Research Article

Occurrence of Citropsis articulata in Tropical Forests in Uganda: Implication for Ex Situ Conservation

Table 2

Plant species assemblages cooccurring with C. articulata.

S. no.SpeciesFamilyOccurrence (%)
Kibale NPMabira CFRBudongo CFR

1Acalypha bipartitaфEuphorbiaceae19.2
2Acalypha NeptunicaфEuphorbiaceae53.9
3Alangium chinenseCornaceae6.53.9
4Albizia coriariaфLeguminosae7.7
5Albizia gummiferaLeguminosae3.211.5
6Albizia grandibracteataLeguminosae3.27.7
7Albizia ZygiaфLeguminosae34.6
8Alchornea LaxifloraψEuphorbiaceae57.1
9Alstonia booneiApocynaceae11.57.1
10Aningeria altissimaSapotaceae9.77.1
11Antiaris toxicariaMoraceae6.534.63.6
12Antidesma laciniatumψEuphorbiaceae10.7
13Aphania senegalensisSapindaceae51.642.3
14Balanites wilsonianaBalanitaceae6.5
15Belonophora hypoglaucaψRubiaceae14.3
16Bersama abyssinicaMelianthaceae6.5
17Blighia unijugataSapindaceae22.653.9
18Blighia welwitschiiфSapindaceae11.5
19Broussonetia papyriferaфMoraceae50.0
20Caloncoba schweinfurthiiψFlacourtiaceae10.7
21Cassia spp.фLeguminosae3.9
22Cassipourea gummiferaRhizophoraceae16.1
23Celtis africanaUlmaceae19.47.7
24Celtis durandiiUlmaceae41.942.3
25Celtis mildbraediiUlmaceae46.135.7
26Celtis wightiiUlmaceae15.435.7
27Celtis zenkeriUlmaceae11.517.9
28Chaetachme aristataUlmaceae29.019.23.6
29Chrysophyllum albidumSapotaceae48.426.932.1
30Chrysophyllum gorungosanumSapotaceae6.511.5
31Chrysophyllum gynoeciumSapotaceae6.5
32Chrysophyllum muerenseψSapotaceae7.1
33Chrysophyllum perpulchrumψSapotaceae14.3
34Cleistopholis patensψAnnonaceae3.6
35Coffea spp.Rubiaceae16.123.110.7
36Cola giganteaMalvaceae23.121.4
37Cordia africanaBoraginaceae6.5
38Cordia milleniiψBoraginaceae3.6
39Coroton macrostachyusфEuphorbiaceae3.9
40Croton megalocarpusEuphobiaceae12.9
41Croton sylvaticusψEuphorbiaceae7.1
42Cynometra alexandriLeguminosae9.767.9
43Desplatsia dewevreiψMalvaceae3.6
44Diospyros abyssinicaEbenaceae54.83.9
45Dombeya mukoleMalvaceae3.2
46Dovyalis microcalyxFlacourtiaceae6.5
47Drypetes ugandensisψEuphorbiaceae17.9
48Ehretia cymosaBoraginaceae6.5
49Entandrophragma utileψMeliaceae3.6
50Fagara angolensisRutaceae9.7
51Fagaropsis angolensisRutaceae12.9
52Ficus asperifoliaфMoraceae11.5
53Ficus brachypodaMoraceae3.2
54Ficus capensisфMoraceae3.9
55Ficus daweiMoraceae6.5
56Ficus exasperataMoraceae6.530.87.1
57Ficus mucusoMoraceae6.57.7
58Ficus natalensisфMoraceae3.9
59Ficus ovataфMoraceae3.9
60Ficus saussureanaψMoraceae3.6
61Funtumia africanaApocynaceae54.8
62Funtumia elasticaApocynaceae3.250.021.4
63Glyphaea brevisψMalvaceae3.6
64Greenwayodendron suaveolensψAnnonaceae10.7
65Guarea cedrataψMeliaceae7.1
66Harungana madagascariensisGuttiferae3.23.93.6
67Holoptelea grandisUlmaceae7.77.1
68Khaya anthothecaψMeliaceae7.1
69Khaya senegalensisфMeliaceae7.7
70Kigelia africanaBignoniaceae9.77.7
