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Central Indian Ocean Coastal Forest Macrogroup | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Central Indian Ocean Coastal Forest Macrogroup Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This macrogroup corresponds to the coastal evergreen to semi-evergreen forest of the Swahilian regional center of endemism (<i>sensu </i>Clarke 1998), distributed between a few outliers in southern Somalia and more continuous coastal strips in Kenya, down to southern Tanzania. The climate is warm with a dry season and extreme inter-annual variability in the amount of rain. There are many tree species in these forests, with the dominant species changing markedly among forest patches. Some of the more abundant trees are <i>Afzelia quanzensis, Scorodophloeus fischeri, Dialium holtzii, Hymenaea verrucosa, Millettia struhlmannii, Berlinia orientalis, Cynometra</i> spp., and <i>Xylia africana</i>. Lianas are also common, as are shrubs, herbs, grasses, sedges, ferns, and epiphytes. From the Gendagenda hills in Tanzania are found <i>Craibia brevicaudata, Combretum schumannii, Lecaniodiscus fraxinifolius, Manilkara sulcata, Diospyros brucei, Scorodophloeus fischeri</i>, and <i>Sterculia appendiculata</i>.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40715-{2490637A-6C27-4524-830E-874F44F08ACF} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 01-May-2019 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Eastern & Southern African Lowland Humid Forest Division This Community's Level: Macrogroup This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.861696 NatureServe Explorer   Code: M411   Scientific: Central Indian Ocean Coastal Forest Macrogroup