Historical plant incidence in southern Africa
Subtitle: a collection of early travel records in southern Africa
By: compiled by C.J. Skead ; and edited by J.C. Manning & N.C. Anthony
Contributors: Manning, John (John C.); Anthony, Nicola C.
Series: Strelitzia -- 24; Strelitzia -- 24.
Publisher: South African National Biodiversity Institute
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Pretoria
Language: eng
Number of pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9781919976532
Subjects: Phytogeography; History; Botany
Description: "Skead's Historical plant incidence in southern Africa is as extraordinary book, meticulously documenting the observations - region by region - of the numerous European travellers and explorers who traversed southern Africa in the early colonial period"--Foreword.
Notes: Map on endpapers.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 362-365) and index.
Table of contents: title: Early travels in southern Africa. 1. Cape Peninsula; title: 2. West Coast and Boland; title: 3. Namaqualand and Bushmanland; title: 4. Bokkeveld and Roggeveld; title: 5. Great Karoo and Upper Karoo; title: 6. Little Karoo; title: 7. Overberg; title: 8. Knysna's Forests; title: 9. Langkloof; title: 10. Albany; title: 11. Eastern Cape; title: 12. Wild Coast; title: 13. Highveld; title: 14. Gordonia; title: 15. Lesotho; title: 16. Northern Provinces; title: 17. KwaZulu-Natal; title: 18. Botswana and Zimbabwe; title: 19. Namibia; title: 20. Cape offshore islands. Appendices.  A. Firing of the veld; title: B. Locusts; title: C. Elephants; title: D. Early incidence of prickly-pear (Opuntia spp.)