Plants of Lebialem Highlands of Cameroon (Bechati-Fosimondi Besali), The: A Conservation Checklist
By (Author) Yvette Harvey
By (author) Barthelemy Tchiengue
By (author) Martin Cheek
Royal Botanic Gardens
Kew Publishing
1st July 2010
United Kingdom
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Taxonomy and systematics
581.96711
Paperback
170
Width 210mm, Height 297mm
This book provides a flora of the Lebialem Highlands area, Cameroon. Introductory chapters cover the vegetation, geology, soil types, climate, threats, invasive and alien plants, ethnobotany and history of botanical exploration in the area. A Red Data chapter contains the results of assessing the status of all the species covered, accompanied by colour photographs of the most threatened species.
Martin Cheek is a botanist in the Wet Tropics of Africa Team, based at the Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.