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cover of African Plants: Biodiversity Taxonomy and Uses

African Plants

Biodiversity Taxonomy and Uses

J. Timberlake and S. Kativu

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1999

Proceedings of the 1997 AETFAT Congress in Harare, Zimbabwe, focussing on the biodiversity and use of plants, whilst also covering aspects of taxonomy, biogeography and community ecology. 48 papers are presented, ranging from 'A Review of African forest Zingiberaceae' to 'Studies on indigenous plant use in Transkei'.
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Systematics and Conservation of African Plants

Proceedings of the 18th AETFAT Congress, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Edited by Xander van der Burgt

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2010

An edited volume based on the proceedings of the eighteenth Association for the Taxonomic Study of the Flora of Tropical Africa Congress held in Yaoundé, Cameroon, Systematics and Conservation of African Plants includes one hundred research papers in separate sections on taxonomy, phytogeography, ethnobotany, and the conservation and sustainable use of African plants. Topics covered include recent advances in reproductive biology, vegetation, and Podostometaceae in Africa. A separate section on African floras reflects the present state of knowledge and progress towards our understanding and documentation of the plants of Africa.

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