A Red Data Book of Namibian plants

SABONET Report No. 38
S. Loots
2005
A4, soft cover, colour plates, 124 pp.
ISBN 1-919976-16-7
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This comprehensive Red Data book lists 3,961 rare, endemic, and threatened Namibian plant species. It provides extensive information, as well as a distribution map, for each plant on the list. Species and infraspecific taxa are arranged alphabetically by family. Appendixes provide a detailed description of the 2001 IUCN criteria used to make the assessments, as well as a list of Data Deficient taxa. An index listing species names concludes the work. The book includes magnificent colour photographs of the listed species in 24 colour plates.

The following information is included for each taxon on the list:

Synonyms
Endemism
IUCN Status
Description of the growth form and major distinguishing characters of each taxon
Brief explanation of the reasons for listing and the factors that contributed to a particular assessment
Short description of habitat
List of the main factors that threaten the taxon with extinction in Namibia
Additional notes and common names

Download cover (1.014 MB) inside cover (43 KB) introductory pages (91 KB) part 1 (2.08 MB) part 2 (1.02 MB) part 3 (1.03 MB) part 4 (651 KB)

Colour plates 1-3 (1.12 MB), 4-6 (1.32 MB), 7-9 (1.28 MB), 10-12 (1.32 MB), 13-15 (1.49 MB), 16-18 (1.2 MB), 19-21 (1.31 MB), 22-24 (1.33 MB)