Floras, monographs and scientific papers that illuminate species, landscapes and taxonomic relationships.
The thematic selection presents works that are particularly informative for the collection and its regions of origin. The complete bibliography below additionally lists every source cited in the species profiles. Brief notes explain what each work contains and which plant groups it serves.
Species accounts, distributions, local plant names and ethnobotanical information on the archipelago.
OMAN · REGIONALWERK
Plants of Dhofar
A. G. Miller & M. Morris · 1988
Flora, habitats and traditional uses of plants in southern Oman.OMAN · FLORA
Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, Volume 3
S. A. Ghazanfar · Botanic Garden Meise · 2015
Bestimmungsschlüssel, Beschreibungen, Verbreitung und Lebensräume von Loganiaceae bis Asteraceae; mit wichtigen historischen Behandlungen omanischer Adenium- und Plectranthus-Taxa.Keys, descriptions, distributions and habitats from Loganiaceae to Asteraceae, including important historical treatments of Omani Adenium and Plectranthus taxa.
JEMEN · FLORA
A Handbook of the Yemen Flora
J. R. I. Wood · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · 1997
Bestimmungsschlüssel, Artenbeschreibungen sowie Angaben zu Verbreitung, Höhenlagen, Lebensräumen, Blütezeiten und lokalen Pflanzennamen im Jemen.Identification keys, species descriptions, and records of distribution, elevation, habitat, flowering periods and local plant names in Yemen.
OSTAFRIKA · FLORA
Flora of Tropical East Africa: Lamiaceae
A. J. Paton et al. · 2009
Identification keys and taxonomic descriptions of the Lamiaceae of East Africa.
SÜDLICHES AFRIKA · FLORA
Flora of Southern Africa, Volume 28, Part 4: Lamiaceae
L. E. Codd · 1985
Taxonomische Beschreibungen, Bestimmungsschlüssel, Verbreitungskarten und Strichzeichnungen der Lippenblütler des südlichen Afrikas.Taxonomic descriptions, identification keys, distribution maps and line drawings of the Lamiaceae of southern Africa.
SOMALIA · FLORA
Flora of Somalia, Volume 3
M. Thulin (Hrsg.) · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · 2006
Identification keys, descriptions and distribution records for Somalia's dicotyledonous flowering plants from Ericaceae to Asteraceae.
OSTAFRIKA · FELDFÜHRER
Wild Flowers of East Africa
Collins Photo Guide
A photographic introduction to species and their habitats.
02 / GENERA
Monographs and revisions
LAMIACEAE · REVISION
Plectranthus (Labiatae) and allied genera in Southern Africa
L. E. Codd · Bothalia 11(4) · 1975 · S. 371–442
Revision mit Bestimmungsschlüsseln, Beschreibungen, Abbildungen sowie Angaben zu Verbreitung und natürlichen Standorten. Für die vorhandenen Coleus- und Plectranthus-Arten ergänzt sie die ausführlichere Florenbehandlung von 1985.Revision with identification keys, descriptions, illustrations, and records of distribution and natural habitat. For the Coleus and Plectranthus species in the collection it supplements the more detailed flora treatment published in 1985.
LAMIACEAE · REVISION
Nomenclatural changes in Coleus and Plectranthus
A. J. Paton et al. · 2019
The basis for the current delimitation of Coleus, Equilabium and Plectranthus.
LAMIACEAE · MONOGRAPHIE
The Southern African Plectranthus and the Art of Turning Shade to Glade
E. J. van Jaarsveld · Illustrationen: Vicki Thomas · 2006
Profiles of southern African species with information on habitat, distribution and cultivation, accompanied by botanical illustrations.
GERANIACEAE · MONOGRAPHIE
Pelargoniums of Southern Africa
J. J. A. van der Walt · P. J. Vorster · Illustrationen: Ellaphie Ward-Hilhorst · Band 1–3 · 1977–1988
A three-volume treatment with detailed species accounts, distribution maps and botanical illustrations by Ellaphie Ward-Hilhorst.
SANSEVIERIA · MONOGRAPHIE
Die Gattung Sansevieria
Peter A. Mansfeld · 1. Auflage · 2013
A German-language treatment covering morphology, distribution, systematics, cultivation, species accounts, synonyms and a field-number index.
SANSEVIERIA · ARTENFÜHRER
The Genus Sansevieria
Robert H. Webb & Leonard E. Newton · 1st ed. · 2022
A photographic guide to 89 accepted species with brief descriptions, etymology and information on natural distribution.
ASPHODELACEAE · MONOGRAPHIE
Haworthia, Haworthiopsis and Tulista
I. Breuer & G. B. Marks
A comparative treatment of the three related genera and their species.
ASTERACEAE · MONOGRAPHIE
Succulent Compositae
G. D. Rowley
Überblick über die Formenvielfalt sukkulenter Vertreter der Korbblütler.
03 / REFERENCE WORKS
Broader perspectives
APOCYNACEAE · ÜBERBLICK
Caudiciform & Pachycaul Succulents
Gordon D. Rowley · Strawberry Press · 1987
Vergleichende Darstellung caudiciformer und pachycauler Wuchsformen. Die Seiten 127–131 behandeln die Lebensformen von Pachypodium sowie unter anderem P. bispinosum, P. succulentum, P. namaquanum und P. lealii.A comparative account of caudiciform and pachycaul growth forms. Pages 127–131 discuss life forms in Pachypodium, including P. bispinosum, P. succulentum, P. namaquanum and P. lealii.KLIMADATEN · LANGZEITMITTEL
WorldClim 2
S. E. Fick & R. J. Hijmans · 2017
Globale Klimaflächen in etwa 1-km-Auflösung. Für die Porträts dient 1970–2000 als regionaler Orientierungsrahmen; die Daten ersetzen keine Messung am Mikrostandort.Global climate surfaces at approximately 1-km resolution. The 1970–2000 period provides regional context and does not replace measurements at the microsite.KLIMADATEN · KLASSIFIKATION
Köppen-Geiger climate classification maps
H. E. Beck et al. · 2018
Globale 1-km-Klimaklassifikation für 1980–2016 zur Einordnung von Regenzeiten, Aridität und Temperaturregime.Global 1-km classification for 1980–2016, used to contextualise rainfall seasonality, aridity and temperature regimes.
