Flowering Plants of Africa

Flowering plants of Africa is a botanical art series featuring colour plates of African plants with accompanying text. Many well-known botanical artists have contributed to the series, artists of the SA National Biodiversity Institute and others: Gillian Condy, Fay Anderson, Auriol Batten and the late Rosemary Holcroft, Betty Connell, Cythna Letty (over 700 plates) and Ellaphie Ward-Hilhorst. Please note that the plant names used in this catalogue are those under which the plates were published at the time. Soft cover, 250 ´ 190 mm, but some bound copies available-see below. ISSN 0015-4504.

Set of all available volumes. Stocks vary and complete sets are not available. Price SADC R2500.00/ other countries $625.00.
Set of all available Afrikaans volumes. Price SADC R2100.00/ other countries $525.00.
Set of all available English volumes. Price SADC R1900.00/ other countries $475.00.

Index to Flowering plants of Africa Volumes 1-49 (1988). Correct names for most plants figured can be found in this index. Gives botanical name, volume number and plate number. Correct names in roman type; synonyms, misspelt names and misidentifications in italics; garden hybrids are marked. Soft cover, 250 × 190 mm, pp. 44. Price SADC R15.00/other countries $4.00.

Species illustrated in this catalogue are indicated with an * in the text.

FLOWERING PLANTS OF AFRICA

Vol. 59. Plates 2201–2220 (due June 2005)
This issue includes a new combination and new status of Hibiscus , a cliff-dwelling species of Aloe from Namibia, an Ixia with glorious sprays of bright sea-green flowers, four members of the orchid family and one of various species of Hoodia said to have been used for centuries by the San and other people in southern Africa to curb the effects of hunger and thirst. Features the work of botanical artists such as Gillian Condy, Sandie Burrows and Andrew Kamiti. Soft cover: ISBN 1-919976-15-9. Price SADC countries R190.00/other countries $48.00.

Vol. 58. Plates 2181-2200 (2003)
Includes: a few new taxa, three aloes from East Africa, two members of the Amaryllis family and various plants of ethnomedicinal value such as Siphonochilus aethiopicus, two species of Dicerocaryum and Monotes glaber. Featuring the work of botanical artists such as Gill Condy, Vicki Thomas and Andrew Kamiti. ISBN 1-919795-70-7. Price: SADC R190.00/other countries$48.00

Vol. 57. Plates 2161-2180 (June 2001)
Includes: Welwitschia mirabilis, a new Euphorbia and two species of Pelargonium. Artwork mainly by Gillian Condy and Claire Linder-Smith. ISBN 1-919795-57-X. Price: SADC countries R120.00; other countries $30.00.

Vol. 56. Plates 2141-2160 (June 1999)
Includes: Greyia flannaganii*, Rhipsalis baccifera and three species of Lachenalia. Works by Gillian Condy, Fay Anderson, Claire Linder-Smith and Kate Abernethy. ISBN 1-919795-33-2. Price SADC R120.00/other countries $30.00.

Vol. 55. Plates 2121-2140 (June 1997)
Includes: a new species of Homeria, two aloes, two gasterias, Olea europaea and Brachystelma natalense. Works by Fay Anderson, Gillian Condy, Elsa Pooley and Ellaphie Ward-Hilhorst, among others. ISBN 1-874907-34-X. Price SADC R120.00/other countries $30.00.

Vol. 54. Plates 2101-2120 (June 1995)
Includes: seven sarcocaulons, two pelargoniums and three new species of Crotalaria, Freylinia and Cyrtanthus. Works by Ellaphie Ward-Hilhorst among others. ISBN 1-919795-32-4. Price SADC R85.00/ other countries $22.00.

Vol. 53. Plates 2081-2100 (June 1994)
Includes: five parasitic plants (family Loranthaceae), an aloe, a gasteria and three orchids. Works by Auriol Batten, Esmé Hennessy, Gillian Condy and Rita Weber, among others. ISBN 1-919795-31-6. Price SADC R85.00/other countries $22.00.

Vol. 52 Part 2. Plates 2061-2080 (June 1993).
Includes: a new Lachenalia species, Agapanthus dyeri, four species of Aloe and two orchids. Price SADC R85.00/other countries $22.00. English ISBN 1-919795-29-4. Afrikaans ISBN 1-919795-30-8.

Vol. 52 Part 1. Plates 2041-2060 (June 1992).
Devoted mostly to Madagascan plants. Price SADC R85.00/other countries $22.00. English ISBN 1-919795-27-8. Afrikaans ISBN 1-919795-28-6.

Vol. 51 Part 2. Plates 2021-2040 (June 1991).
Devoted mostly to trees and large shrubs. Price SADC R85.00/other countries $22.00. English ISBN 1-919795-25-1. Afrikaans ISBN 1-919795-26-X.

