Plants
of the Nyika Plateau:
An account of the vegetation of the Nyika National Parks of Malawi and Zambia
SABONET
Report No. 31
J.E. Burrows & C.K. Willis (eds)
2005
A4, soft cover, colour plates, line drawings, 405 pp.
ISBN 1-919976-08-6
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The Nyika Plateau has been classified as one of Africa's Centres of Plant Diversity and is the largest montane complex in south-central Africa. Most of the Plateau lies in Malawi, with a small section across the border in Zambia.
This book is a comprehensive account of the plants of the Nyika Plateau, incorporating bryophytes, pteridophytes, gymnosperms, and angiosperms. The detailed introduction presents information on climate, drainage, soils, fire, communities, plant diversity and endemism, and botanical exploration of the area.
The book presents a synthesis of all the botanical knowledge currently available for the Nyika National Parks of Malawi and Zambia. It was originally intended to be just a conservation checklist for these parks, but has gone beyond being a mere checklist in many ways. It lists and describes 1,891 plants known to occur in these two national parks. Each species or subspecific taxon is listed with synonyms and a description, as well as information on distribution, references, and voucher specimens. The species accounts are arranged alphabetically. The book is illustrated throughout with line drawings (one representative species per genus) and eight pages of colour photographs.
An extensive glossary, index of plant collectors, index to common names, and index to scientific names and illustrations conclude the work.
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Front pages:
cover
(718 KB), inside
cover (1.1 MB), title
pages (173 KB), foreword
(0.9 MB), preface
(1.14 MB), introductory
pages (1.08 MB) more
introductory pages (1.19 MB), dedication
(2.88 MB), acknowledgements
(1.31 MB)
Introduction part 1 (4.52 MB), part 2 (1.42 MB), part 3 (1.36 MB), part 4 (0.74 MB), part 5 (96 KB), part 6 (0.9 MB), part 7 (1.47 MB), part 8 (1.22 MB), part 9 (0.9 MB), part 10 (1.81 MB)
Botanical exploration part 1 (1.0 MB), part 2 (0.63 MB), part 3 (0.63 MB), part 4 (0.9 MB), part 5 (1.18 MB), part 6 (1.58 MB), part 7 (1.22 MB), part 8 (2.83 MB)
Species accounts, pages 19-48 (1.51 MB), 49-77 (1.53 MB), 78-108 (1.25 MB), 109-137 (1.34 MB), 138-170 (1.60 MB), 171-199 (1.31 MB), 200-233 (1.70 MB), 234-265 (1.60 MB), 266-299 (1.62 MB), 300-327 (1.21 MB), 328-348 (1.0 MB), 349-368 (1.08 MB)
Colour plates 1 to 4 (1.63 MB), 4 to 8 (1.43 MB)
