Various - Flora of Tropical East Africa - 1948-2006

A large collection of parts of this long-running publication. The Flora of Tropical East Africa is a descriptive, extensively illustrated account of the flowering plants and ferns native and naturalized in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, together with information on exotic ornamental and crop plants.
FTEA as it is usually known is a catalogue of all 12,104 known wild plant species in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania. The project began in 1948 and was finally completed in September 2012. Approximately 1,500 new plant species were described, by 135 botanists from 21 countries.

In very good condition, unless described otherwise. Some have come from the libraries of the Kew botanists Nigel Hepper, Alan Radcliffe-Smith and Gren Lucas, with their signatures, initials or stamps on the upper covers.

The parts offered here are:

Foreword and Preface
Aizoaceae
Alangiaceae
Alismataceae
Anacardiaceae
Annonaceae
Aquifoliceae
Araliaceae
Aristolochiaceae
Asparagaceae
Azollaceae
Basellaceae
Begoniaceae
Berberidaceae
Bignoniaceae & Cobaeaceae
Blechnaceae
Boraginaceae
Brexiaceae
Butomaceae
Buxaceae
Cabombaceae
Cactaceae
Campanulaceae
Canellaceae
Capparidaceae
Caprifoliaceae
Caricaceae
Caryophyllaceae
Chenopodiaceae
Cochlospermaceae
Combretaceae
Connaraceae
Convolvulaceae
Cornaceae
Cucurbitaceae
Cyatheaceae
Dilleniaceae
Dipsacaceae
Dipterocarpaceae
Droseraceae
Elatinaceae
Ericaceae
Escalloniaceae
Flacourtiaceae
Fumariaceae
Geraniaceae
Goodeniaceae
Grammitidaceae
Guttiferae
Gymnospermae
Halogoraceae
Hamamelidaceae
Hydrophyllaceae
Hydrostahyaceae
Hypericaceae
Hypoxidaceae
Isoetaceae
Iacinaceae
Juncaceae
Juncaginaceae
Lecythidaceae
Lemnaceae
Lentibulaceae
Lycopodiaceae
Liliaceae
Linaceae
Loganiaceae (unbound)
Marantaceae
Malpighiaceae
Melianthaceae
Menispermaceae
Monimiaceae
Montiniaceae
Moringaceae
Myrothamnnaceae
Myrtaceae
Olacaceae
Onagraceae
Opiliaceae
Orobanchaceae
Oxalidaceae
Papavaraceae
Passifloraceae
Pedaliaceae
Phytolaccaceae
Plantaginaceae
Plumbaginaceae
Pittosporaceae
Podostemaceae
Polygonaceae
Pontederiaceae
Polypodiaceae
Polygonaceae
Polygolaceae
Primulaceae
Ptaeroxylaceae
Ranunculaceae
Resedaceae
Restionaceae
Rhamnaceae
Rhizophoraceae
Rosaceae
Salvadoraceae
Santalaceae
Sapotacaceae
Scytopetalaceae
Selaginaceae
Sonneratiaceae
Sphenocleaceae
Sterculiaceae
Taccaceae
Tamaricaceae
Tecophilaeaceae
Theaceae
Thelypteridaceae
Trapaceae
Typhaceae
Turneraceae
Ulmaceae
Vahliaceae
Valerianaceae
Verbenaceae

The Flora of Tropical East Africa, a project of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is the largest regional tropical Flora ever compiled. The species covered include 3-4% of the world's known plant species. When the project began in 1948, botanists thought they would be finished in fifteen years. Just in the last four years of the project, 114 new species were described.

The FTEA is an important tool for conservation of plants, wildlife, and habitat in the entire region. Approximately 2,500 of the species are endemic, or unique, to the area. The project will be used in collaboration with groups such as the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in order to protect those species threatened with habitat loss or extinction.