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    Diversité et conservation des plantes ligneuses autochtones en paysage anthropisé: cas de la Zone Kabuye en Commune Matongo (Burundi)
    (Bull. sci. Inst. natl. environ. conserv. nat. 13: 35-42, 2014-12) Masharabu, Tatien; Manirakiza Oscar; Ndayishimiye Joël; Bangirinama Frédéric; Havyarimana François
    In order to elucidate the diversity of indigenous woody plants in an anthropogenic landscape, a study was conducted in Kabuye Zone located in Matongo Commune (Burundi), a Commune crossed by the Congo-Nile Crest. The Kabuye Zone is dominated in the West by a natural plant community, the Kibira National Park. The study is based mainly on botanical investigations and aims to sustain management of indigenous woody resources in agroecosystems. The floristic inventory reported 51 tree species distributed into 28 families, with a dominance of Dicots (94%). Eighteen families are monogeneric and monospecific. Leguminosae, Euphorbiaceae, Moraceae and Rubiaceae are each one represented by at least four species. The study also highlighted, according to local people, 12 indigenous tree species that are threatened even if there are not all listed on IUCN red list. It is therefore important to rethink strategies for conservation and protection of indigenous woody species in anthropenic landscape in order to ensure goods and services that they provide.