Land module of Our Planet Reviewed - Papua New Guinea : plants collected along an elevational gradient on Mount Wilhelm

Jérôme Munzinger (1) , K. Damas , Jean-François Molino (1) , Jean-Christophe Pintaud (2) , K. Molem , H. Hungito

1 UMR AMAP - Botanique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des Végétations
2 IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

Herbarium specimens were collected of 648 plants during the inventory of plots to characterize the forest vegetation on Mount Wilhelm between 200 and 3700 m above sea level. Specimens are deposited mainly at LAE, MPU, P, and The New Guinea Binatang Research Centre. Nearly 93% have been identified to species or "morphospecies" level. The highest species richness diversity was observed among Rubiaceae, with 42 species. Although several botanical expeditions have already visited the site, at least fourteen potentially new species have been collected, showing that the flora of Mount Wilhelm, as that of Papua New Guinea in general, remains poorly known

Mots clés: PAPOUASIE NOUVELLE GUINEE

Domaines: Botanique; Biodiversité; Systématique, phylogénie et taxonomie

Jérôme Munzinger, K. Damas, Jean-François Molino, Jean-Christophe Pintaud, K. Molem, et al.. Land module of Our Planet Reviewed - Papua New Guinea : plants collected along an elevational gradient on Mount Wilhelm. Robillard, T. (ed.); Legendre, F. (ed.); Villemant, C. (ed.); Leponce, M. (ed.). Insects of Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea, 214, MNHN, pp.43-142, 2020, Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 978-2-85653-836-4. ⟨hal-03183898⟩