Abstract
The article review the major characteristics of the wild flora of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa, compares it with the flora of similar areas at the same latitude (the Ethiopian flora is richer due to diverse typography), provides data on endemism (Ethiopia id caomparaticely rich in species that do not occure anuwhere else in the world), and specifies which families and genera of Ethiopian plants that are particularly unique or noteworthy.
Translated title of the contribution | The wild flora |
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Original language | German |
Title of host publication | Äthiopien : Geschichte, Kultur, Herausforderungen |
Editors | Siegbert Uhlig, David Appleyard, Alessandro Bausi, Wolfgang Hahn, Steven Kaplan |
Place of Publication | Wiesbaden |
Publisher | Harrassowitz Verlag |
Publication date | 1 Nov 2018 |
Pages | 31-35 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-3-447-11095-2 |
Publication status | Published - 1 Nov 2018 |
Keywords
- Faculty of Science
- botany
- Ethiopia
- diversity
- flora