The diversity of mangrove forests in Kumbewaha, Buton Island, Indonesia

Abstract

This study aims to determine the diversity of mangroves in Kumbewaha, Buton, Indonesia. the method used in this study is line transect, data retrieval with roaming. The number of mangrove species found was 20 species and 17 mangrove tribes including, Acrostichum aureum (L.), Aegiceras corniculatum (L.) Blanco, Allophylus cobbe (L.) Raeusch, Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh, Bruguiera gymnorhiza (L.) Lam, Ceriops tagal (Perr.) C.B.Rob, Colubrina asiatica (L.) Brongn, Cordia sebestena (L.), Crinum asiaticum (L.), Cyclosorus heterocarpus (Blume) Ching, Desmodium umbellatum (L.) DC, Dendrolobium umbellatum (L.) Benth, Inocarpus fagifer (Parkinson) Fosberg, Nephrolepis falcata (Cav.) C. Christens, Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre, Rhizophora mucronata Lam, Scaevola taccada (Gaertn.) Roxb, Sonneratia ovata Backer, Thespesia populnea (L.) Sol. ex Correa, And Xylocarpus moluccensis M.Roem. Rhizophora mucronata Lam, is the type that has the highest diversity value (H') of 0.863 while the lowest diversity value (H') is the Sonneratia ovata Backer mangrove, with a value of 0.087.