Table 3.

Growth form diversity across tropical African forests

		Tropical African forests	West African forests	Central African forests	East African forests
All growth forms	Total # records	383,414	72,753	260,695	46,711
	Observed # of sp.	15,387	4396	10,306	6789
	# endemic sp.	4544	503	2997	504
Tree	Total # records	122,555	19,515	92,177	10,283
	Observed # of sp.	3013	892	2264	1055
	# endemic sp.	1108	119	803	61
Herb	Total # records	97,835	19,604	60,251	16,621
	Observed # of sp.	5755	1773	3510	3277
	# endemic sp.	1078	137	560	247
Liana	Total # records	52,546	14,630	35,039	2458
	Observed # of sp.	1637	624	1384	354
	# endemic sp.	610	77	422	13
Shrub	Total # records	84,399	14,904	55,697	13,110
	Observed # of sp.	3158	664	1966	1390
	# endemic sp.	999	106	718	93

The table indicates the total number of records, total number of species and endemics observed for tropical African forests, and West, Central and East African forests separately, for all species and per major growth form type