Comparative Analysis of Understorey Floristic Diversity and Carbon Stocks in Poorly and Intensively Managed Tectona grandis Plantations

Table 2

Understorey species found in the intensively and poorly managed Tectona grandis plantations.

No.	Family	Species	Star rating	Habit	IM	PM
1	Anarcadiaceae	Spondias mombin	Green	Tree	1	0
2	Apocynaceae	Holarrhena floribunda	Green	Tree	1	1
3		Motandra guineensis	Green	Climber	1	0
4	Araceae	Anchomanes difformis	Green	Herb	1	1
5	Asclepiadaceae	Gongronema latifolium	Green	Climber	0	1
6	Asteraceae	Chromolaena odorata	Green	Shrub	1	1
7	Bignonaceae	Newbouldia laevis	Green	Tree	0	1
8		Markhamia tomentosa	Green	Tree	1	0
9		Spathodea campanulata	Green	Tree	1	0
10	Bombacaceae	Ceiba pentandra	Pink	Tree	1	0
11	Caesalpiniaceae	Griffonia simplicifolia	Green	Climber	1	1
12		Mezoneuron benthamianum	Green	Climber	0	1
13	Capparaceae	Euadenia eminens	Blue	Tree	1	0
14	Chrysobalanaceae	Maranthes kerstingii	Blue	Shrub	0	1
15	Combretaceae	Combretum zenkeri	Blue	Climber	1	0
16		Combretum cuspidatum	Blue	Climber	1	1
17		Combretum racemosum	Green	Climber	1	0
18		Combretum smeathmannii	N/A	Climber	1	0
19		Terminalia glauscens	N/A	Tree	1	0
20	Compositae	Aspilia africana	N/A	Herb	0	1
21		Spilanthes filicaulis	N/A	Herb	1	0
22		Synedrella nodiflora	N/A	Herb	1	0
23	Connaraceae	Cnestis ferruginea	Green	Climber	1	1
24		Cnestis longiflora	Green	Climber	1	1
25	Convolvulaceae	Ipomoea hederifolia	N/A	Climber	1	0
26	Cucurbitaceae	Momordica charantia	N/A	Climber	1	0
27	Cyperaceae	Mariscus alternifolius	N/A	Herb	0	1
28	Dichapetalaceae	Dichapetalum madagascariense	Green	Tree	1	0
29	Ebenaceae	Diospyros monbuttensis	Green	Tree	1	0
30	Euphorbiaceae	Acalypha ciliata	N/A	Herb	1	0
31		Alcornea cordifolia	Green	Shrub	1	0
32		Croton lobatus	N/A	Herb	1	0
33		Euphorbia herterophylla	N/A	Herb	1	1
34		Mallotus oppositifolius	Green	Shrub	1	1
35	Gramineae	Andropogon tectorum	N/A	Grass	0	1
36		Imperata cylindrica	N/A	Grass	0	1
37		Panicum maximum	N/A	Grass	0	1
38		Pennisetum polystachyum	N/A	Grass	0	1
39		Pennisetum purpureum	N/A	Grass	0	1
40		Rottboellia cochinchinensis	N/A	Grass	1	1
41		Rottboellia exaltata	N/A	Grass	1	1
42		Setaria barbata	N/A	Grass	1	1
43		Sorghum arundinaceum	N/A	Grass	1	1
44		Sporobolus pyramidalis	N/A	Grass	0	1
45	Loganiaceae	Spigelia anthelmia	N/A	Herb	1	0
46	Meliaceae	Trichilia preuriana	Green	Tree	1	0
47		Trichilia tessmannii	Green	Tree	1	0
48	Menispermaceae	Albertisia scandens	Gold	Climber	1	0
49		Triclisia dictyophylla	Green	Climber	1	0
50	Mimosaceae	Albizia adianthifolia	Green	Tree	1	1
51		Albizia zygia	Green	Tree	0	1
52	Moraceae	Antiaris toxicaria	Red	Tree	1	1
53		Broussenatia papyrifera	Invasive	Tree	1	1
54		Ficus exasperata	Green	Tree	1	0
55		Ficus sur	Green	Tree	0	1
56		Ficus vogeliana	Green	Tree	1	0
57		Milicia excelsa	Scarlet	Tree	1	1
58		Morus mesozygia	Green	Tree	1	1
59	Palmae/Arecaceae	Elaeis guineensis	Pink	Tree	1	1
60	Pandaceae	Microdesmis puberula	Green	Tree	1	0
61	Papilionaceae	Baphia nitida	Green	Tree	1	1
62		Baphia pubescens	Green	Tree	0	1
63		Centrosema pubesens	Green	Climber	1	1
64		Dalbergia saxatilis	Green	Climber	0	1
65		Gliricidia sepium	N/A	Tree	1	0
66		Milletia rhodantha	Green	Tree	0	1
67		Milletia zechiana	Green	Tree	1	0
68	Polygalaceae	Carpolobia lutea	Green	Tree	1	0
69	Rubiaceae	Morinda lucida	Green	Tree	1	1
70		Morinda morindoides	Green	Climber	1	1
71		Musseanda erythrophylla	Green	Climber	1	0
72		Psychotria ivorensis	Gold	Shrub	1	0
73		Rothmannia longiflora	Green	Tree	1	0
74	Sapindaceae	Blighia sapida	Green	Tree	1	1
75		Blighia unijugata	Green	Tree	1	0
76		Deinbollia grandifolia	Green	Tree	1	0
77		Leucanodiscus cupanoides	Green	Tree	1	0
78		Paullinia pinnata	Green	Climber	1	0
79	Sapotaceae	Malanchata alnifolia	Green	Tree	1	0
80	Sterculiaceae	Cola caricifolia	Green	Tree	1	1
81		Cola gigantea	Green	Tree	1	0
82		Sterculia tragacantha	Green	Tree	1	1
83	Verbenaceae	Clerodendron capitatum	Green	Climber	1	0
84	Violaceae	Rinorea yaundensis	Green	Tree	1	0
	35	84

1 = present, 0 = absent, N/A = unknown, IM = intensively managed, and PM = poorly managed. Species in bold with asterisk symbol are rated as blue star species while those in bold are rated gold star.