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Botanical Library

Floras, monographs and scientific papers that illuminate species, landscapes and taxonomic relationships.

The thematic selection presents works that are particularly informative for the collection and its regions of origin. The complete bibliography below additionally lists every source cited in the species profiles. Brief notes explain what each work contains and which plant groups it serves.

Practical knowledge from specialist societies

01 / REGIONS

Landscapes and floras

SOKOTRA · FLORA

Ethnoflora of the Soqotra Archipelago

A. G. Miller & M. Morris · 2004

Species accounts, distributions, local plant names and ethnobotanical information on the archipelago.
OMAN · REGIONALWERK

Plants of Dhofar

A. G. Miller & M. Morris · 1988

Flora, habitats and traditional uses of plants in southern Oman.
OMAN · FLORA

Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, Volume 3

S. A. Ghazanfar · Botanic Garden Meise · 2015

Bestimmungsschlüssel, Beschreibungen, Verbreitung und Lebensräume von Loganiaceae bis Asteraceae; mit wichtigen historischen Behandlungen omanischer Adenium- und Plectranthus-Taxa.Keys, descriptions, distributions and habitats from Loganiaceae to Asteraceae, including important historical treatments of Omani Adenium and Plectranthus taxa.
JEMEN · FLORA

A Handbook of the Yemen Flora

J. R. I. Wood · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · 1997

Bestimmungsschlüssel, Artenbeschreibungen sowie Angaben zu Verbreitung, Höhenlagen, Lebensräumen, Blütezeiten und lokalen Pflanzennamen im Jemen. Identification keys, species descriptions, and records of distribution, elevation, habitat, flowering periods and local plant names in Yemen.
OSTAFRIKA · FLORA

Flora of Tropical East Africa: Lamiaceae

A. J. Paton et al. · 2009

Identification keys and taxonomic descriptions of the Lamiaceae of East Africa.
SÜDLICHES AFRIKA · FLORA

Flora of Southern Africa, Volume 28, Part 4: Lamiaceae

L. E. Codd · 1985

Taxonomische Beschreibungen, Bestimmungsschlüssel, Verbreitungskarten und Strichzeichnungen der Lippenblütler des südlichen Afrikas. Taxonomic descriptions, identification keys, distribution maps and line drawings of the Lamiaceae of southern Africa.
SOMALIA · FLORA

Flora of Somalia, Volume 3

M. Thulin (Hrsg.) · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · 2006

Identification keys, descriptions and distribution records for Somalia's dicotyledonous flowering plants from Ericaceae to Asteraceae.
OSTAFRIKA · FELDFÜHRER

Wild Flowers of East Africa

Collins Photo Guide

A photographic introduction to species and their habitats.

02 / GENERA

Monographs and revisions

LAMIACEAE · REVISION

Plectranthus (Labiatae) and allied genera in Southern Africa

L. E. Codd · Bothalia 11(4) · 1975 · S. 371–442

Revision mit Bestimmungsschlüsseln, Beschreibungen, Abbildungen sowie Angaben zu Verbreitung und natürlichen Standorten. Für die vorhandenen Coleus- und Plectranthus-Arten ergänzt sie die ausführlichere Florenbehandlung von 1985.Revision with identification keys, descriptions, illustrations, and records of distribution and natural habitat. For the Coleus and Plectranthus species in the collection it supplements the more detailed flora treatment published in 1985.
LAMIACEAE · REVISION

Nomenclatural changes in Coleus and Plectranthus

A. J. Paton et al. · 2019

The basis for the current delimitation of Coleus, Equilabium and Plectranthus.
LAMIACEAE · MONOGRAPHIE

The Southern African Plectranthus and the Art of Turning Shade to Glade

E. J. van Jaarsveld · Illustrationen: Vicki Thomas · 2006

Profiles of southern African species with information on habitat, distribution and cultivation, accompanied by botanical illustrations.
GERANIACEAE · MONOGRAPHIE

Pelargoniums of Southern Africa

J. J. A. van der Walt · P. J. Vorster · Illustrationen: Ellaphie Ward-Hilhorst · Band 1–3 · 1977–1988

A three-volume treatment with detailed species accounts, distribution maps and botanical illustrations by Ellaphie Ward-Hilhorst.
SANSEVIERIA · MONOGRAPHIE

Die Gattung Sansevieria

Peter A. Mansfeld · 1. Auflage · 2013

A German-language treatment covering morphology, distribution, systematics, cultivation, species accounts, synonyms and a field-number index.
SANSEVIERIA · ARTENFÜHRER

The Genus Sansevieria

Robert H. Webb & Leonard E. Newton · 1st ed. · 2022

A photographic guide to 89 accepted species with brief descriptions, etymology and information on natural distribution.
ASPHODELACEAE · MONOGRAPHIE

Haworthia, Haworthiopsis and Tulista

I. Breuer & G. B. Marks

A comparative treatment of the three related genera and their species.
ASTERACEAE · MONOGRAPHIE

Succulent Compositae

G. D. Rowley

Überblick über die Formenvielfalt sukkulenter Vertreter der Korbblütler.

03 / REFERENCE WORKS

Broader perspectives

APOCYNACEAE · ÜBERBLICK

Caudiciform & Pachycaul Succulents

Gordon D. Rowley · Strawberry Press · 1987

Vergleichende Darstellung caudiciformer und pachycauler Wuchsformen. Die Seiten 127–131 behandeln die Lebensformen von Pachypodium sowie unter anderem P. bispinosum, P. succulentum, P. namaquanum und P. lealii.A comparative account of caudiciform and pachycaul growth forms. Pages 127–131 discuss life forms in Pachypodium, including P. bispinosum, P. succulentum, P. namaquanum and P. lealii.
KLIMADATEN · LANGZEITMITTEL

WorldClim 2

S. E. Fick & R. J. Hijmans · 2017

Globale Klimaflächen in etwa 1-km-Auflösung. Für die Porträts dient 1970–2000 als regionaler Orientierungsrahmen; die Daten ersetzen keine Messung am Mikrostandort.Global climate surfaces at approximately 1-km resolution. The 1970–2000 period provides regional context and does not replace measurements at the microsite.
KLIMADATEN · KLASSIFIKATION

Köppen-Geiger climate classification maps

H. E. Beck et al. · 2018

Globale 1-km-Klimaklassifikation für 1980–2016 zur Einordnung von Regenzeiten, Aridität und Temperaturregime.Global 1-km classification for 1980–2016, used to contextualise rainfall seasonality, aridity and temperature regimes.
SUKKULENTEN

Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants

U. Eggli (Hrsg.)

A family-based reference with descriptions, synonyms and distribution data.

04 / ARTPORTRÄTS

Vollständiger QuellennachweisComplete profile bibliography

Hier sind sämtliche Werke, Datensätze und internen Herkunftnachweise aufgeführt, die in den Artporträts zitiert werden.This list contains every work, dataset and internal origin record cited in the species profiles.