[PDF] Plant Collectors In Angola eBook

Author : Estrela Figueiredo
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 49,72 MB
Release : 2024
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0226832082

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"For any region, understanding historical botanical exploration, plant collection, and preserved specimens is critically important for research and conservation. In this book, Estrela Figueiredo and Gideon F. Smith, both botanists with expertise on the taxonomy of African plants, provide the first thorough and comprehensive account of plant collecting in Angola, a large country in south-tropical Africa. An essential book for anyone concerned with the biodiversity and history of Africa, this authoritative work offers insights on the lives, times, and endeavors of 358 collectors. In addition, the authors present analyses of the records that accompanied the collectors' preserved specimens. Illustrated in color throughout, the result fills a serious void in the current knowledge of the botanical and exploration history of Africa"--

Author : Estrela Figueiredo
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 41,90 MB
Release : 2024-06-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 0226832074

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An authoritative treatise on the history of botanical studies and exploration in Angola. For any region, cataloging, interpreting, and understanding the history of botanical exploration and plant collecting, and the preserved specimens that were amassed as a result, are critically important for research and conservation. In this book, published in cooperation with the International Association for Plant Taxonomy, Estrela Figueiredo and Gideon F. Smith, both botanists with expertise in the taxonomy of African plants, provide the first comprehensive, contextualized account of plant collecting in Angola, a large country in south-tropical Africa. An essential book for anyone concerned with the biodiversity and history of Africa, this authoritative work offers insights into the lives, times, and endeavors of 358 collectors. In addition, the authors present analyses of the records that accompanied the collectors’ preserved specimens. Illustrated in color throughout, the book fills a large gap in the current knowledge of the botanical and exploration history of Africa.

Author : Brian J. Huntley
Publisher : Springer
Page : 549 pages
File Size : 32,59 MB
Release : 2019-02-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 3030030830

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This open access multi-authored book presents a 'state of the science' synthesis of knowledge on the biodiversity of Angola, based on sources in peer-reviewed journals, in books and where appropriate, unpublished official reports. The book identifies Angola as one of the most biologically diverse countries in Africa, but notes that its fauna, flora, habitats and the processes that drive the dynamics of its ecosystems are still very poorly researched and documented. This 'state of the science' synthesis is for the use of all students of Angola's biodiversity, and for those responsible for the planning, development and sustainable management of the country's living resources. The volume brings together the results of expeditions and research undertaken in Angola since the late eighteenth century, with emphasis on work conducted in the four decades since Angola's independence in 1975. The individual chapters have been written by leaders in their fields, and reviewed by peers familiar with the region.

Author : Umberto Quattrocchi
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 48,19 MB
Release : 1999-11-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780849326752

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This volume provides the origins and meanings of the names of genera and species of extant vascular plants, with the genera arranged alphabetically from A to C.

Author : Estrela Figueiredo
Publisher :
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 39,10 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.

Author : Umberto Quattrocchi
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 2402 pages
File Size : 43,38 MB
Release : 2006-04-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 1420003224

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2008 NOMINEE The Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries Annual Award for a Significant Work in Botanical or Horticultural Literature now we have easier and better access to grass data than ever before in human history. That is a marked step forward. Congratulazioni Professor Quattrocchi!-Daniel F. Austin, writing in Economic Botany &n

Author : Diana Polhill
Publisher : Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,63 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Botany
ISBN : 9781842463710

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This book is a record of some 2,700 people who have collected herbarium specimens in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, designed as a supplement to the now complete Flora of Tropical East Africa.

Author : Ernst Schmidt
Publisher : Jacana Media
Page : 710 pages
File Size : 30,14 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781919777306

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This is a guide to every tree and woody shrub indigenous to the province of Mpumlanga and the entire Kruger National Park. Designed for use by beginner tree enthusiasts and the seasoned botanist, it details more than 950 species of trees and shrubs.