Estrela Figueiredo, Gideon F. Smith

Broschiertes Buch

Plant Collectors in Angola

Botany, Exploration, and History in South-Tropical Africa

Beschreibung

"For any region, understanding historical botanical exploration, plant collection, and preserved specimens is critically important for research and conservation. In this book, Estrela Figueiredo and Gideon F. Smith, both botanists with expertise on the taxonomy of African plants, provide the first thorough and comprehensive 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 on 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 result fills a serious void in the current knowledge of the botanical and exploration history of Africa"--

Autor

Estrela Figueiredo was a tenured scientist at the Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, Lisboa, Portugal, until 2007, after which she assumed associate positions at the South African National Biodiversity Institute and the University of Pretoria. She is currently attached to the Nelson Mandela University in Gqeberha, South Africa. As a plant systematist, she has focused virtually her entire career on the flora of Africa, including that of Angola. Gideon F. Smith has held several senior management positions at the South African National Biodiversity Institute, as well as the John Acocks Chair in Botany at the University of Pretoria. He is at present attached to the Nelson Mandela University in Gqeberha and is South Africa's most prolific author on Old and New World succulents. Among their many books, Figueiredo and Smith are coauthors of Plants of Angola / Plantas de Angola and Common Names of Angolan Plants.

Produktdetails

• Regnum Vegetabile
• Verlag: The University of Chicago Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 154mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 744g
• ISBN-13: 9780226832081
• ISBN-10: 0226832082
• Artikelnr.: 69187160