A checklist of Zambian vascular plants

SABONET Report No. 32
P.S.M. Phiri
2005
A4, soft cover, black and white photographs, 150 pp.
ISBN 1-919976-13-2
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This comprehensive checklist of Zambian vascular plants starts off with a comprehensive introduction that discusses the location, climate, geology, relief, soils, biological diversity, and vegetation of Zambia. It also provides two short but useful sections on endemism and botanical nomenclature that explains and clarify these two issues for the non-specialist. Two maps of Zambia, one showing the provinces of the country, and the other the main roads and towns, are provided.

The checklist contains data on 221 families, 1,393 genera and 6,280 species and infraspecific taxa of indigenous plants, as well as 141 exotic species. It is arranged alphabetically for easy reference. In addition to currently accepted names, synonyms and distribution are also given. An appendix lists endemic and near-endemic species and their distribution in Zambia. The index lists family and genus names.

Download cover, title and contents pages (1.1 MB), introduction (1.21 MB), checklist pages 12-51 (1.05 MB), 52-99 (1.22 MB), 100-138 (1.08 MB), appendix, references, index (123 KB)