Flora diversity in Duyen Hai town of Tra Vinh

• Main Authors: Đặng Văn Sơn, Hoàng Nghĩa Sơn, Trần Văn Tiến, Nguyễn Văn Tú
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE 2018-10-01
• Series: Tạp chí Khoa học Đại học Mở Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh - Kỹ thuật và Công nghệ
• Subjects: đa dạng thực vật; duyên hải; sinh cảnh thực vật; trà vinh; floral diversity; floral habitat
• Online Access: https://journalofscience.ou.edu.vn/index.php/tech-vi/article/view/453

The study investigated the floral diversity in Duyen Hai town of Tra Vinh province and recorded 273 species, 209 genera and 78 families belonging to the two high-rank phyla of vascular plants including Lycopodiophyta and Magnoliophyta. The plant resources were also divided into five groups as follows: (1) medicinal plants with 186 species, (2) ornamental plants with 26 species, (3) wood plants with 15 species, (4) foodstuff with 15 species and (5) household plants with 6 species. Life forms of plants were divided into six groups including herbs with 141 species, shrubs with 46 species, lianas with 36 species, small trees with 25 species, big trees with 22 species and hemiparasites with 3 species. Moreover, 3 habitats including habitat with natural flora (with 7 plant communities), habitat with the flora of farming land and habitat with the flora of land tenure were identified.