Diversity and distribution of Orchidaceae in one of the world's most threatened plant hotspots (Madagascar).

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In recent decades, Madagascar has become one of the most important plant hotspots in the world. The country's remaining forests and vegetation are disappearing at an alarming rate, while dozens of new species are discovered each year. Amongst the plant families that have long been studied, Orchidaceae appear as one of the most charismatic, diverse and of high conservation concern. Based on a reviewed, comprehensive herbarium dataset, we have compiled a curated checklist of all orchid species occurring in Madagascar. Based on this complete dataset, we then compiled sampling effort, species diversity distribution and some general statistics on their ecology and IUCN conservation status.

Methods

We compiled and standardised a global dataset using five public databa

SUBMITTER: Droissart V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10840847 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature