Melliferous Plants Threatened to Disappearance in Togo | Chapter 02 | Current Research in Agriculture and Horticulture Vol. 1
Melliferous plants are plants whose
flowers provide nectar or pollen for honey production to bee colonies. Besides
their role in honey production or provision of pollen, some have other uses.
Pollinic analysis and apicol surveys conducted between 2009 and 2014 on honey
sampled directly in beekeeping areas or outlets have permitted discovery of 330
melliferous species Including 45 species (13.64%) which are threatened to
extinction in Togo. Compared with Togolese flora, these plants threatened
represent 1.29%.
Belong to 43 genres, these species threatened which are foods plants can be
grouped into 24 families and most at risk are the Malvaceae, Anacardiaceae,
Fabaceae and Annonaceae.
These plants can be divided into two classes: wild and crops plants. The routinely
used parts of these plants are the fruits and leaves. In general, nectar plants
are the most represented. From this study, it appears that 45 species of
melliferous and alimentary interest were targeted endangered in Togo. These
species, which represent approximately 24% of the national melliferous flora,
correspond to 43 genres and belong to 24 families. These melliferous families
were divided into four groups based according to their composition in
endangered plants: the highly threatened families, families moderately
threatened, endangered families and families low risk.
Author(s) Details
M. Koudégnan Comlan
Palynology, Algology and
Paleoecology Laboratory / Botanic and Ecology Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences, University
of Lome, Togo.
Akpavi Sêmihinva
Botanic and Ecology
Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lome, Togo.
Edorh Thérèse
Palynology, Palynology,
Algology and Paleoecology Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lome,
Togo.
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