Flowering plants of the Kalahari dunes

Flowering plants of the Kalahari dunes illustrates 236 plant species, concentrating on the common and conspicuous species.
van Rooyen, Noel
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Title: Flowering plants of the Kalahari dunes
Author: Noel van Rooyen
Publisher: Ekotrust cc / Botanical Society of South Africa
Thatchers Field, South Africa, 2001
ISBN 0620273763 / ISBN 0-620-27376-3
ISBN 9780620273763 / ISBN 978-0-620-27376-3
Softcover, 15 x 21 cm, 215 pages, countless colour photos

Description:

Flowering plants of the Kalahari dunes illustrates 236 plant species, concentrating on the common and conspicuous species, while a few of the rare and endemic species have also been included. The total number of plant species recorded within the area, presently exceeds 600 species. The plant species have been arranged in groups according to their growth form to make identification easier. Within each growth form the plant families have been arranged in an order that reflects their relationships with each other. Plant identifications were done by the staff of the National Botanical Institute and the Schweickerdt Herbarium and voucher specimens are housed in the Schweickerdt Herbarium at the University of Pretoria (PRU) and the Kimberley South African National Parks Herbarium (KSAN). A field herbarium is kept in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. As far as possible, English and/or Afrikaans common names have been included. Note that sometimes the same name is used for different species, or that different names are sometimes used for the same species. In this guide the primary means of identifying a species is by the photographs. Important information on size, flower colour variation, flowering times, habitat and distribution are added in the descriptions and are meant to facilitate the identification.

Content: Flowering plants of the Kalahari dunes

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Conservation
Geology
Climate
Vegetation types
Habitats of the Kalahari
Vegetation dynamics
Plant life forms
Alien plants
Diversity, rarity and endemism
How to use this guide
Descriptions and illustrations of the plant species
Trees
Shrubs
Dwarf shrubs/shrublets
Grasses
Sedges
Bulbs/geophytes
Prostrate creepers
Creepers/climbers
Herbs
Succulents
Parasites
Bibliography
Index

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