Flora Capensis
Being a Systematic Description of the Plants of the Cape Colony, Caffraria and Port Natal, and Neighbouring Territories

Reissued in ten parts, originally published 1894–1933, this botanical catalogue covers over 11,500 species of plant in South Africa.

William H. Harvey (Author), Otto Wilhelm Sonder (Author)

9781108068062, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 24 July 2014

580 pages
21.6 x 14 x 3 cm, 0.66 kg

This seminal publication began life as a collaborative effort between the Irish botanist William Henry Harvey (1811–66) and his German counterpart Otto Wilhelm Sonder (1812–81). Relying on many contributors of specimens and descriptions from colonial South Africa - and building on the foundations laid by Carl Peter Thunberg, whose Flora Capensis (1823) is also reissued in this series - they published the first three volumes between 1860 and 1865. These were reprinted unchanged in 1894, and from 1896 the project was supervised by William Thiselton-Dyer (1843–1928), director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. A final supplement appeared in 1933. Reissued now in ten parts, this significant reference work catalogues more than 11,500 species of plant found in South Africa. Opening with a preface which clarifies the project's original scope, Volume 1 covers Ranunculaceae to Connaraceae.

Preface
Addenda et corrigenda
Table of the classes and sub-classes
Sequence of orders
Ranunculaceae to Connaraceae
Index.

Subject Areas: Botany & plant sciences [PST]