Uganda's endemic flora: discovery, diversity, distribution and threat status.

ABSTRACT: Threats including habitat loss and overexploitation continue to endanger plant diversity in Uganda. Heightened effort is needed to more effectively protect threatened species to ensure ecosystem service provision and support of livelihoods. One important step in this direction is to identify areas locally rich in biodiversity in general, and endemism in particular, where conservation efforts may most effectively contribute to protecting global biodiversity. We analysed data on the distribution of 4,816 known species of native vascular plants of Uganda to identify the endemic and near-endemic plant taxa. Distribution data were obtained from herbarium records and online resources and more than 5,000 occurrence points of priority plant taxa in Uganda collated in a BRAHMS database. A total of

SUBMITTER: Kalema J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12800779 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature