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Part of a series on the flora of tropical East Africa, this work considers Araceae. The flora is prepared at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in close collaboration with East African Herbarium and in liaison with the University of Dar es Salaam, the University of Nairobi and the Makerere University. Significant contributions are also made by specialists from elsewhere. The flora should be a useful reference for anyone concerned with the identification and utilization of plants in eastern Africa. Each family is published as a separate part. New parts are published annually.
Flora of Tropical East Africa - Ceratophyllaceae (1985) was prepared at the Royal Botanic Gardens/Kew with the assistance from the East African Herbarium. It covers Ceratophyllaceae; aquatic herbs, monoecious, that perennate by buds and are usually free-floating, one of the 202 Angiosperm family.
This volume focuses on the family Amaranthaceae. They are annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs, rarely lianes and large and mainly tropical family of some 65 genera and over 1000 species, including many cosmopolitan weeds and a large number of xerophytic plants.
Flora of Tropical East Africa -Zygophyllaceae (1985) was prepared at the Royal Botanic Gardens/Kew with the assistance from the East African Herbarium. The Zingiberaceae are perennial herbs, usually with a creeping rhizomes, usually terrestrial but occasionally (not in East Africa) epiphytic.
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A study of the flowering plant flora of West Africa south of the Sahara with the emphasis upon species of ecological or economic importance.