Plant Collectors in Angola : Botany, Exploration, and History in South-Tropical Africa (Regnum Vegetabile)

Figueiredo, Estrela/ Smith, Gideon F.

University of Chicago Press（2024/07発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 320 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780226832081
• DDC分類 581.9673

Full Description

An authoritative treatise on the history of botanical studies and exploration in Angola.
 
For any region, cataloging, interpreting, and understanding the history of botanical exploration and plant collecting, and the preserved specimens that were amassed as a result, are critically important for research and conservation. In this book, published in cooperation with the International Association for Plant Taxonomy, Estrela Figueiredo and Gideon F. Smith, both botanists with expertise in the taxonomy of African plants, provide the first comprehensive, contextualized account of plant collecting in Angola, a large country in south-tropical Africa. An essential book for anyone concerned with the biodiversity and history of Africa, this authoritative work offers insights into the lives, times, and endeavors of 358 collectors. In addition, the authors present analyses of the records that accompanied the collectors' preserved specimens. Illustrated in color throughout, the book fills a large gap in the current knowledge of the botanical and exploration history of Africa.

Contents

Foreword
Preface

Introduction
Historical background
The expeditions
The collectors
The localities
Herbaria
About this book
Collectors

Acknowledgements
Literature cited