Floristic composition of vascular epiphytes in a disturbed forest of the Douala- Edea National Park (Cameroon)

Table 2.

Host treesand their epiphytic abundance in the Douala-EdeaNational Park

LD MD HD overall LD MD HD overall

Afrolicania elaeosperma Mildbr. Chrysobalanaceae 30 0 0 30 27 0 0 27
Afrostyrax kamerunensis Perkins & Gilg Huaceae 4 0 0 4 3 0 0 3
Afzelia Africana Sm. ex Pers. Fabaceae 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Albizia glaberrima (Schumach. & Thonn.) Benth. Mimosaceae 19 0 0 19 13 0 0 13
Alsodeiopsis weissenborniana J. Braun & K. Schum Icacinaceae 3 1 3 7 3 1 3 7
Annickia chlorantha (Oliv.) Setten & Maas Annonaceae 0 8 2 10 0 5 1 6
Annonidium manii Oliver. Annonaceae 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Anthocleista sp Afzel. Ex R.Br. Loganiaceae 0 0 3 3 0 0 2 2
Anthonotha lamprophylla (Harms) J. Leonard Fabaceae 0 8 38 46 0 6 23 29
Anthonotha macrophylla (P. Beauv. Fabaceae 0 36 28 64 0 18 12 30
Antiaris toxicaria (J.F. Gmel.) Lesch. Moraceae 4 14 0 18 4 7 0 11
Baillonella toxisperma Pierre Sapotaceae 0 0 6 6 0 0 2 2
Baphia Afzel. ex G. Lodd. Fabaceae 0 2 12 14 0 0 8 8
Berlinia Sol. ex Hook.f. & Benth. Fabaceae 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
Blighia K.D. Koening Sapindaceae 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Brachystegia milbraediiHarms Fabaceae 5 0 5 10 4 0 2 6
Carapa Aubl. Meliaceae 0 5 0 5 0 2 0 2
Cleistopholis Pierre ex Engl Annonaceae 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Cola acuminata (P. Beauv.) Schott &Endl. Sterculiaceae 23 0 0 23 19 0 0 19
Cola mahoundensis Pellegr. Sterculiaceae 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Coula edulis Baill. Olacaceae 19 0 0 19 16 0 0 16
Dasylepsis Thomasii Obama & Breteler Achariaceae 35 0 0 35 28 0 0 28
Dialium L. Fabaceae 0 8 16 24 0 4 8 12
Dichostemma glaucescens Pierre Apocynaceae 0 2 5 7 0 1 2 3
Didelotia africana Baill. Mimosaceae 0 10 4 14 0 8 1 9
Diospyros crassifolia Linan, GE Schatz and lowry Ebenaceae 0 37 0 37 0 21 0 21
Diospyros hoyleana F. White Ebenaceae 1 21 3 25 1 8 3 12
Distemonanthus benthamianus Baill. Fabaceae 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Entandrophragma angolensis (Welw.) C. DC. Meliaceae 4 0 0 4 1 0 0 1
Entandrophragma utile (Dawe & Sprague) Sprague Meliaceae 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Erythroxylum manii Oliver. Erythroxylaceae 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
Funtumia africana (Benth.) Stapf Apocynaceae 0 17 18 35 0 9 4 13
Funtumia elastica (Preuss) Stapf Apocynaceae 12 0 0 12 7 0 0 7
Gilletiodendron pierreanum (Harms) J. Leonard Caesalpiniaceae 11 0 0 11 10 0 0 10
Irvingia gabonensis (Aubry-Lecomte ex O'Rorke) Baill. Irvingiaceae 10 0 0 10 9 0 0 9
Irvingia grandifolia (Engl.) Engl. Irvingiaceae 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
Klainedoxa gabonensis Pierre ex Engl. Irvingiaceae 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 6
Lophira alata Banks ex C.F. Gaertn. Ochnaceae 1 5 7 13 1 4 6 11
Macaranga spinosa Mull. Arg Euphorbiaceae 0 34 0 34 0 14 0 14
Magnistipula glaberrima Engl. Chrysobalanaceae 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Mamma africana Sabine Clusiaceae 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
Manilkara fouilloyanaAubrév. & Pellegr. Sapotaceae 15 0 0 15 12 0 0 12
Memecylon arcuatomarginatum Gilg ex Engl. Melastmataceae 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
Musanga cecropioides R. Br. ex Tedlie Urticaceae 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 2
Mitragyna stipulosa (DC.) Kuntze Rubiaceae 3 0 1 4 0 0 1 1
Nauclea diderrichii (De Wild.) Merr. Rubiaceae 0 0 4 4 0 0 3 3
Nauclea pobeguinii (Hua ex Pobég.) Merr. Rubiaceae 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Ochna L. Ochnaceae 0 18 13 31 0 9 6 15
Pancovia laurentii (De wild.) Gilg ex De Wild Sapindaceae 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Panda Oleosa Pierre Pandaceae 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 6
Pentaclethra macrophylla Benth. Fabaceae 0 13 0 13 0 7 0 7
Piptadeniastrum africanum (Hook.f.) Brenan Mimosaceae 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2
Polygala parviflora Poir. Olacaceae 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Pycnanthus angolensis (Welw.) Warb. Myristicaceae 0 2 3 5 0 1 1 2
Ricinodendron heudelotti (Baill.) Pierre ex Heckel Euphorbiaceae 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2
Rinorea oblongifolia (C.H. Wright) C. Marquant ex Chipp. Violaceae 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
Staudtia kamerunensis Warb. Myristicaceae 16 3 34 53 12 0 22 34
Stemonocoleus micranthus Harms Fabaceae 12 0 0 12 6 0 0 6
Strombosia grandifolia Hook.f. ex Benth. Olacaceae 33 0 0 33 31 0 0 31
Strombosia scheffleri Eng. Olacaceae 7 0 0 7 7 0 0 7
Strombosia zenkeri Engl. Olacaceae 18 0 0 18 17 0 0 17
Symphony globulifera L. f. Clusiaceae 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1
Tabernaemontana Plum. ex L. Apocynaceae 0 4 15 19 0 2 7 9
Terminalia superba Eng. & Diels Combretaceae 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
Treculia africana Decaisne ex Trecul. Moraceae 6 0 0 6 4 0 0 4
Uvariodendron (Engl. & Diels).R.E.FR. Annonaceae 0 0 14 14 0 0 6 6
Vepris hiernii Gernii Rutaceae 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Vitex ferruginea Schumach. & Thonn. Verbenaceae 0 11 0 11 0 8 0 8
Vitex L. Verbenaceae 0 14 2 16 0 7 2 9
Xylopia acutiflora (Dunal) A. Rich. Annonaceae 10 0 0 10 7 0 0 7
Total 328 281 246 855 264 147 127 538