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The Flora of Tropical East Africa is a descriptive account of the flowering plants and ferns native and naturalised in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, together with some mention of exotic ornamental and crop plants. It is issued in fascicles comprising one plant family or conveniently sized parts of large families. All taxa are keyed out and described concisely. The line drawings illustrate at least one species per genus, with increased representation for larger more critical genera. The synonymy and bibliography are sufficiently detailed to explain the nomenclature and taxonomic circumscriptions within a broad regional context.
The flora is prepared at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in close collaboration with the East African Herbarium, and in liaison with the University of Dar es Salaam, the University of Nairobi and Makerere University. Significant contributions are also made by specialists elsewhere. Of the 225 parts, 171 have been issued. All back parts are available.
The flora is designed to the highest academic standards and is an essential reference for anyone concerned with the identification and utilization of plants in eastern Africa.
| Marantaceae | 57 | Milne-Redhead | 1952 | |
| Oleaceae | 36 | Turrill | 1952 | |
| Ranunculaceae | 28 | Milne-Redhead & Turrill | 1952 | |
| (Hypericaceae | 21 | Milne-Redhead | 1953 | (later also included in Guttiferae) |
| Onagraceae | 13 | Brenan | 1953 | |
| Pedaliaceae | 15 | Bruce | 1953 | |
| Trapaceae | 1 | Brenan | 1953 | |
| Chenopodiaceae | 17 | Brenan | 1954 | |
| Turneraceae | 15 | Lewis | 1954 | |
| Canellaceae | 3 | Verdcourt | 1956 | |
| Caryophyllaceae | 32 | Turrill | 1956 | incl. Illecebraceae |
| Connaraceae | 15 | Hemsley | 1956 | |
| Menispermaceae | 30 | Troupin | 1956 | |
| Rhizophoraceae | 14 | Lewis | 1956 | incl. Anisophyllaceae |
| Orobanchaceae | 4 | Graham | 1957 | |
| Alangiaceae | 2 | Verdcourt | 1958 | |
| Caricaceae | 1 | Hemsley | 1958 | |
| Cornaceae | 1 | Verdcourt | 1958 | |
| Cycadaceae | 8 | Melville | 1958 | in Gymnospermae |
| Cupressaceae | 1 | Melville | 1958 | in Gymnospermae |
| Podocarpaceae | 4 | Melville | 1958 | in Gymnospermae |
| Melianthaceae | 2 | Verdcourt | 1958 | |
| Polygonaceae | 43 | Graham | 1958 | |
| Primulaceae | 20 | Taylor | 1958 | |
| Resedaceae | 4 | Elffers & Taylor | 1958 | |
| Droseraceae | 5 | Laundon | 1959 | |
| Leguminosae I | 124 | Brenan | 1959 | subfam. Mimosoideae |
| Alismataceae | 8 | Carter | 1960 | |
| Butomaceae | 1 | Carter | 1960 | |
| Loganiaceae | 38 | Bruce & Lewis | 1960 | incl. Buddlejaceae, Strychnaceae |
| Rosaceae | 49 | Graham | 1960 | incl. Amygdalaceae & Chrysobalanaceae |
| Aizoaceae | 24 | Jeffrey | 1961 | incl.Molluginac., Tetragoniaceae |
| Buxaceae | 1 | Verdcourt | 1962 | |
| Fumariaceae | 2 | Lucas | 1962 | |
| Papaveraceae | 1 | Lucas | 1962 | |
| Taccaceae | 1 | Carter | 1962 | |
| Theaceae | 3 | Verdcourt | 1962 | incl. Ternstroemiaceae |
| Convolvulaceae | 170 | Verdcourt | 1963 | |
| Capparidaceae | 92 | Elffers, Graham & DeWolf | 1964 | |
| Berberidaceae | 1 | Polhill | 1966 | |
| Juncaceae | 8 | Carter | 1966 | |
