[PDF] Common Names Of South African Plants eBook

Author : H. F. Glen
Publisher : Jacana Media
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 28,41 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781919931173

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A listing of almost 9000 kinds of plants known to be cultivated in Southern Africa, or to have been tried here. The information is derived from a database containing details mainly of specimens archived in the National Herbarium, Pretoria.

Author : Rudolf Marloth
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 37,15 MB
Release : 2018-09-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781396355301

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Excerpt from The Flora of South Africa: Dictionary of the Common Names of Plants, With List of Foreign Plants Cultivated in the Open We are especially indebted to Mr. I. B. Pole evans, Govern ment Botanist, and Mr. O. O. Robertson, forest-research Officer at Pretoria, for kindly rendering the records Of their Offices accessible to us, and to Professor hubertus elffers (wynberg) and Dr. W. Purcell (diep River) for various suggestions with regard to the orthography of names and the typographical arrangements. Numerous other friends have contributed names or plants for identification, or communicated items of interest concern ing them, or helped us in compiling the list Of foreign plants. In recording their names hereafter we take this opportunity of thanking them all for their assistance and apologize at the same time to others whose names may have been inadvertently omitted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Estrela Figueiredo
Publisher :
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 34,49 MB
Release : 2018-03-23
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781485306801

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Common Names of Angolan Plants presents an updated and expanded catalogue of several thousand common names recorded for the indigenous and exotic floristic riches of Angola. Separate alphabetical lists of common names and accepted scientific names are provided and reference is made to the synonyms under which they were recorded. Where known, the languages are given throughout. The book provides biodiversity specialists and researchers in a broad spectrum of scientific and other endeavors, linguists, students and other stakeholders with the basic information on the common names of Angolan plants that has been unavailable for a long time. It represents a further critically important step towards assembling the knowledge of the flora of the country into a single, modern, easily accessible and scientifically sound framework.