Wildflowers of the Fairest Cape
The Wildflowers of the Western Cape, South Africa:
Where to Find Them and How to Identify Them
Peter Goldblatt & John C. Manning
Timber Press, 2000
, ISBN-10:0620247878
, 11 x 81/4 in / 280 x 210 mm
, paperback
, 315 pages
, 663 color photos, 1 color map
, includes index
The Cape Floral Kingdom is one of the most botanically rich areas on earth. This guide by two eminent botanists details 652 of the most common or conspicuous wildflowers to be found there. Descriptions of families and genera as well as the species fill this scientifically accurate, highly readable text.
Peter Goldblatt is the B.A. Krukoff Curator of African Botany at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis. Throughout his botanical career he has concentrated his attention on the Iridaceae and has shown particular interest in its African members.
John Manning was born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, and has been a research scientist in the Compton Herbarium at the National Botanical Institute, South Africa, since 1989. He works at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden in Cape Town, one of the world's great botanical gardens and an important center for research on the African flora.