| Linaceae | 10 | Smith | 1966 | incl. Hugoniaceae |
| Pittosporaceae | 6 | Cufodontis | 1966 | |
| Tamaricaceae | 2 | Hunt | 1966 | |
| Tecophilaceae | 4 | Carter | 1966 | incl. Cyanastraceae |
| Ulmaceae | 9 | Polhill | 1966 | |
| Cucurbitaceae | 125 | Jeffrey | 1967 | |
| Leguminosae II | 150 | Brenan | 1967 | subfam. Caesalpinioideae |
| Aquifoliaceae | 1 | Verdcourt | 1968 | |
| Araliaceae | 16 | Tennant | 1968 | |
| Basellaceae | 2 | Verdcourt | 1968 | |
| Brexiaceae | 1 | Verdcourt | 1968 | |
| Cactaceae | 6 | Hunt | 1968 | |
| Caprifoliaceae | 1 | Verdcourt | 1968 | |
| Dilleniaceae | 5 | Lucas | 1968 | |
| Dipsacaceae | 8 | Napper | 1968 | |
| Elatinaceae | 3 | Verdcourt | 1968 | |
| Icacinaceae | 12 | Lucas | 1968 | |
| Malpighiaceae | 19 | Launert | 1968 | |
| Monimiaceae | 1 | Verdcourt | 1968 | |
| Olacaceae | 9 | Lucas | 1968 | incl. Octoknemaceae |
| Opiliaceae | 3 | Lucas | 1968 | |
| Orchidaceae I | 248 | Summerhayes | 1968 | tribe Orchideae |
| Pontederiaceae | 4 | Verdcourt | 1968 | |
| Salvadoraceae | 4 | Verdcourt | 1968 | |
| Sapotaceae | 45 | Hemsley | 1968 | |
| Scytopetalaceae | 1 | Verdcourt | 1968 | |
| Sonneratiaceae | 1 | Sangai | 1968 | |
| Sphenocleaceae | 1 | Airy Shaw | 1968 | |
| Valerianaceae | 4 | Kokwaro | 1968 | |
| Gramineae I | 134 | Clayton | 1970 | |
| Annonaceae | 90 | Verdcourt | 1971 | |
| Cabombaceae | 1 | Verdcourt | 1971 | |
| Flagellariaceae | 2 | Napper | 1971 | |
| Geraniaceae | 17 | Kokwaro | 1971 | |
| Hamamelidaceae | 3 | Verdcourt | 1971 | |
| Juncaginaceae | 1 | Napper | 1971 | |
| Lecythidaceae | 3 | Sangai | 1971 | |
| Leguminosae III | 438 | Gillett, Polhill & Verdcourt | 1971 | subfam. Papilionoideae (1) |
| Leguminosae IIII | 515 | Gillett, Polhill & Verdcourt | 1971 | subfam. Papilionoideae (2) |
| Oxalidaceae | 20 | Kabuye | 1971 | |
| Phytolaccaceae | 4 | Polhill | 1971 | |
| Plantaginaceae | 6 | Verdcourt | 1971 | |
| Typhaceae | 3 | Napper | 1971 | |
| Rhamnaceae | 24 | Johnston | 1972 | |
| Combretaceae | 74 | Wickens | 1973 | |
| Escalloniaceae | 1 | Verdcourt | 1973 | |
| Haloragaceae | 3 | Boutique & Verdcourt | 1973 | incl. Gunneraceae |
| Lemnaceae | 8 | Hepper | 1973 | |
| Lentibulariaceae | 24 | Taylor | 1973 | |
| Montiniaceae | 2 | Verdcourt | 1973 | |
| Gramineae II | 263 | Clayton, Phillips & Renvoize | 1974 | |
| Bixaceae | 1 | Bridson | 1975 | |
| Cannabaceae | 1 | Verdcourt | 1975 | |
| Cochlospermaceae | 1 | Verdcourt | 1975 | |
| Dioscoreaceae | 19 | Milne-Redhead | 1975 | |
| Flacourtiaceae | 45 | Sleumer | 1975 | |
| Melastomataceae | 79 | Wickens | 1975 | |
| Oliniaceae | 1 | Verdcourt | 1975 | |
| Passifloraceae | 53 | de Wilde | 1975 | |
| Vahliaceae | 3 | Bridson | 1975 | |
| Velloziaceae | 8 | Smith & Ayensu | 1975 | |
| Campanulaceae | 30 | Thulin | 1976 | |
| Plumbaginaceae | 10 | Wilmot-Dear | 1976 | |
| Rubiaceae I | 307 | Verdcourt | 1976 | subfam. Rubioideae |
| Goodeniaceae | 2 | Davies | 1978 | |
| Guttiferae | 18 | Bamps, Robson & Verdcourt | 1978 | includes Hypericaceae again (not counted) |
| Thymelaeaceae | 31 | Peterson | 1978 | |
| Amaryllidaceae | 23 | Nordal | 1982 | |
| Balsaminaceae | 70 | Grey-Wilson | 1982 | |
