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Stephen Buchan (a group admin) says:
01 May 08 - West Africa is a very large region with great plant diversity and a high degree of endemism. However, the impact of Man on the native vegetation of the region is great and plant species are being lost without there being any record of their existence.

Let's put together a photographic record of plants found growing in West Africa. And who knows, you may be the first person to have photographed (or even the first to have seen!) that plant.

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iNaturalist liesvanrompaey 0 7 months ago
Welcome to West African Plants Stephen Buchan 0 51 months ago

About West African Plants

Portraits of native and introduced plants growing in the following West African countries are invited to be posted to this group: Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Niger, Nigeria.

This region of Africa spans two Floristic Regions in the Palaeotropical Kingdom (i.e. in the Old World Tropics):

1. Sudano-Zambesian Region, a fairly arid zone of open woodland, savanna and grassland.

2. Guineo-Congolian Region, comprising tropical rainforest and forest-savanna environments.

When posting images to this group, please try to include details of the plant's scientific name and plant family, vernacular names and as much location information as possible.

Additional Information

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  • Accepted media types:
    • Photos
    • Video
  • Accepted content types:
    • Photos / Videos
    • Screenshots / Screencasts
    • Illustration/Art / Animation/CGI
  • Accepted safety levels:
    • Safe
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