Floristic Composition and Diversity of Vascular Plants inRemnant Patches of Arsi-Bale Massif of Oromia RegionalState, Ethiopia

Table 1

Floristic richness of the study districts (woredas) recorded of Arsi-Bale Massifs with species number in decreasing order.

Family	Number of genera	Proportion of genera	Species number	Proportion of species
Asteraceae	32	14.35	68	17.80
Poaceae	19	8.52	30	7.85
Lamiaceae	13	5.83	21	5.50
Cyperaceae	3	1.35	13	3.40
Apiaceae	7	3.14	11	2.88
Rosaceae	5	2.24	11	2.88
Fabaceae	6	2.69	10	2.62
Aspleniaceae	1	0.45	8	2.09
Scrophulariaceae	5	2.24	7	1.83
Solanaceae	3	1.35	7	1.83
Asclepiadaceae	5	2.24	6	1.57
Euphorbiaceae	4	1.79	6	1.57
Oleaceae	3	1.35	6	1.57
Rubiaceae	5	2.24	6	1.57
Crassulaceae	2	0.90	5	1.31
Malvaceae	4	1.79	5	1.31
Polygonaceae	3	1.35	5	1.31
Ranunculaceae	4	1.80	5	1.31
Urticaceae	4	1.80	5	1.31
79 others families	95	42.60	147	38.48
Total	223	100	382	100