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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
  • Aeollanthus (2)
  • Basilicum (4)
  • Clerodendrum (11)
  • Clinopodium (2)
  • Endostemon (32)
  • Fuerstia (1)
  • Hoslundia (2)
  • Lavandula (6)
  • Leucas (44)
  • Micromeria (3)
  • Nepeta (1)
  • Ocimum (55)
  • Orthosiphon (12)
  • Otostegia (11)
  • Plectranthus (33)
  • Premna (13)
  • Renschia (1)
  • Rotheca (5)
  • Salvia (6)
  • Scutellaria (1)
  • Stachys (3)
  • Teucrium (7)
  • Tinnea (3)
  • Vitex (5)