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The Biodiversity of African Plants

Proceedings XIVth AETFAT Congress 22–27 August 1994, Wageningen, The Netherlands

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. L. J. G. Maesen

    1. Department of Plant Taxonomy - Herbarium Vadense, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands

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  2. X. M. Burgt

    1. Department of Plant Taxonomy - Herbarium Vadense, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands

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  3. J. M. Medenbach de Rooy

    1. Department of Plant Taxonomy - Herbarium Vadense, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands

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Table of contents (108 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. Monographs and databases

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Monographs, databases and biodiversity conservation

      • O. Hedberg
      Pages 3-9

    3. Conspectus of the vascular plants of Madagascar: a taxonomic and conservation electronic database

      • G. E. Schatz, P. P. Lowry II, M. Lescot, A. E. Wolf, S. Andriambololonera, V. Raharimalala et al.
      Pages 10-17

    4. Computerisation of the East African Herbarium: development of a regional plant information service

      • T. R. Pearce, D. Filer, E. Vanden Berghe
      Pages 18-31

    5. Plants of southern Africa database

      • T. H. Arnold, M. Koekemoer
      Pages 32-32

    6. Uses, chromosome number and distribution of Solanum species in Uganda

      • R. Bukenya-Ziraba
      Pages 33-37

    7. The plants of Pehr Forsskål’s Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica

      • F. N. Hepper, I. Friis
      Pages 38-39

    8. Enumeration of the flowering plants of tropical Africa

      • J.-P. Lebrun, A. L. Stork
      Pages 40-41

    9. Thunberg, Hoffmann and the Phytographische Blätter

      • R. O. Moffett
      Pages 42-46

  3. Biodiversity of succulents and African arid regions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47
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    2. Biodiversity of arid islands in tropical Africa: the succulents of inselbergs

      • W. Barthlott, S. Porembski
      Pages 49-57

    3. Patterns and characteristics of the flora of the Succulent Karoo Biome, southern Africa

      • C. Hilton-Taylor
      Pages 58-72

    4. Taxonomy and biogeography of the anomalous genus Wellstedia

      • M. Thulin, A. N. B. Johansson
      Pages 73-86

    5. Diversification in an arid world: the Mesembryanthemaceae

      • H.-D. Ihlenfeldt
      Pages 87-87

    6. Tubers and bulbs as an adaptive strategy in the Kalahari

      • B. J. Hargreaves
      Pages 88-91

    7. New collections of Mesembryanthema in South African grasslands

      • M. Mössmer, G. F. Smith, H. E. K. Hartmann, C. M. Smit
      Pages 92-97

  4. Biodiversity in African lowland rain forests

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99
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    2. Centres of plant diversity in Africa

      • H. J. Beentje
      Pages 101-109

    3. Mapping plant biodiversity on Mount Cameroon

      • M. Cheek, S. Cable, F. N. Hepper, N. Ndam, J. Watts
      Pages 110-120
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Plant Taxonomy - Herbarium Vadense, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands

    L. J. G. Maesen, X. M. Burgt, J. M. Medenbach de Rooy

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Biodiversity of African Plants

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings XIVth AETFAT Congress 22–27 August 1994, Wageningen, The Netherlands

  • Editors: L. J. G. Maesen, X. M. Burgt, J. M. Medenbach de Rooy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0285-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4095-9Published: 30 June 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-6613-6Published: 20 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-0285-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 861

  • Topics: Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography, Plant Sciences, Tree Biology

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