>Leone</strong>, very abundant in farm bush and in secondary<br />
thickets high on <strong>the</strong> ridges in our area. Not known to <strong>the</strong> east <strong>of</strong> Liberia. Also scattered<br />
as a larger tree in <strong>the</strong> moister forests lower on slopes, but here is also found A.<br />
meniaudi – a widepread tree with hairier leaves.<br />
68: Rhaphiostylis beninensis (Menispermaceae) a common climber in wets Africa, seen<br />
here in secondary (post farming) thicket high up on slopes.<br />
70: Uapaca heudelotii (Euphorbiaceae) very common fringing species with stilt roots;<br />
widespread across Africa, hence <strong>of</strong> little conservation concern.<br />
71: Rinorea microdon (Violaceae) ano<strong>the</strong>r globally restricted species that is very at home<br />
in <strong>the</strong>se gallery forests.<br />
72-73: Many Ficus (Moraceae) species populate <strong>the</strong> gallery forests. 72 is cf F. artocarpoides<br />
or F. ottonifolia. 73. is F. scott-elliotii.<br />
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74: Dorstenia turbinata (Moraceae). Small widespread tree <strong>of</strong> gallery forest.<br />
75: Amanoa strobliacea (Euphorbiaceae). Not very common, but scattered in riverine<br />
forest across Upper Guinea.<br />
76-80: Acanthaceae common in <strong>the</strong> study area<br />
76: Hygrophila odora rank weak-stemmed plants common on <strong>the</strong> rocks in mid river.<br />
77-78: Asystasia scandens. Not uncommon throughout <strong>Sierra</strong> <strong>Leone</strong>, but rare globally. Found<br />
near Kamabapeh village.<br />
79: Lankesteria hispida. A distinctive western upper Guinea shrublet which reappears in<br />
parts <strong>of</strong> Cameroon; common in <strong>the</strong> most gallery forest understorey with white <strong>the</strong>n<br />
yellow flowers.<br />
80: Rungia guineensis. Only found in this survey <strong>the</strong> drier forest around Kegbema. Not<br />
uncommon globally.<br />
81: Psycotria limba (Rubiaceae) a rare species described originally from <strong>the</strong> limba area.<br />
82-83: Psychotria rufipilis (Rubiaceae) very common shrub throughout <strong>the</strong> valley’s forests –<br />
small leaved forms are common higher up in mountains.<br />
84: Pavetta lasioclada (Rubiaceae). Ano<strong>the</strong>r, fairly rare and local speciality <strong>of</strong> Western<br />
Upper Guinea. Only found during this survey in <strong>the</strong> drier type <strong>of</strong> gallery forest to<br />
north <strong>of</strong> Kafogo.<br />
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