Umbelliferae for the Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea

Introduction
When completed the Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea will be a medium sized to large African flora handbook, covering more than 7,000 species of vascular plants, both indigenous and important cultivated species. The Flora is planned as an eight-volume work, but one volume has been divided into two parts due to the number of taxa and hence amount of text to be included. So far four volumes, Vol. 2.2, Vol. 3, Vol. 6 and Vol. 7, have been published. The Flora gives a full description for each family, genus, species and infraspecific taxon. Data are given on accepted names, including types from the Flora area, important synonyms (including all synonyms described on material from the Flora area), collectors and collection numbers of representative specimens, habitat and distribution. Where appropriate, additional information is given on uses. Vernacular names are also given in appendices with the use of fidel, the special alphabet used for the Semitic languages of Ethiopia. 

Language
English.

Author
Olov Hedberg, (Editor) Uppsala, SWEDEN 
Stephen Jury, Reading, U.K. 
Vernon Heywood, Reading, U.K. 
Stephen Droop, Edinburgh, U.K. 

Scheduling
The umbelliferae manuscript (in Vol. 4) is currently being edited and updated, and is scheduled for publication in 1999/2000. 

Publications arising from this work
None to date.