Qualitative and quantitative ethnobotanical study of the Pangkhua community in Bilaichari Upazilla, Rangamati District, Bangladesh

Faruque, Mohammad Omar; Feng, Gang; Khan, Md Nurul Amin; Barlow, James W.; Ankhi, Umme Ruman; Hu, Sheng; Kamaruzzaman, M.; Uddin, Shaikh Bokhtear; Hu, Xuebo

doi:10.1186/s13002-019-0287-2

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Table 4 Jaccard similarity index (JI) for local and neighboring countries

From: Qualitative and quantitative ethnobotanical study of the Pangkhua community in Bilaichari Upazilla, Rangamati District, Bangladesh

	Area of study	Indices				JI	Reference
	Area of study	S. N.	A	B	C	JI	Reference
Bangladesh	Eleven districts of Bangladesh	1	104	237	13	3.96	[27]
	Dhaka	2	109	29	8	6.15	[44]
	Rangamati district	3	104	37	13	10.16	[10]
	Panchagarh district	4	88	68	29	22.83	[36]
	Garo hills of Durgapur	5	98	52	19	14.50	[8]
	Bandarban district	6	95	44	22	18.80	[35]
	Cox’s Bazar district	7	84	49	33	33.00	[34]
	Hazarikhil, Chittagong	8	102	28	15	13.04	[3]
	Madhupur Forest Area	9	96	57	17	12.5	[42]
	Bandarban district	10	85	127	32	17.78	[7]
	Chittagong Hill Tracts	11	97	126	20	9.22	[9]
	Durgapur	12	95	49	22	18.03	[8]
	Moulivibazar district	13	111	09	6	5.26	[49]
	Pabna district	14	103	15	14	13.46	[50]
	Joypurhat district	15	95	73	22	15.07	[51]
	Rangamati district	16	107	31	10	7.81	[39]
	Kalenga forest	17	107	25	10	8.20	[40]
	Rangamati district	18	113	20	04	3.10	[52]
	Bandarban district	19	106	47	11	7.74	[11]
	Sandwip Island, Chittagong	20	89	83	28	19.44	[12]
	Bandarban district	21	113	29	04	2.90	[53]
	Chittagong Hill Tracts	22	89	119	28	15.56	[13]
	Rangamati district	23	114	12	03	2.44	[15]
	Bandarban district	24	110	47	07	4.67	[54]
	Six districts of Northern region	25	114	21	03	2.27	[47]
	Sylhet district	26	98	55	19	14.18	[55]
	Natore district	27	111	14	06	5.04	[56]
	Kurigram district	28	112	26	05	3.75	[57]
Neighboring countries	Satpuda hills of India	29	111	46	6	3.97	[58]
	Uttar Pradesh, India	30	113	36	4	2.76	[59]
	Parbat district of western Nepal	31	114	129	4	1.67	[41]
	Jajarkot district, Nepal	32	114	57	3	1.79	[43]
	Shimoga district, India	33	102	70	15	9.55	[45]
	Sarban hills, Abbottabad, Pakistan	34	114	71	3	1.65	[60]
	Tribal areas, Pakistan	35	113	75	4	2.17	[61]
	Manipur, India	36	107	110	10	4.83	[62]
	Mizoram, India	37	105	147	12	5.00	[63]
	Mizoram, India	38	101	119	16	7.84	[64]
	Mizoram, India	39	114	54	03	1.82	[65]
	Western Mizoram, India	40	105	77	12	6.74	[66]
	Tripura state, India	41	106	114	11	5.26	[67]
	South district of Tripura, India	42	97	93	20	11.74	[68]
	Assam, India	43	109	31	08	6.06	[69]

Legend: A is the recorded number of species of the current study area a, B is the documented number of species of another study area b, and C is the number of species common to both areas a and b, and S.N is the serial number

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