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This category contains the native flora of Ethiopia as defined by the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included; taxa of higher ranks (e.g. genus) are only included if monotypic or endemic. Include taxa here that are endemic or have restricted distributions (e.g. only a few countries).
Ethiopia has many species of flowers that are used for medication and decoration. [9] Many of the plants are used to make honey and oil. Moreover, many of the floras in Ethiopia can be used flavoring or spice. Ethiopia has different climate and geological zones that provide different types floras. There are different alpines and evergreen floras.
The Ethiopian montane forests are composed of two main plant communities, Afromontane rain forest (aka moist evergreen Afromontane forest) and Afromontane transitional rain forest. [5] [2] The ecoregion's Afromontane flora includes species distinct to Africa's highland regions, often mixed with typical lowland species. In most of the ecoregion ...
The following is a list of ecoregions in Ethiopia, as identified by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF). Terrestrial ecoregions. by major habitat type.
Inga Hedberg (18 November 1927 – 13 January 2024) was a Swedish botanist and academic. She was an expert on African alpine plants and was a leading member of the Ethiopian Flora Project that compiled an eight volume Flora, Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea, which was published between 1989 and 2009.
The Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands is a montane grasslands and shrublands ecoregion in Ethiopia. It occupies the middle elevations of the Ethiopian Highlands , between the high-elevation Ethiopian montane moorlands and lowland woodlands, savannas, shrublands, and thickets.
In 2021 Demissew was awarded the Cuatrecasas Medal for Excellence in Tropical Botany by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, USA , for his life's work in conserving and recording the very diverse Ethiopian flora with many endemic species, and leadership of the Ethiopian Flora Project and the National Herbarium. [11]
Pages in category "Endemic flora of Ethiopia" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.