A Checklist of Tree Species Growing On Akoka Campus of University of Lagos, Nigeria.
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2014
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Nodza, I.G.
Onuminya, T.O.
Ogundipe, O.T.
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Abstract
The following checklist is provided as the most complete compilation of the tree
species growing on Akoka Campus of University of Lagos, southwestern Nigeria. This
checklist was derived from extensive field survey, with the view of investigating the
concurrent depletion on the remnant flora and inventory of all the tree species. Data
collection was done by dividing the study area into several plots, and samples were randomly
collected from each plot, and identification of the samples was done using local floras. A
total of 67 woody tree species belonging to 57 genera within 27 families is represented in the
study area. Of the 67 species, 43 species (64.17%) are native to Nigeria and West Africa and
24 species (35.83%) are considered exotic or non- native and are naturalized. The result
showed that fourteen families consist of only 1 species each, four families have 2 species
each and 3 species each respectively, two families have 4 species each while the other
families consists of 5 species, 7 species and 13 species respectively. Of these, the family
Fabaceae has the highest frequency (13 species) representing 19.409% of total species
encountered) occurring in all the plots followed by Moraceae which consists of 7 species
(10.45%). This result reveals high rate of degradation on the remnant flora species, as a result
of habitat conversion into residential area (urbanization), indiscriminate degradation and
reclamation of mangrove for development of several infrastructural facilities in order to
satisfy the insatiable humans’ wants and subsistence farming. However, these species now
need high conservation priorities for sustainability.
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Tree, Conservation, Population, Urbanization
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Nodza, I. G., Onuminya, T.O. and Ogundipe, O.T. (2014). A Checklist of Tree Species Growing On Akoka Campus of University of Lagos, Nigeria. International Journal of Science, Environment and Technology 3(3): 1021 – 1034.