Table 1 Floristic diversity parameters and exploration level per country
Country | Observed species richness | Estimated species richness (Chao1) | Number of records | Record density/100 km2 | Endemism % | Relative exploration | Degree of sampling completeness (from 0-1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Angola | 2262 | 4310 (4232–4388) | 5439 | 0.44 | 18.8 | 0.51 | 0.76 |
Somalia | 1267 | 2329 (2277–2381) | 2892 | 0.45 | 32 | 0.54 | 0.75 |
Botswana | 920 | 1378 (1342–1413) | 2368 | 0.41 | 4.7 | 0.56 | 0.79 |
Republic of Congo | 2403 | 3795 (3741–3848) | 6439 | 1.88 | 1.5 | 0.63 | 0.82 |
Guinea-Bissau | 841 | 1329 (1298–1360) | 1910 | 5.29 | 0.8 | 0.64 | 0.78 |
Zimbabwe | 2807 | 4165 (4113–4217) | 8104 | 2.07 | 7.6 | 0.65 | 0.84 |
Burkina Faso | 879 | 1309 (1280–1338) | 2718 | 1.00 | 0.6 | 0.67 | 0.86 |
Zambia | 3309 | 4887 (4831–4942) | 11,048 | 1.47 | 7.2 | 0.68 | 0.87 |
Uganda | 2258 | 3303 (3258–3348) | 6818 | 2.83 | 2.8 | 0.68 | 0.86 |
Mali | 903 | 1309 (1282–1336) | 2550 | 0.21 | 1.4 | 0.69 | 0.84 |
Senegal | 1342 | 1921 (1888–1953) | 4294 | 2.18 | 4.5 | 0.70 | 0.87 |
Guinea | 2533 | 3583 (3537–3630) | 11,082 | 4.51 | 4.7 | 0.70 | 0.92 |
Rwanda | 1883 | 2608 (2572–2644) | 7740 | 29.39 | 3 | 0.72 | 0.91 |
Central African Republic | 2560 | 3463 (3423–3503) | 11,282 | 1.81 | 2.5 | 0.73 | 0.92 |
Sierra Leone | 1883 | 2513 (2482–2545) | 6470 | 8.95 | 2.3 | 0.75 | 0.89 |
Nigeria | 3378 | 4487 (4443–4530) | 14,907 | 1.61 | 2.2 | 0.75 | 0.92 |
Malawi | 3340 | 4371 (4330–4413) | 12,410 | 10.47 | 6.5 | 0.76 | 0.91 |
Mozambique | 4095 | 5264 (5220–5309) | 23,181 | 2.89 | 8.4 | 0.77 | 0.94 |
Burundi | 2788 | 3556 (3521–3591) | 12,118 | 43.54 | 2.9 | 0.78 | 0.93 |
Ethiopia | 4481 | 5627 (5581–5672) | 31,795 | 2.88 | 19.9 | 0.79 | 0.96 |
Equatorial Guinea | 3049 | 3821 (3785–3856) | 15,341 | 54.69 | 1.8 | 0.80 | 0.94 |
Kenya | 4759 | 5948 (5904–5991) | 28,223 | 4.86 | 11.5 | 0.80 | 0.95 |
São Tomé and Príncipe | 806 | 999 (982–1016) | 3598 | 373.24 | 12 | 0.80 | 0.94 |
Ghana | 2971 | 3634 (3601–3667) | 14,428 | 6.05 | 1.5 | 0.81 | 0.94 |
Dem. Rep. Congo | 8860 | 10,872 (10,814–10,931) | 111,179 | 4.74 | 18.3 | 0.81 | 0.98 |
Tanzania | 8727 | 10,550 (10,496–10,605) | 82,850 | 8.75 | 19.4 | 0.82 | 0.98 |
Ivory Coast | 3689 | 4344 (4311–4377) | 41,666 | 12.92 | 2.6 | 0.85 | 0.98 |
Liberia | 2403 | 2806 (2781–2830) | 18,299 | 16.43 | 3.8 | 0.86 | 0.97 |
Gabon | 5236 | 6106 (6068–6144) | 93,828 | 35.05 | 10.5 | 0.86 | 0.99 |
Benin | 2460 | 2864 (2840–2889) | 21,914 | 19.10 | 1.6 | 0.86 | 0.98 |
Cameroon | 6883 | 8015 (7972–8057) | 90,222 | 18.98 | 9.3 | 0.86 | 0.99 |