Table 5. Comparison with adjacent regions national as well international reports published.

S. No.	Area of studies	Study Year	Number of recorded plant species	Families	Total species common in both areas	Plant with similar uses (%)	Plants with dissimilar uses (%)	Species enlisted only in study area	Jaccard Index	Citations
1	Wana, South Waziristan, Pakistan	2013	50	30	12	32	68	102	1.59	Ullah et al., 2013 [98]
2	Samhani valley Azad Kashmir, Pakistan	2009	120	46	55	72.5	27.5	84	7.14	Hussain and Chaudhary, 2009 [65]
3	Coastal areas of Pakistan	2014	54	27	14	34.6	65.4	99	1.78	Qasim et al., 2014 [105]
4	Nara Desert, Sindh, Pakistan	2008	6	1	16	41	59	115	2.31	Qureshi and Bhatti, 2008 [11]
5	Kotli AJK, Pakistan	2014	33	25	2	6	94	116	0.23	Amjad and Arshad, 2014 [106]
6	Khunjrab National Park Gilgit, Pakistan	2011	43	28	6	13.5	86.5	112	0.67	Khan et al., 2011 [81]
7	Khushab, Pakistan	2011	48	32	26	54.5	45.5	92	3.56	Qureshi et al., 2011 [99]
8	Hingol National Park Baluchistan, Pakistan	2012	39	22	10	25	75	102	1.35	Qureshi, 2012 [100]
9	New Murree, Patriata, District Rawalpindi	2013	93	56	14	30	70	90	1.69	Ahmed et al., 2013 [22]
10	Karak, KPK	2014	160	50	50	68.2	31.8	67	6.32	Khan et al., 2014 [48]
11	Tehsil Kabal, Swat, KPK	2015	45	27	19	42.2	57.8	99	2.68	Ahmad et al., 2015 [21]
12	Tehsil Chakwal	2009	29	18	12	34	66	97	1.67	Qureshi et al., 2009 [29]
13	Tehsil Kharian, District, Gujrat	2014	50	32	27	51.5	49.5	93	3.47	Ajaib et al., 2014 [106]
14	Ladha Sub Division, South Waziristan agency, Pakistan	2016	82	42	13	30.4	69.6	93	1.78	Aziz et al., 2016 [81]
15	Bhimber, Azad Jamu Kashmir	2011	38	22	12	34	66	95	1.67	Mahmood et al., 2011 [107]
16	Himalayas Mountain Naran Valley	2013	101	52	40	61	39	112	5.87	Khan et al., 2013 [57]
17	District Mirpur AJK, Pakistan	2011	29	20	14	30	70	102	1.69	Mahmood et al., 2011 [89]
18	District Gujrat	2013	22	18	7	31.8	68.2	111	1.98	Parvaiz, 2014 [90]
19	District Sialkot	2014	18	13	11	27.7	72.3	113	1.57	Ikram et al., 2014 [100]
20	Valley Alladand Dehri, Tehsil Baathkhela, District Malakand	2013	92	53	45	74	26	94	6.14	Alamgeer et al., 2013 [85]
21	District Swabi, Pakistan	2017	66	41	7	22.7	77.3	103	1.34	Rozina et al., 2017 [108]
22	District Kotli, Azad Jamu Kashmir, Pakistan	2010	38	25	4	13.1	86.9	113	0.56	Ajaib et al., 2010 [109]
23	Mianwali District	2007	21	16	8	61.9	38.1	105	0.68	Qureshi et al., 2007 [27]
24	Tehsil Dargai, District Malakand	2013	40	26	23	22.5	77.5	109	3.35	Zaman et al., 2013 [87]
25	Sudhan Gali and Ganga Chotti Hills, District Bagh, Azad Kashmir	2007	33	17	3	3.03	96.6	117	0.34	Qureshi et al., 2007 [67]
26	Hattar Region, District Haripur, NWFP	2008	45	26	25	55	45	89	3.45	Hussain et al., 2008 [50]
27	Tehsil Kotli Sattian, Soan River, Rawalpindi	2016	35	20	13	37.14	62.85	105	2.31	Bashir and Ahmad, 2016 [110]
28	District Kotli Azad Jamu Kashmir	2014	93	46	38	27.96	72.05	92	3.98	Ajaib et al., 2014 [111]
29	Neelum Valley, AJK, Pakistan	2011	40	31	5	12.5	87.5	113	0.59	Mahmood et al., 2011 [112]
30	Vehari, Pak Pattan, Lahore, Faisalabad, Nankana Sahib, Sahiwal, Sialkot, Narowal and Central Punjab	2013	51	5	40	44	60	111	6.12	Zereen, 2008 [88]
31	Eight Districts of Punjab, Vehari, Pak Pattan, Lahore, Faisalabad, Nankana Sahib, Sahiwal, Sialkot, Narowal	2012	48	23	16	33.33	66.66	102	2.45	Zereen et al., 2013 [113]
32	Field survey of the Punjab	2012	36	13	9	13.88	86.11	113	0.79	Iltaf et al., 2012 [114]
33	Erer valley of Babile Wereda Eastern Ethiopia	2012	51	28	4	7.84	92.15	114	0.35	Belayneh et al., 2012 [68]
34	D.I. Khan, Bannu, Lakki Marwat, Karak and Kohat KPK	2015	52	36	13	36.5	63.4	99	2.34	Tariq et al., 2015 [115]
35	Indus River, dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan	2014	70	39	13	37.14	62.85	92	2.34	Mussarat et al., 2014 [94]
36	Western Uganda	2014	231	72	50	0.86	99.13	116	6.93	Asiimwe et al., 2014 [66]
37	Manila Philippines	2017	76	40	12	6.57	93.42	113	2.18	Lloyd et al., 2017 [116]
38	Susunia hill of Bankura District, West Bengal, India	2015	25	17	9	20	80	113	0.79	Rahaman and Karmakar, 2015 [117]
39	Kalenga Forest Area Bangladesh	2014	35	25	18	17.1	82.85	112	2.88	Uddin and Hassan, 2014 [118]
40	Samburu Community Wamba, Kenya	2009	33	5	6	3	97	117	0.45	Omwenga et al., 2009 [69]
41	Samahni, District Bhimber Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan	2021	150	58	42	40	60	85	4.26	Ishtiaq et al., 2021 [118]
42	Chenab riverine area, Punjab province, Pakistan.	2019	129	59	57	48	52	95	5.25	Umair et al., 2019 [119]
43	flora of Gujranwala region, Punjab, Pakistan	2020	100	52	43	45	55	80	4.23	Iqbal et al., 2020 [120]
44	Jhelum District, Punjab, Pakistan	2021	57		22	35	65	77	3.25	Majeed et al., 2021 [121]
45	Harigal, Azad Jammu Kashmir.	2021	150	60	29	25	75	60	2.95	Amjad et al., 2021 [122]
46	Gokhand valley, KPK.	2020	109	64	30	32	68	90	3.47	Sulaiman et al., 2020 [123]