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Plant collectors in Angola : botany, exploration, and history in South-Tropical Africa /

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"For any region, understanding historical botanical exploration, plant collection, and preserved specimens is critically important for research and conservation. In this book, Estrela Figueiredo and Gideon F. Smith, both botanists with expertise on the taxonomy of African plants, provide the fi...

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Main Authors:	Figueiredo, Estrela (Author), Smith, Gideon, 1959- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2024.
Series:	Regnum vegetabile ; v. 161.
Subjects:	Plant collectors > Angola > Biography > Dictionaries. Plant collectors > Europe > Biography > Dictionaries. SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany. Plant collectors Angola Europe Biographies Dictionaries

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