Taxonomy & Systematics

The island of New Guinea is the most floristically diverse island in the world with an extremely rich tree flora of up to 5,000 species. Trees of N...

This second edition of Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Western Mediterranean is the most comprehensive and up-to-date plant identification g...

Translating Nature Terminology hopes to fill a vacuum in the market, combining practical advice for translators with aspects of linguistics and nat...

An engaging history of the surprising, poignant, and occasionally scandalous stories behind scientific names and their cultural significance, More ...

A unique collection of concise but detailed information on 10,000 animals, plants, fungi and algae of the British Isles. Every species with an Engl...

Historical biogeography-the study of the history of species through both time and place-first convinced Charles Darwin of evolution. This field was...

Wild Plants for a Sustainable Future is an output from The Useful Plants Project, managed by Kews Seed Conservation Department through the Millenni...

From Tyrannosaurus rex to Heteropoda davidbowie: scientific naming as a joyful and creative act. Tyrannosaurus rex. Homo sapiens. Heteropoda dav...

This is the first publication of its kind for Uganda and provides up-to-date names and synonymy on over 800 species. A conservation assessment is g...

This book describes the 356 species and varieties of plant discovered in the forests of Dom, located in the Bamenda Highlands of North West Region...

A descriptive account of the Solanaceae native and naturalised in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, together with information on exotic ornamental and cr...

A descriptive account of the Apocynaceae (Part 2) native and naturalised in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, together with information on exotic ornamen...

For many years orchids have been among the most popular of ornamental plants, with thousands of species and hybrids cultivated worldwide for the di...

This book is a record of some 2,700 people who have collected herbarium specimens in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, designed as a supplement to the no...

Rotifers (Rotifera) are animals which occur in every type of aquatic environment, both marine and freshwater. They owe their wide distribution to r...