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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
  • Achyranthes (5)
  • Aerva (14)
  • Alternanthera (4)
  • Amaranthus (12)
  • Anabasis (4)
  • Arthrocnemum (4)
  • Atriplex (8)
  • Beta (1)
  • Celosia (9)
  • Centemopsis (1)
  • Chenopodium (4)
  • Chionothrix (2)
  • Cornulaca (2)
  • Cyathula (2)
  • Dasysphaera (8)
  • Digera (9)
  • Eriostylos (3)
  • Fadenia (3)
  • Halosarcia (2)
  • Halothamnus (8)
  • Lagenantha (4)
  • Lopriorea (2)
  • Neocentema (4)
  • Nothosaerva (5)
  • Pandiaka (1)
  • Pleuropterantha (9)
  • Polyrhabda (1)
  • Psilotrichum (27)
  • Pupalia (12)
  • Rosifax (1)
  • Salsola (11)
  • Sericocomopsis (7)
  • Sevada (4)
  • Suaeda (14)