Vol. 51 Part 1. Plates 2001-2020 (June 1990).
Devoted mostly to succulents and includes: two species of Pachypodium, Stapelia immelmaniae*, five species of Aloe and three species of Gasteria. Price SADC R85.00/other countries $22.00. English ISBN 1-919795-23-5. Afrikaans ISBN 1-919795-24-3.

Vol. 50 Part 2. Plates 1981-2000 (June 1989).
Two species of Aloe, Narcissus albimarginatus, Pelargonium ellaphieae, Acrolophia ustulata. Price SADC R85.00/other countries $22.00. English ISBN 1-919795-21-9. Afrikaans ISBN 1-919795-22-7.

Vol. 50 Part 1. Plates 1961-1980 (June 1988).
Includes: Lachenalia arbuthnotiae, two species of Podocarpus, Adansonia digitata and three species of Aloe. Works by Gillian Condy and Esmé Hennessy. Price SADC R85.00/other countries $22.00. English ISBN 1-919795-19-7. Afrikaans ISBN 1-919795-20-0.

Vol. 49 Parts 3 & 4. Plates 1941-1960 (June 1987).
Includes: Rosa abyssinica, Lachenalia macgregoriorum, Adenium obesum and Ficus ingens. Price SADC R60.00/other countries $15.00. English ISBN 1-919795-17-0. Afrikaans ISBN 1-919795-18-9.

Vol. 49 Parts 1 & 2. Plates 1921-1940 (June 1986).
Includes: two species of Pelargonium, two species of Euphorbia, three species of Aloe and Cirrhopetalum umbellatum. Price SADC R60.00/other countries $15.00. English ISBN 1-919795-15-4. Afrikaans ISBN 1-919795-16-2.

Vol. 48 Parts 3 & 4. Plates 1901-1920 (June 1985).
Includes: Sarcocaulon herrei, Lachenalia aloides, three species of Crassula , two species of Pachypodium. Price SADC R60.00/other countries $15.00. English ISBN 1-919795-13-8. Afrikaans ISBN 1-919795-14-6.

Vol. 48 Parts 1 & 2. Plates 1881-1900 (June 1984).
Includes: five species of Aloe, two species of Plectranthus*, two species of Lithops and Dombeya macrantha. Price SADC R60.00/other countries $15.00. English only ISBN 1-919795-11-1

Vol. 47 Parts 3 & 4. Plates 1861-1880 (June 1983).
Includes: Gardenia thunbergia, Babiana lobata, two species of Crinum and Protea wentzeliana. Price SADC R60.00/other countries $15.00. English ISBN 1-919795-09-X. Afrikaans ISBN 1-919795-10-3

Vol. 47 Parts 1 & 2. Plates Plates 1841-1860 (Sept. 1982).
Includes: two species of Brachystelma, Ceropegia rupicola, two species of Plectranthus and Albizia tanganyicensis. Price SADC R60.00/other countries $15.00. English ISBN 1-919795-07-3. Afrikaans ISBN 1-919795-08-1.

Vol. 46 Parts 3 & 4. Plates 1821-1840 (June 1981).
Devoted entirely to orchids to mark the occasion of the 10th World Orchid Conference held in Durban in 1981. Includes three species of Disa, Eulophia foliosa and Cyrtorchis arcuata. Price SADC R60.00/other countries $15.00. Afrikaans only ISBN 1-919795-06-5.

Vol. 46 Parts 1 & 2. Plates 1801-1820 (Aug. 1980).
Includes: Strelitzia juncea, Lachenalia trichophylla, Bauhinia tomentosa and Cassia abbreviata. Price SADC R60.00/other countries $15.00. English ISBN 1-919795-03-0. Afrikaans ISBN 1-919795-04-9.

Vol. 45 Parts 3 & 4. Plates 1781-1800 (June 1979).
Includes: Leucospermum winteri, Aloe corallina, Ornithoglossum undulatum and two acacias. Price SADC R60.00/other countries $15.00. English ISBN 1-874907-99-4. Afrikaans ISBN 1-919795-02-2.

Vol. 45 Parts 1 & 2. Plates 1761-1780 (June 1978).
Devoted entirely to succulents to mark SUCCULENTA 78, the International Succulent Congress, held in Pretoria in 1978. Includes two species of Brachystelma, succulent pelargoniums and six species of Dinteranthus. Price SADC R60.00/other countries $15.00. Afrikaans only ISBN 1-919795-01-4.

Vol. 44 Parts 3 & 4. Plates 1741-1760 (Nov. 1977).
Includes: Themeda triandra, Acacia erioloba, two aloes and Gladiolus atropurpureus. Price SADC R60.00/other countries $15.00. Afrikaans only ISBN 1-874907-98-6.

