The Aberdare Ranges Forest, located in the Central highlands of Kenya, is an isolated volcanic mountain in the East African Rift Valley with unique flora. Despite its refugial importance to rare and endemic plant species, the diversity of plants in the Aberdare Ranges Forest remains poorly understood. The checklist presented here is a collation of data obtained from multiple floristic surveys and from herbarium specimen collections from the forest. A total of 1260 vascular plants taxa representing 136 families, 613 genera, 67 subspecies and 63 varieties are documented. The ferns comprised 84 species, lycophytes seven, gymnosperms six and angiosperms were 1163 taxa. This represents 17.9% of the Kenyan taxa, 1.7% of the African taxa and 0.3% of all the vascular plants known in the world. A total of 18 taxa were endemic and 14 taxa were found to be threatened globally. The life form, voucher specimen(s), habitat and distribution range of each taxon and a brief analysis of taxa diversity is presented in this checklist. This is the first comprehensive inventory of vascular plants in the entire Aberdare Ranges, providing a solid basis for more sustainable management and improved conservation of this montane forest. The checklist is also an important contribution to the world checklist of plants required by the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation.

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Aberdare山脉森林维管植物的带注释清单，该森林是东部Afromontane生物多样性热点的一部分。

位于肯尼亚中部高地的Aberdare山脉森林是东非大裂谷的一座孤立的火山山，具有独特的植物区系。尽管它对稀有和特有植物物种没有重要意义，但对阿伯代尔山脉森林中植物的多样性仍然知之甚少。此处列出的清单是从多个植物学调查以及从森林中的标本室标本收集中获得的数据的整理。总共记录了1260种维管植物类群，代表136个科，613属，67个亚种和63个变种。蕨类植物有84种，苔藓植物有7种，裸子植物有6种，被子植物有1163种。这占肯尼亚分类单元的17.9％，非洲分类单元的1.7％，世界上所有维管植物的0.3％。全球共有18个分类单元是地方性的，发现14个分类单元受到威胁。此清单列出了每个分类单元的生命形式，凭证样本，栖息地和分布范围，并简要分析了分类单元的多样性。这是整个Aberdare山脉中维管植物的第一个综合清单，为该山地森林的更可持续管理和更好的保护提供了坚实的基础。该清单也是对《全球植物保护战略》所要求的世界植物清单的重要贡献。为更可持续的管理和改善山地森林的保护提供坚实的基础。该清单也是对《全球植物保护战略》所要求的世界植物清单的重要贡献。为更可持续的管理和改善山地森林的保护提供坚实的基础。该清单也是对《全球植物保护战略》所要求的世界植物清单的重要贡献。