Resumen de Influence of the African paleotropical floristic categories on the flora of high-altitude mountains in Yemen: case study of Jabal An-Nabi Shuáyb, Sana’a (capital of Yemen)
Ibrahim M. Hassan, Hana A. Al-Quhbi, Amal A. Murshed, Abdul Nasser A. Al-Gifri
About 205 plant species (eight Ferns, 167 Dicots & 30 Monocots) from a total of 288 species, recorded in 2013 from Jabal An-Nabi Shuáyb (the highest point in Yemen and Arabia), show a distribution relationship with three African paleotropical floristic regions and 10 African paleotropical floristic elements. The distribution relationship among the African paleotropical floristic elements was subjected to numerical analysis: the African paleotropical floristic region with the highest number of species is Sudano-Zambezian with 184 (63.9%) species; while the African paleotropical floristic element with the highest number of species is the Afro-Montane Archipelago-Like Regional Centre of Endemism, with 175 (60.8%) species.