| Cruciferae | 54 | Jonsell | 1982 | |
| Gramineae III | 467 | Clayton & Renvoize | 1982 | |
| Rutaceae | 53 | Kokwaro | 1982 | |
| Cyclocheilaceae | 1 | Marais | 1984 | |
| Erythroxylaceae | 7 | Verdcourt | 1984 | incl. Nectaropetalaceae |
| Ixonanathaceae | 3 | Verdcourt | 1984 | |
| Lobeliaceae | 49 | Thulin | 1984 | |
| Myrothamnaceae | 1 | Bywater | 1984 | |
| Myrsinaceae | 9 | Halliday | 1984 | |
| Nesogenaceae | 1 | Marais | 1984 | |
| Orchidaceae II | 180 | Cribb | 1984 | tribes Neottieae & Epidendreae |
| Amaranthaceae | 89 | Townsend | 1985 | |
| Araceae | 39 | Mayo | 1985 | |
| Casuarinaceae | 1 | Wilmot-Dear | 1985 | |
| Ceratophyllaceae | 2 | Wilmot-Dear | 1985 | |
| Hernandiaceae | 5 | Verdcourt | 1985 | |
| Salicaceae | 2 | Wilmot-Dear | 1985 | |
| Triuridaceae | 1 | Vollesen | 1985 | |
| Zingiberaceae | 37 | Lock | 1985 | |
| Zygophyllaceae | 10 | el Hadidi | 1985 | incl. Tribulaceae |
| Anacardiaceae | 44 | Kokwaro | 1986 | |
| Aristolochiaceae | 5 | Verdcourt | 1986 | |
| Hydrostachyaceae | 3 | Verdcourt | 1986 | |
| Moringaceae | 7 | Verdcourt | 1986 | |
| Palmae | 16 | Dransfield | 1986 | |
| Violaceae | 20 | Grey-Wilson | 1986 | |
| Crassulaceae | 45 | Wickens | 1987 | |
| Euphorbiaceae I | 303 | Radcliffe-Smith | 1987 | |
| Burmanniaceae | 5 | Cowley | 1988 | incl. Thismiaceae |
| Dichapetalaceae | 17 | Breteler | 1988 | |
| Euphorbiaceae II | 224 | Carter & Radcliffe-Smith | 1988 | with Hymenocardiaceae & Pandaceae, incl. Uapacaceae |
| Rubiaceae II | 271 | Bridson & Verdcourt | 1988 | |
| Aponogetonaceae | 7 | Lye | 1989 | |
| Bombaceae | 4 | Beentje | 1989 | |
| Dipterocarpaceae | 8 | Verdcourt | 1989 | |
| Hydrocharitaceae | 22 | Simpson | 1989 | |
| Hydrophyllaceae | 4 | Verdcourt | 1989 | |
| Moraceae | 88 | Berg & Hijman | 1989 | with Cecropiaceae |
| Najadaceae | 5 | Triest | 1989 | |
| Nymphaeaceae | 4 | Verdcourt | 1989 | |
| Orchidaceae III | 254 | Cribb | 1989 | tribes Epidendreae & Vandeae |
| Ruppiaceae | 1 | Lye | 1989 | |
| Smilacaceae | 2 | Cowley | 1989 | |
| Umbelliferae | 84 | Townsend | 1989 | |
| Urticaceae | 41 | Friis | 1989 | |
| Boraginaceae | 91 | Verdcourt | 1991 | |
| Burseraceae | 72 | Gillett | 1991 | |
| Meliaceae | 52 | Styles & White | 1991 | |
| Rubiaceae III | 178 | Verdcourt & Bridson | 1991 | |
| Verbenaceae | 130 | Verdcourt | 1992 | incl. Avicenniaceae |
| Balanophoraceae | 2 | Hansen | 1993 | |
| Musaceae | 3 | Lock | 1993 | with Cannaceae |
| Pandanaceae | 4 | Beentje | 1993 | |
| Proteaceae | 23 | Brummitt & Marner | 1993 | |
| Vitaceae | 157 | Verdcourt | 1993 | with Leeaceae |
| Aloaceae | 83 | Carter | 1994 | |
| Celastraceae | 57 | Robson, Hallé, Mathew & Blakelock | 1994 | incl. Hippocrateaceae |
| Lythraceae | 46 | Verdcourt | 1994 | |
| Ebenaceae | 37 | White & Verdcourt | 1996 | |
| Eriospermaceae | 4 | Whitehouse | 1996 | |
| Hyacinthaceae | 31 | Stedje | 1996 | |
| Iridaceae | 74 | Goldblatt | 1996 | |
| Lauraceae | 9 | Verdcourt | 1996 | |
| Menyanthaceae | 3 | Whitehouse | 1996 | |
| Nyctaginaceae | 16 | Whitehouse | 1996 | |
| Piperaceae | 12 | Verdcourt | 1996 | |
| Ptaeroxylaceae | 2 | Verdcourt & Davies | 1996 | |
| Anthericaceae | 80 | Nordal, Kativu & Poulsen | 1997 | |
