Flora diversity and its potential in Muara Kendawangan Nature Reserve, West Kalimantan
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TAHAN UJIFiles
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Published in Vol. 4 No. 2 (2003) of Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity.
Biodiversitas encourages submission of manuscripts dealing with all biodiversity aspects of plants, animals and microbes at the level of the gene, species, and ecosystem as well as ethnobiology. Scopus (Q2)
About the JournalAbstract
Muara Kendawangan Nature Reserve is one of the biggest nature reserves in West Kalimantan. However, data and
informations especially floras diversity and its potential in this area has not been investigated intensively. Two hundred and
nineteen species of plant are collected from this area, and 140 species of them are reported as potential plants. Fourty eight, and fourty two species of the potential species are respectively useful as timber and medicinal plants. Six species, namely Aquilaria malaccensis, Durio oxleyanus, Eusideroxylon zwageri, Alstonia scholaris, Koompassia malaccensis and Eurycoma longifolia are threatened species, and one of them namely Aquilaria malaccensis is endangered.
© 2003 Jurusan Biologi FMIPA UNS Surakarta
Key words: diversity, potential flora, Muara Kendawangan Nature Reserve, West Kalimantan.
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