Taxon and specimen information on the flora of Angola
Compiled by the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) based on Figueiredo & Smith (2008, Plants of Angola/Plantas de Angola. Strelitzia 22. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria).
The dataset is maintained and updated by SANBI with the collaboration of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the Botany Department of the University of Coimbra, Portugal, and the Instituto Superior de Ciências da Educação de Lubango, Angola.
This website was created and designed at SANBI based on data compiled from the book by E. Figueiredo & G.F. Smith (2008, Plants of Angola/Plantas de Angola) published as Strelitzia 22 by the South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
The site was launched at the same time as the book referred to above. The data presented here include all information published in the book, plus additional data submitted by collaborators or compiled by SANBI. We intend this website to be dynamic and regularly improved with collaboration from other institutions or individuals so that it will eventually constitute a comprehensive resource on the flora of Angola. We would therefore welcome feedback and submissions from users; all contributions will be fully acknowledged. Although field work in Angola has not been feasible for many years, it is now possible to resume the botanical exploration of the country and continue the documentation of its diversity. It is hoped that this website will serve as a basic information resource for the many new projects and expeditions that are expected to be undertaken in the future.
Photos from well-known Angolan collecting localities (1: Escarpment seen from the Tundavala, 2: Namibe desert, and 3: Lagoa da Ivantala), taken by Miguel Soares during a botanical expedition to Angola in 2007 in which three collaborators of this project participated (M. Soares, J. Paiva and S. Ortiz).
Escarpment seen from the Tundavala
Namib desert
Lagoa da Ivantala
Last Update: 2009-03-18 13:01:30
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