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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
  • Abrus (4)
  • Acacia (159)
  • Adenopodia (1)
  • Aeschynomene (7)
  • Afzelia (2)
  • Albizia (11)
  • Alysicarpus (9)
  • Arachis (2)
  • Argyrolobium (4)
  • Bauhinia (9)
  • Cadia (3)
  • Caesalpinia (24)
  • Cajanus (3)
  • Calliandra (3)
  • Canavalia (6)
  • Cassia (7)
  • Ceratonia (2)
  • Chamaecrista (12)
  • Chapmannia (2)
  • Clitoria (5)
  • Colutea (2)
  • Cordeauxia (1)
  • Cordyla (4)
  • Craibia (1)
  • Crotalaria (112)
  • Cullen (2)
  • Dalbergia (12)
  • Delonix (14)
  • Derris (1)
  • Dialium (1)
  • Dichrostachys (8)
  • Dicraeopetalum (2)
  • Dolichos (2)
  • Entada (7)
  • Erythrina (9)
  • Indigastrum (2)
  • Indigofera (128)
  • Lablab (3)
  • Leucaena (2)
  • Lonchocarpus (2)
  • Lotus (5)
  • Lupinus (1)
  • Macrotyloma (4)
  • Medicago (9)
  • Melilotus (1)
  • Microcharis (16)
  • Millettia (1)
  • Mimosa (2)
  • Mundulea (4)
  • Neorautanenia (1)
  • Neptunia (2)
  • Newtonia (1)
  • Ononis (1)
  • Ormocarpum (10)
  • Paracalyx (4)
  • Parkia (1)
  • Parkinsonia (12)
  • Phaseolus (1)
  • Pithecellobium (1)
  • Platycelyphium (5)
  • Prosopis (4)
  • Pterolobium (1)
  • Rhynchosia (44)
  • Samanea (1)
  • Securigera (2)
  • Senna (55)
  • Sesbania (21)
  • Stylosanthes (5)
  • Tamarindus (5)
  • Taverniera (5)
  • Tephrosia (45)
  • Teramnus (5)
  • Trigonella (2)
  • Tylosema (4)
  • Vatovaea (4)
  • Vermifrux (1)
  • Vigna (19)
  • Wajira (8)
  • Zornia (4)
  • Zygocarpum (5)