71Klainedoxa gabonensisψIrvingiaceae3.6
72Lasiodiscus mildbraediiψRhamnaceae53.6
73Leptonychia mildbraediiMalvaceae12.9
74Linociera johnsoniiOleaceae3.2
75Lychnodiscus cerospermusψSapindaceae10.7
76Macaranga kilimandscharicaEuphorbiaceae3.2
77Macaranga spinosaфEuphorbiaceae15.4
78Maerua duchesneiCapparaceae3.97.1
79Maesa lanceolataMyrsinaceae3.2
80Maesopsis eminiiRhamnaaceae3.23.6
81Mammea africanaψGuttiferae7.1
82Manilkara butugiSapotaceae11.53.6
83Manilkara daweiψSapotaceae3.6
84Margaritaria discoideaPhyllanthaceae3.238.57.1
85Markhamia luteaSapotaceae41.915.4
86Melanodiscus spp.ψSapindaceae3.6
87Millettia duraLeguminosae9.7
88Mildbraediodendron excelsumψLeguminosae3.6
89Mimusops bagshaweiSapotaceae22.630.8
90Monodora excelsaAnnonaceae16.1
91Monodora myristicaфAnnonaceae3.9
92Myrianthus holstiiMoraceae6.57.710.7
93Neoboutonia macrocalyxEuphorbiaceae3.2
94Newtonia buchananiiLeguminosae16.17.7
95Pancovia turbinataSapindaceae25.8
96Parinari excelsaRosaceae16.1
97Phoenix spp.Arecaceae6.5
98Piptadeniastrum africanumфLeguminosae11.5
99Polyscias fulvaAraliaceae3.211.5
100Premna angolensisVerbenaceae9.7
101Prunus africanaRosaceae6.53.9
102Pterygota mildbraediiMalvaceae3.2
103Ricinodendron heudelotiiψEuphorbiaceae10.7
104Rinorea ardisiaefloraψViolaceae21.4
105Rinorea brachypetalaψViolaceae17.9
106Rinorea dentataψViolaceae3.6
107Rinorea ilicifoliaViolaceae11.53.6
108Ritchiea albersiiψCapparaceae3.6
109Rothmannia whitfieldiiRubiaceae16.1
110Sapium ellipticumEuphorbiaceae9.7
111Scolopia rhamniphyllaFlacourtiaceae12.9
112Solanum mauritianumSolanaceae3.2
113Spathodea campanulataBignoniaceae3.23.914.3
114Sterculia daweiфMalvaceae11.5
115Strombosia scheffleriOlacaceae12.9
116Strombosia spp.Olacaceae3.9
117Tabernaemontana holstiiApocynaceae45.250.017.9
118Tapura fischeriψDichapetalaceae3.6
119Teclea grandifoliaфRutaceae11.5
120Teclea nobilisRutaceae71.026.93.6
121Tetrapleura tetrapteraψLeguminosae17.9
122Thecocaris lucidaψEuphorbiaceae14.3
123Trema orientalisUlmaceae3.93.6
124Trichilia dregeanaMeliaceae9.726.9
125Trichilia mantineanaфMeliaceae11.5
126Trichilia prieureanaψMeliaceae14.3
127Trichilia rubescensMeliaceae42.317.9
128Trichilia welwitschiiфMeliaceae3.9
129Trilepisium madagascarienseMoraceae19.461.57.1
130Uvaria welwitschiiAnnonaceae3.2
131Uvariopsis congensisAnnonaceae64.53.93.6
132Vitex amboniensisψVerbenaceae3.6
133Voacanga thouarsiiфApocynaceae19.2
134Warburgia ugandensisCanellaceae16.1
135Xymalos monosporaMonimiaceae6.5

фSpecies was unique to sites of occurrence of C. articulata in Mabira Central Forest Reserve; ψspecies was unique to sites of occurrence of C. articulata in Budongo Central Forest Reserve; species was unique to sites of occurrence of C. articulata in Kibale National Park; species not sighted at the site of occurrence of C. articulata in that particular forest.