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Table 15 Jaccard’s Coefficient of Similarity (JCS) b/n the current study and other similar studies conducted in Ethiopia

From: Ethnobotanical investigation of medicinal plants in Buska Mountain range, Hamar district, Southwestern Ethiopia

Study area/Author/s

a

b

c

JCS

%

Buska Mountain Range (present study)

145

–

–

  

Afar Region, North Eastern Ethiopia [28]

103

28

42

0.24

24

East Gojjam Zone of Amhara region[29]

98

46

47

0.25

25

Meinit ethnic group of Ethiopia [30]

116

22

29

0.26

26

Debre Libanos Wereda, Central Ethiopia[31]

93

31

52

0.30

30

Blue Hora District/ [32]

81

45

64

0.33

33

Fiche District/Central Ethiopia [33]

79

89

66

0.28

28

Gera district, Ethiopia [34]

112

30

33

0.19

19

Konta Special Woreda, Southern [35]

106

84

39

0.16

16

South Omo/Southern Ethiopia [36]

104

53

41

0.20

20

Amaro Woreda [37]

101

15

44

0.26

26

Tigray Regional State/Northern Ethiopia [38]

95

35

50

0.27

27

Wayu Tuka District, West Ethiopia [39]

95

79

50

0.21

21

Wonago Woreda/South Ethiopia [40]

97

24

48

0.28

28

North Shewa Zone, Amhara Regional State[41]

75

85

70

0.30

30

Northwestern Ethiopia[42]

119

19

26

0.16

16

Western Ethiopia [43]

127

8

18

0.20

20

Ethiopian common medicinal plants [44]

97

32

48

0.27

27