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An annotated plant checklist of the transboundary volcanic Mt Elgon, East Africa.

Peninah Cheptoo Rono, Fredrick Munyao Mutie, Vivian Kathambi, Neng Wei, Benjamin Muema Watuma, Consolata Nanjala, Godfrey Kinyori Wagutu, Paul M Kirika, Itambo Malombe, Guang-Wan Hu and 1 more

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Peninah Cheptoo RonoCAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.
Fredrick Munyao MutieCAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.
Vivian KathambiEast African Herbarium, National Museums of Kenya, P.O. Box 45166 00100, Nairobi, Kenya East African Herbarium, National Museums of Kenya Nairobi Kenya.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6956-3173
Neng WeiCAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0313-3912
Benjamin Muema WatumaCAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3677-6201
Consolata NanjalaCAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.
Godfrey Kinyori WagutuUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences Wuhan China.
Paul M KirikaEast African Herbarium, National Museums of Kenya, P.O. Box 45166 00100, Nairobi, Kenya East African Herbarium, National Museums of Kenya Nairobi Kenya.
Itambo MalombeEast African Herbarium, National Museums of Kenya, P.O. Box 45166 00100, Nairobi, Kenya East African Herbarium, National Museums of Kenya Nairobi Kenya.
Guang-Wan HuCAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7728-7976
Qing-Feng WangCAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.

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Abstract

Mt Elgon is an ancient transboundary volcanic mountain found at the Kenya-Uganda boarder possessing high plant diversity. This study documents an updated checklist of the mountain's vascular plants obtained through random-walk field excursions and retrieval of herbarium specimen tracing back to 1900. We compiled 1709 species from 673 genera in 131 families. One new species of the family Cucurbitaceae was also reported. This checklist records respective habitat, habits, elevation ranges, voucher numbers and global distribution ranges of each species. Native and exotic species were also distinguished, where 8.4% of the total species in 49 families were exotic species. There were 103 endemic species, while 14 species were found to be both rare and endemic. IUCN conservation status revealed 2 Critically Endangered, 4 Endangered, 9 Vulnerable and 2 Near Threatened species. This study presents the first and most comprehensive plant inventory of Mt Elgon that will facilitate further ecological and phylogenetic studies.

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