SUKKULENTEN
Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants
U. Eggli (Hrsg.)
A family-based reference with descriptions, synonyms and distribution data.
Hier sind sämtliche Werke, Datensätze und internen Herkunftnachweise aufgeführt, die in den Artporträts zitiert werden.This list contains every work, dataset and internal origin record cited in the species profiles.
Beck, H. E. et al. (2018): Present and future Köppen-Geiger climate classification maps at 1-km resolution. Scientific Data 5: 180214.
Berg, C. C. (1989): Moraceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa.
Breuer, I. & Marks, G. B.: Haworthia, Haworthiopsis and Tulista.
Codd, L. E. (1975): Plectranthus (Labiatae) and allied genera in Southern Africa. Bothalia 11(4): 371–442.
Codd, L. E. (1985): Lamiaceae. Flora of Southern Africa 28(4): 1–247.
Eggli, U. (Hrsg.): Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants, Bände 1–2.
Fick, S. E. & Hijmans, R. J. (2017): WorldClim 2: new 1-km spatial resolution climate surfaces for global land areas. International Journal of Climatology 37: 4302–4315.
Flora of Southern Africa 26.
Flora of Tropical Africa: Dorstenia benguellensis.
Friis, I. (1999): Moraceae. In: Thulin, M. (ed.), Flora of Somalia, Volume 2.
Marwah, R. G. et al. (2007): Antioxidant capacity of some edible and wound healing plants in Oman. Food Chemistry 101.
Matheka, K. W. et al. (2020): Dorstenia arachniformis, a new species from Combretum wooded grasslands in Makueni County, Kenya. Phytotaxa 468: 226–230.
McCoy, T. A. & Massara, M. (2008): Dorstenia lavrani. Cactus and Succulent Journal.
Mies, B. (1999). Flora und Vegetation der Insel Sokotra. In: Wranik, W. (Hrsg.), Sokotra – Mensch und Natur, 23–80. Reichert, Wiesbaden.
Miller, A. G. & Cope, T. A. (1996): Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra 1.
Miller, A. G. & Morris, M. (1988): Plants of Dhofar.
Miller, A. G. & Morris, M. (2004): Ethnoflora of the Soqotra Archipelago.
Newton, L. E. (2004): Sansevieria ballyi – a name at last for a long-cultivated plant. British Cactus & Succulent Journal 22: 10–13.
Newton, L. E. (2018): Conservation of sansevierias in Kenya. Sansevieria Online 6(1): 12–18.
Paton, A. J. et al. (2009): Lamiaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa.
Paton, A. J. et al. (2019): Nomenclatural changes in Coleus and Plectranthus (Lamiaceae): a tale of more than two genera. PhytoKeys 129: 1–158.
Paton, A. J.: persönliche Mitteilung zur Abgrenzung gegenüber Coleus buchananii.
Plants of the World Online: Adenium somalense.
Plants of the World Online: Dorstenia barnimiana.
Plants of the World Online: Dorstenia benguellensis.
Plants of the World Online: Dorstenia foetida.
Plants of the World Online: Dorstenia hildebrandtii.
Plants of the World Online: Dorstenia lavrani.
Plants of the World Online: Dorstenia zanzibarica.
Rapanarivo, S. H. J. V. et al. (1999): Pachypodium: taxonomy, habitats and cultivation.
Rowley, G. D. (1987): Caudiciform & Pachycaul Succulents. Strawberry Press.
Rzepecky, A. (2015): Adenium dhofarense. A long-overlooked species from the central-southern part of the Arabian Peninsula. Cactus and Succulent Journal 87(3): 129–135.
Rzepecky, A. (2016): Dorstenia horwoodii Rzepecky sp. nov. from Nudum to Novum, a Fortyish Year Hiatus. Cactus and Succulent Journal 88(2): 66–74.
Scholte, P. & De Geest, P. (2010): The climate of Socotra Island (Yemen). Journal of Arid Environments 74: 1507–1515.
South African National Biodiversity Institute: PlantZAfrica — Adenium multiflorum.
South African National Biodiversity Institute: PlantZAfrica — Pachypodium bispinosum.
South African National Biodiversity Institute: PlantZAfrica — Pachypodium saundersii.
South African National Biodiversity Institute: PlantZAfrica — Pachypodium succulentum.
Teklehaymanot, T. & Giday, M. (2007): Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by people in Zegie Peninsula, Ethiopia.
Thulin, M. (ed.) (2006): Flora of Somalia, Volume 3. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
van der Walt, J. J. A. & Vorster, P. (1977–1988): Pelargoniums of Southern Africa, Volumes 1–3. Botanical illustrations: Ellaphie Ward-Hilhorst.
van Jaarsveld, E. J. (1994): Gasterias of South Africa.
van Jaarsveld, E. J. (2006): The Southern African Plectranthus and the Art of Turning Shade to Glade.
Walker, C. (2021): Sansevieria pinguicula – the ‘walking’ Sansevieria. Cactus & Succulent Review 31: 17–20.
Webb, R. H. & Newton, L. E. (2022): The Genus Sansevieria.
Wood, J. R. I. (1997): A Handbook of the Yemen Flora. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.