The Flora of Central Africa
The Flore d'Afrique centrale is a tool providing information on and assisting in the identification of Central African vascular plants. Its history dates back to the XIXᵉ century and continues to this day. The region comprises the countries Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Burundi (see map) which is estimated to hold around 11,000 vascular plant species. Fascicles are produced for each family in three series, one on seed plants (série Spermatophyta), one on ferns and fern-allies (série Pteridophyta) and one on mosses (incl. liverworts and hornworts) (série Bryophytes).
For more information, please contact the coordinating Editor, Marc S.M. Sosef.
Editorial Committee:
- Henk Beentje (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)
- Steven Dessein (Meise Botanic Garden)
- Eberhard Fischer (Universität Koblenz-Landau)
- Jacques Florence (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris)
- Sabine Hennequin (Sorbonne Université)
- Edouard Ilunga wa Ilunga (Université de Lubumbashi)
- Pierre Meerts (Université libre de Bruxelles)
- Marc Sosef (Meise Botanic Garden)
- Salvator Ntore (Meise Botanic Garden)
- Tariq Stévart (Université libre de Bruxelles & Missouri Botanical Garden)
Manuscripts can be delivered in French or English. Interested to contribute? Please contact Marc S.M. Sosef to learn about remaining parts for which we are still in need of an enthusiastic author.
Author instructions and a sample paper in Word format can be obtained here:
Visits to the herbarium facilities (BR) and training of African botanists is financially supported by Stichting Arboretum Wespelaar. Please contact Marc S.M. Sosef to learn more about the conditions.