A preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana

SABONET Report No. 37
M.P. Setshogo
2005
A4, soft cover, 161 pp.
ISBN 1-919976-18-3.
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This book is the first comprehensive checklist of Botswana plants and includes data on 182 families, 911 genera, and 3,086 species and infraspecific taxa. Bryophytes, hepatophytes, pteridophytes, dicotyledons, and monocotyledons are included in the checklist. Informative icons indicate whether a species is one or more of the following:

naturalised or introduced plant
tree or shrub
succulent
parasitic plant
rare or candidate for Red Data listing
endemic
aquatic
plant invader or potential invader

A key to the icons is provided at the bottom of every page.

The book also contains sections on the history of plant collecting in Botswana and species with type specimens from Botswana. An appendix lists species possibly occurring in Botswana. The index provides references to families, genera and generic synonyms.

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