Sample image from the Botswana flora
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About the website
This site provides information about the flowering plants and ferns of Botswana. This is one of 6 e-floras which cover the Flora Zambesiaca area in south-central Africa. Five countries are now covered, namely Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The 6th e-flora deals with the Caprivi Strip, which is part of Namibia.
The principal contributors to the site are Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings, Meg Coates Palgrave and Mark Hyde.
As of today, Friday, 25 May 2018, we have 2,853 native or naturalised species in the database for Botswana. There are 12,478 images for 1,539 species, of which 1,539 are native or naturalised and 0 are purely cultivated.
The Site history page gives details of the latest additions to the site. There is also a Frequently Asked Questions page.
View recently edited pages
As a guide to where to look for new content, below are details of some of the most recently updated pages. Further recently updated species may be found on this page.
| Date | Species |
| 20 May 2018 | Vigna unguiculata |
| 16 May 2018 | Chlorophytum sphacelatum var. milanjianum |
| 26 Apr 2018 | Pupalia micrantha |
| 17 Apr 2018 | Emilia ambifaria |
| 15 Apr 2018 | Crotalaria pallidicaulis |
| 31 Mar 2018 | Justicia divaricata |
| 31 Mar 2018 | Barleria pretoriensis |
| 31 Mar 2018 | Barleria coriacea |
| 24 Mar 2018 | Hibiscus caesius |
| 23 Mar 2018 | Dichapetalum cymosum |
Mark Hyde |
Bart Wursten |
Petra Ballings |
Meg Coates Palgrave |
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mahyde(at)gmail.com |
ndundu(at)zol.co.zw |
ballings.petra(at)telenet.be |
megcp(at)zol.co.zw |
Friday, 25 May 2018
