Flowering plants in West Africa /
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| Author / Creator: | Steentoft, Margaret |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1988. |
| Description: | vi, 344 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Botany -- Africa, West Angiosperms -- Africa, West. Angiosperms. Botany. Africa, West. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/899086 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- List of symbols and abbreviations
- 1. Species associations
- 2. Vegetation in West Africa
- 3. Annonaceae - soursop family
- 4. Amaranthaceae - amaranth family
- 5. Cucurbitaceae - gourd family
- 6. Ochnaceae - ironwood family
- 7. Combretaceae - afara family
- 8. Guttiferae (clusiaceae) - butter tree family
- 9. Sterculiaceae - cocoa family
- 10. Bombacaceae - silk cotton family
- 11. Malvaceae - cotton family
- 12. Euphorbiaceae - cassava family
- 13. Caesalpiniaceae - pride of Barbados family
- 14. Mimosaceae - Acacia family
- 15. Papilionaceae - cowpea family
- 16. Ulmaceae - afefe family
- 17. Moraceae - mulberry family
- 18. Meliaceae - mahogany family
- 19. Sapindaceae - akee apple family
- 20. Anacardiaceae - cashew nut family
- 21. Sapotaceae - sheabutternut family
- 22. Apocynaceae - frangipani family
- 23. Asclepiadaceae - blood flower or milkweed family
- 24. Rubiaceae - abura family
- 25. Compositae (Asteraceae) - Tridax family
- 26. Solanaceae - tomato family
- 27. Convolvulaceae - sweet potato family
- 28. Bignoniaceae - jacaranda family
- 29. Acanthaceae - Thunbergia family
- 30. Verbenaceae - teak family
- 31. Labiatae (Lamiaceae) - Hausa potato family
- 32. Commelinaceae - day flower family
- 33. Zingiberaceae - ginger family
- 34. Marantaceae - (West Indian) arrowroot family
- 35. Liliaceae - lily family
- 36. Araceae - cocoyam family
- 37. Palmae (Arecaceae) - palm family
- 38. Orchidaceae - orchid family
- 39. Cyperaceae - sedge family
- 40. Gramineae (Poaceae) - grass family
- General bibliography
- Index of family, generic and common names
