Flowering Plants in West AfricaThis volume is an account of the flowering plant flora of West Africa south of the Sahara (Gambia-Nigeria inclusive) with the emphasis upon species of ecological or economic importance. The vegetative and reproductive morphological characters, pollination and dispersal mechanisms of representatives of 38 families are described, and these families appear in the same order as in the Flora of West Tropical Africa. The first chapter deals with interspecific relationships (between flowering plant species, and between these and bacteria, fungi and animals), while the second chapter describes the vegetation formed by the flowering plant species of West Africa. Then follow the family chapters, each one ending with a section on the field recognition of its most important species, and a bibliography of the literature, so that further studies may be pursued. This flora should prove to be of value to teachers and students of tropical biology, agriculture, forestry and economic botany. |
Contents
Species associations | 1 |
Vegetation in West Africa | 20 |
study of a discipline such as taxonomy but is the essential foundation | 29 |
References | 69 |
Annonaceae soursop family | 72 |
Amaranthaceae amaranth family | 78 |
Cucurbitaceae gourd family | 84 |
Ochnaceae ironwood family | 91 |
Sapotaceae sheabutternut family | 190 |
Apocynaceae frangipani family | 196 |
Asclepiadaceae blood flower or milkweed family | 205 |
Rubiaceae abura family | 210 |
Compositae Asteraceae Tridax family | 221 |
Solanaceae tomato family | 228 |
Convolvulaceae sweet potato family | 235 |
Bignoniaceae jacaranda family | 241 |
Combretaceae afara family | 95 |
Guttiferae Clusiaceae butter tree family | 102 |
Sterculiaceae cocoa family | 107 |
Bombacaceae silk cotton family | 114 |
Malvaceae cotton family | 118 |
Euphorbiaceae cassava family | 124 |
Caesalpiniaceae pride of Barbados family | 133 |
Mimosaceae Acacia family | 142 |
Papilionaceae cowpea family | 151 |
Ulmaceae afefe family | 160 |
Cullen J 1978 A preliminary survey of ptyxis vernation in the Angiosperms Notes | 161 |
Moraceae mulberry family | 164 |
Meliaceae mahogany family | 171 |
Sapindaceae akee apple family | 178 |
Anacardiaceae cashew nut family | 185 |
Acanthaceae Thunbergia family | 246 |
Verbenaceae teak family | 252 |
Labiatae Lamiaceae Hausa potato family | 258 |
Commelinaceaeday flower family | 264 |
Zingiberaceae ginger family | 269 |
Marantaceae West Indian arrowroot family | 274 |
Liliaceae lily family | 279 |
Araceaecocoyam family | 285 |
Palmae Arecaceae palm family | 293 |
Orchidaceae orchid family | 301 |
Cyperaceae sedge family | 312 |
Gramineae Poaceae grass family | 321 |
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