Vol. 44 Parts 1 & 2. Plates 1721-1740 (Mar. 1977).
Includes: two proteas, three moraeas, two species of Plectranthus and two species of Erythrina. Price SADC R60.00/other countries $15.00. . Afrikaans only ISBN 1-874907-97-8.

Vol. 43 Parts 3 & 4. Plates 1701-1720 (Oct. 1973)
Includes Kiggelaria africana and Erythrina latissima. Price SADC R60.00/other countries $15.00. English ISBN 1-919795-74-X. Afrikaans ISBN 1-919795-75-8.

Vol. 43 Parts 1 & 2. Plates 1681-1700 (Jan. 1973).
Includes: Haemanthus magnificus*, two euphorbias and two gladioli. Price SADC R60.00/other countries $15.00. Afrikaans ISBN 1-919795-76-6.

Vol. 42 Parts 3 & 4. Plates 1661-1680 (June 1972).
Includes Fagara capensis, Disa maculata. Price SADC R60.00/other countries $15.00. Afrikaans ISBN 1-919795-77-4.

Vol. 42 Parts 1 & 2. Plates 1641-1660 (Aug. 1972).
Includes: two species of Crinum, Gladiolus densiflorus and two species of Tritonia. Price SADC R60.00/other countries $15.00. Afrikaans only ISBN 1-874907-96-X.

Vol. 41 Parts 3 & 4. Plates 1621-1640 (June 1972).
Includes: Crinum carolo-schmidtii, Cotyledon fragilis and Leucospermum saxosum. Price SADC R60.00/other countries $15.00. Afrikaans ISBN 1-874907-94-3.

Vol. 41 Parts 1 & 2. Plates 1601-1620 (Oct. 1970).
Includes: Caralluma socotrana, Dovyalis caffra, three ceropegias and Ornithogalum saundersiae. Price SADC R60.00/other countries $15.00. English ISBN 1-874907-91-9. Afrikaans ISBN 1-874907-92-7.

Vol. 40 Parts 3 & 4. Plates 1581-1600 (Mar. 1970).
Includes: three moraeas, Kirkia wilmsii, Gladiolus lewisiae and three aloes. Price SADC R60.00/other countries $15.00. Afrikaans only ISBN 1-874907-90-0.

Vol. 40 Parts 1 & 2. Plates 1561-1580 (Oct. 1969).
Includes: Caralluma gerstneri, Hoodia currorii, Ursinia chrysanthemoides and Ceropegia filiformis. Price SADC R60.00/other countries $15.00. Afrikaans only ISBN 1-874907-88-9.

Vol. 39 Parts 3 & 4. Plates 1541-1560 (May 1969).
Includes: Nymphaea lotus, four ericas and three leucadendrons*. Price SADC R60.00/other countries $15.00. English ISBN 1-874907-85-4. Afrikaans ISBN 1-874907-86-2

Vol. 39 Parts 1 & 2. Plates 1521-1540 (Oct. 1968).
Includes: Crinum paludosum, Dietes bicolor, Moraea graminicola and Erica formosa. Price SADC R60.00/other countries $15.00. English ISBN 1-874907-82-X. Afrikaans ISBN 1-874907-84-6.

Vol. 38 Parts 3 & 4. Plates 1501-1520 (Sept. 1967).
Includes: Gasteria transvaalensis, two proteas, two leucadendrons and two aloes. Price SADC R60.00/other countries $15.00. English ISBN 1-874907-81-1. Afrikaans ISBN 1-874907-83-8.

Vol. 38 Parts 1 & 2. Plates 1481-1500 (Mar. 1967).
Includes: two species of Dietes, three species of Leucadendron and two proteas. Price SADC R60.00/other countries $15.00. English ISBN 1-874907-79-X. Afrikaans ISBN 1-874907-80-3.

Vol. 37 Parts 3 & 4. Plates 1461-1480 (June 1966).
Includes: Protea minor, Hibiscus calyphyllus and Pelargonium fulgidum. Price SADC R60.00/other countries $15.00. Afrikaans only (No ISBN).

Vol. 36 Parts 3 & 4. Plates 1421-1440 (Dec. 1964).
Includes: various species of Kniphofia, Ceropegia succulenta and Brunsvigia orientalis. Price SADC R60.00/other countries $15.00. Afrikaans only (No ISBN).

Vol. 35 Parts 3 & 4. Plates 1381-1400 (Dec. 1962).
Includes: 3 spp. Aloe, 2 spp. Stapelia, 3 spp. Cephalophyllum, Pillansia, Tulbaghia, Radinosiphon, Moraea, Protea, Crinum spp. Artists: M.E. Connell, Cythna Letty, M.M. Page, A. Walters, M. Stones. Price SADC R60.00/other countries $15.00. Afrikaans only ISBN 1-919795-79-0.

