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Table 1 Matrix of preference ranking of 18 bee forage plants by 14 key informants (traditional apiculturalists)

From: An iconic traditional apiculture of park fringe communities of Borena Sayint National Park, north eastern Ethiopia

Species

Key informants

R1

R2

R3

R4

R5

R6

R7

R8

R9

R10

R11

R12

R13

R14

Score

Rank

Dombeya torrida

18

17

17

18

18

18

17

17

17

17

18

18

18

18

246

1

Erica arborea

17

18

18

17

17

17

18

18

18

18

17

17

17

17

244

2

Olinia rochetiana

15

16

15

14

16

16

8

2

2

15

16

16

16

16

183

3

Trifolium semipilosum

14

14

2

16

14

13

16

15

16

14

15

12

13

7

181

4

Vernonia rueppelli

7

11

13

11

11

10

14

13

8

13

9

10

11

9

150

5

Thymus schimperi

13

3

8

13

10

8

12

16

12

10

12

7

10

12

146

6

Lobelia rhynchopetalum

16

13

7

6

13

11

13

8

11

11

14

8

7

4

142

7

Ekebergia capensis

11

9

16

8

15

15

6

6

4

8

3

13

6

15

135

8

Hagenia abyssinica

2

8

10

12

1

12

15

10

9

5

11

4

15

14

128

9

Myrsine melanophloeos

9

5

4

9

6

4

9

9

6

16

10

11

14

1

113

10

Apodytes dimidiata

1

15

14

3

12

14

3

4

5

3

4

14

5

13

110

11

Buddleja polystachya

10

6

3

4

5

9

10

14

15

12

8

2

2

8

108

12

Hypericum revolutum

6

10

6

5

2

7

7

12

7

6

13

6

8

10

105

13

Nuxia congesta

4

7

9

7

9

3

5

11

13

7

6

5

4

5

95

14

Hypoestes forskaolii

12

12

12

15

3

2

2

3

3

2

2

15

9

2

94

15

Rubus steudneri

8

4

5

0

8

6

4

7

10

9

5

3

12

6

87

16

Myrica salicifolia

5

1

1

1

7

5

11

5

14

4

7

1

3

3

68

17

Scolopia theifolia

1

2

11

2

4

1

1

1

1

1

1

9

1

11

47

18