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. 2018 Aug 23;13(8):e0202214. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202214

Table 1. African biomes represented in the modern pollen data organized by biome, number of representative modern pollen samples, biogeographic region, and country.

Biome Pollen Biogeographic region Country
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands 239 Namib and Karoo deserts and shrublands South Africa, Namibia
Kaokoveld Desert Namibia, Angola
Madagascar Spiny Desert Madagascar
Horn of Africa deserts Somalia
Socotra Island Desert Yemen
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas 21 Sahelian flooded savannas Mali, Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Senegal, Mauritania
Zambezian flooded savannas Botswana, Namibia, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique
Sudd flooded grasslands Sudan, Ethiopia
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands 120 East African moorlands Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, D.R. Congo, Rwanda
Ethiopian Highlands Somalia, Eritrea, Sudan
Zambezian montane savannas and woodlands South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands 415 Angolan Escarpment woodlands Angola
Zambezian woodlands and savannas Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, D.R. Congo, Burundi
Sudanian savannas Central African Republic, Chad, Uganda, Ethiopia, D.R. Congo, Cameroon, Sudan, Nigeria, Eritrea
East African acacia savannas Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests 314 Madagascar moist forests Madagascar
Guinean moist forests Ghana, Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Togo
Eastern Arc montane forests Tanzania, Kenya
East African coastal forests Tanzania, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia
Albertine Rift highland forests D.R. Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi, Tanzania
East African highland forests Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
Seychelles and Mascarene Islands forests Mauritius, Seychelles, Comoros, Reunion, Rodrigues
Gulf of Guinea Islands forests São Tomé and Príncipe, Equatorial Guinea,
Macaronesian forests Azores, Madeira, Canary, Cape Verde Islands
Congolian coastal forests Cameroon, Gabon, R. Congo, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Benin
Western Congo Basin forests Central African Republic, Cameroon, R. Congo, Gabon, D.R. Congo, Equatorial Guinea
Northeastern Congo Basin forests D.R. Congo, Central African Republic, Sudan, Uganda
Southern Congo Basin forests D.R. Congo, Congo, Angola