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Flora of Somalia, Mats Thulin (Editor) (FoSO)

The Flora of Somalia is a 4 volume work published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The first volume was published in 1993, the last in 2006. It is a multi-authored work contains detailed descriptions, distributional information, identification keys, numerous illustrations, and considerable additional information for each taxon. The distributional information is given in terms of regions. This site offers a view of the distributional information in the flora.
Contacts: Mary Barkworth, mary.barkworth@usu.edu
Collection Type: Observations
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 5 July 2015
Digital Metadata: EML File
Rights Holder: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Collection Statistics
  • 8,056 specimen records
  • 8,052 (100%) georeferenced
  • 157 families
  • 935 genera
  • 2,805 species
Extra Statistics
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acanthus (1)
  • Anisotes (9)
  • Asystasia (18)
  • Avicennia (5)
  • Barleria (85)
  • Blepharis (30)
  • Crabbea (9)
  • Crossandra (22)
  • Dicliptera (4)
  • Duosperma (8)
  • Dyschoriste (7)
  • Ecbolium (12)
  • Elytraria (2)
  • Hypoestes (9)
  • Ichthyostoma (2)
  • Isoglossa (1)
  • Justicia (78)
  • Lepidagathis (11)
  • Megalochlamys (18)
  • Neuracanthus (30)
  • Peristrophe (5)
  • Rhinacanthus (2)
  • Ruellia (33)
  • Ruspolia (2)
  • Ruttya (2)
  • Satanocrater (11)
  • Thunbergia (6)