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, Monday, 19 November 2018, we have 2,857 native or naturalised species in the database for Botswana. There are 12,898 images for 1,551 species, of which 1,551 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 |
| 14 Oct 2018 | Cotula anthemoides |
| 24 Sep 2018 | Tulbaghia alliacea |
| 14 Jul 2018 | Dicoma macrocephala |
| 10 Jul 2018 | Crotalaria steudneri |
| 30 Jun 2018 | Felicia muricata subsp. muricata |
| 30 Jun 2018 | Sida hoepfneri |
| 30 May 2018 | Phyllanthus nummulariifolius |
| 29 May 2018 | Oplismenus hirtellus |
| 29 May 2018 | Oplismenus undulatifolius |
| 28 May 2018 | Distephanus divaricatus |
Mark Hyde |
Bart Wursten |
Petra Ballings |
Meg Coates Palgrave |
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mahyde(at)gmail.com |
btwursten(at)gmail.com |
ballings.petra(at)telenet.be |
megcp(at)zol.co.zw |
Monday, 19 November 2018