| Eriocaulaceae | 15 | Phillips | 1997 | |
| Myristicaceae | 3 | Verdcourt | 1997 | |
| Rafflesiaceae | 2 | Verdcourt | 1998 | |
| Sapindaceae | 61 | Verdcourt | 1998 | |
| Surianaceae | 1 | Beentje | 1998 | |
| Actiniopteridaceae | 4 | Verdcourt | 1999 | |
| Azollaceae | 2 | Verdcourt | 1999 | |
| Davalliaceae | 1 | Verdcourt | 1999 | |
| Equisetaceae | 1 | Verdcourt | 1999 | |
| Loranthaceae | 111 | Polhill & Wiens | 1999 | |
| Marattiaceae | 1 | Verdcourt | 1999 | |
| Osmundaceae | 1 | Verdcourt | 1999 | |
| Parkeriaceae | 1 | Verdcourt | 1999 | |
| Psilotaceae | 1 | Verdcourt | 1999 | |
| Viscaceae | 25 | Polhill & Wiens | 1999 | |
| Vittariaceae | 8 | Verdcourt | 1999 | |
| Xyridaceae | 25 | Lock | 1999 | |
| Zosteraceae | 1 | Beentje | 1999 | |
| Dennstaedtiac | 23 | Verdcourt | 2000 | |
| Gleicheniaceae | 4 | Verdcourt | 2000 | |
| Myricaceae | 2 | Polhill & Verdcourt | 2000 | |
| Salviniaceae | 4 | Verdcourt | 2000 | |
| Schizaeaceae | 11 | Verdcourt | 2000 | |
| Simaroubaceae | 6 | Stannard | 2000 | |
| Zannichelliaceae | 1 | Beentje | 2000 | |
| Compositae I | 306 | Jeffrey & Beentje | 2000 | |
| Myrtaceae | 97 | Verdcourt | 2001 | |
| Oleandraceae | 12 | Verdcourt | 2001 | |
| Ophioglossaceae | 15 | Burrows & Johns | 2001 | |
| Polypodiaceae | 26 | Verdcourt | 2001 | |
| Tiliaceae | 101 | Whitehouse, Cheek, Andrews & Verdcourt | 2001 | |
| Muntingiaceae | 1 | Verdcourt | 2001 | |
| Apocynaceae | 101 | Omino | 2002 | |
| Compositae II | 265 | Beentje | 2002 | |
| Cymodoceac | 6 | Beentje | 2002 | |
| Gentianaceae | 62 | Sileshi | 2002 | |
| Lomariopsidaceae | 20 | Mickel | 2002 | |
| Portulacaceae | 37 | Phillips | 2002 | |
| Adiantaceae | 45 | Verdcourt | 2002 | |
| Asphodelaceae | 13 | Whitehouse | 2002 | |
| Hydnoraceae | 2 | Beentje & Luke | 2002 | |
| Pteridaceae | 22 | Verdcourt | 2002 | |
| Alliaceae | 6 | Smith & Stansbie | 2003 | |
| Glossary | Beentje & Cheek | 2003 | ||
| Woodsiaceae | 22 | Verdcourt | 2003 | |
| Balanitaceae | 6 | Sands | 2003 | |
| Callitrichaceae | 5 | Hedberg & Hedberg | 2003 | |
| Marsiliaceae | 12 | Launert | 2003 | |
| Compositae III | 302 | Beentje, Jeffrey & Hind | 2005 | |
| Grammitidaceae | 14 | Parris | 2005 | |
| Ochnaceae | 60 | Verdcourt | 2005 | |
| Podostemaceae | 6 | Beentje | 2005 | |
| Selaginellaceae | 21 | Verdcourt | 2005 | |
| Colchicaceae | 8 | Hoenselaar | 2005 | |
| Cyatheaceae | 13 | Edwards | 2005 | |
| Isoetaceae | 5 | Verdcourt | 2005 | |
| Liliaceae | 1 | Grimshaw | 2005 | |
| Lycopodiaceae | 12 | Verdcourt | 2005 | |
| Restionaceae | 1 | Beentje | 2005 | |
| Santalaceae | 19 | Polhill | 2005 | |
| Asparagaceae | 23 | Sebsebe | 2006 | |
| Potamogetonaceae | 7 | Symoens | 2006 | |
| Blechnaceae | 8 | Parris | 2006 | |
| Ericaceae | 12 | Beentje | 2006 | |
| Bignoniaceae | 28 | Verdcourt, Bidgood, Vollesen | 2006 | |
| Thelypteridaceae | 33 | Verdcourt | 2006 | |
| Begoniaceae | 20 | Plana, Sands, Beentje | 2006 | |
| Gesneriaceae | 30 | Darbyshire | 2006 | |
| Hypoxidaceae | 10 | Wiland | 2006 | |
| Sterculiaceae | 89 | Cheek & Dorr | 2007 | |
| Dracaenaceae | 42 | Mwachala & Mbugua | 2007 | |
| Polygalaceae | 54 | Paiva | 2007 | |
| Dryopteridaceae | 36 | Roux, Schaeffer-Fehre & Verdcourt | 2007 |