Author : Jean-Michel Onana
Publisher : Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
ISBN 13 : 9781842464298
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (642 download)
Book Synopsis Red Data Book of the Flowering Plants of Cameroon by : Jean-Michel Onana
Download or read book Red Data Book of the Flowering Plants of Cameroon written by Jean-Michel Onana and published by Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is tropical Africa's first Red Data book for plants. Cameroon contains tropical Africa's most species-diverse hotspots for plants; many are rare and threatened with extinction. In the book 815 species are documented as being threatened using IUCN global assessments, most being assessed for the first time. Short species descriptions to aid identification in the field are given, as well as notes on habitats and threats, together with distribution maps and management suggestions to assist better conservation.