Vol. 34 Parts 3 & 4. Plates 1341-1360 (Mar. 1961).
Includes: 3 spp. of Aloe, 5 spp. of Erica, Euphorbia, Podranea, Oxalis, Bulbine, Crinum spp*. Artists: M.E. Connell, Cythna Letty, M.M. Page, I. Kerr, P.R.O. Bally. Price SADC R60.00/other countries $15.00. Afrikaans only ISBN 1-874907-76-5.

Vol. 34 Parts 1 & 2. Plates 1321-1340 (Mar. 1959).
Includes: Four spp. Oxalis, 4 spp. Kniphofia, 2 spp. Crassula. Artists: Cythna Letty, M.E. Connell, M.M. Page, P.R.O. Bally. Price SADC R60.00/other countries $15.00. Afrikaans only ISBN 1-874907-75-7.

Vol. 33 Part 3. Plates 1301-1310 (Jul. 1959).
Includes: three Oxalis spp., Turbina, Aneilema, Streptocarpus, Euryops, Pachypodium, Euphorbia, Melolobium, Dracaena and Melianthus spp. Artists: Fay Anderson, Cythna Letty, Rhona Collett. Price SADC R30.00/other countries $8.00. Afrikaans only ISBN 1-919795-82-0.

Vol. 33 Part 2. Plates 1291-1300 (Jul. 1959).
Includes Watsonia densiflora, Kniphofia ichopensis. Price SADC R30.00/other countries $8.00.Afrikaans only ISBN 1-919795-81-2

Vol. 32 Part 4. Plates 1271-1280 (Jul. 1958).
Includes: four Oxalis spp., Turbina holubii, Jasminum multipartitum, Juttadinteria simpsonii among others. Artists: Cythna Letty and M.M. Page. Price SADC R30.00/other countries $8.00. Afrikaans only ISBN 1-874907-75-7.

Vol. 32 Part 3. Plates 1261-1270 (May 1958).
Includes: three Oxalis spp., Harveya, Royena, Khadia, Carpanthea, Gladiolus, Acanthus and Salacia spp. Artists: Cythna Letty and M.M. Page. Price SADC R30.00/other countries $8.00.Afrikaans only ISBN 1-874907-72-2

Vol. 32 Part 2. Plates 1251-1260 (June 1957).
Includes: Amorphophallus, Syncolostemon, Riocreuxia, Senecio, Albuca, Polystachya, Haemanthus, Oxalis, Polygala and Olinia spp. Artists: Cythna Letty, I. Price, R. Brown. Price SADC R30.00/other countries $8.00. Afrikaans only ISBN 1-874907-70-6.

Vol. 32 Part 1. Plates 1241-1250 (Mar. 1957).
Includes: Gardenia, Strychnos, Crassula, Plectranthus, Merremia, Ceropegia, Indigofera, Salvia, Dimorphotheca, Dissotis spp. Artists: Cythna Letty. Price SADC R30.00/other countries $8.00. Afrikaans only ISBN 1-874907-68-4.

Vol. 31 Part 4. Plates 1231-1240 (Dec. 1956).
Includes: Ursinia cakilefolia, Haemanthus coccineus. Price SADC R30.00/other countries $8.00. Afrikaans only ISBN 1-919795-84-7.

Vol. 31 Part 3. Plates 1221-1230 (Sept. 1956).
Includes: Brachystelma floribundum, Lapeyrousia sandersoni, Gardenia neuberia and Combretum zeyheri. Price SADC R30.00/other countries $8.00. English ISBN 1-874907-65-X. Afrikaans ISBN 1-874907-66-8.

Vol. 31 Part 2. Plates 1211-1220 (Jul. 1956).
Includes: Acacia karroo. Price SADC R30.00/other countries $8.00. English ISBN 1-874907-63-3. Afrikaans ISBN 1-874907-64-1.

Vol. 31 Part 1. Plates 1201-1210 (Jan. 1956).
Includes: three species of Ipomoea and Celtis africana. Price SADC R30.00/other countries $8.00. English ISBN 1-874907-61-7. Afrikaans ISBN 1-874907-62-5.

Vol. 30 Part 4. Plates 1191-1200 (Sept. 1955).
Includes: Lobelia decipiens, 2 members of the Convolvulaceae and Amaryllis belladonna by Cythna Letty. Price SADC R30.00/other countries $8.00. English ISBN 1-874907-60-9. Afrikaans ISBN 1-919795-85-5.

Vol. 30 Part 3. Plates 1181-1190 (Jul. 1955).
Includes: four species of Kniphofia, and Zantedeschia aethiopia. Price SADC R30.00/other countries $8.00. English ISBN 1-874907-58-7. Afrikaans ISBN 1-874907-59-5.

Vol. 30 Part 2. Plates 1171-1180 (Jul. 1954).
Includes Eulophia cucullatum* and three species of Disa. Price SADC R30.00/other countries $8.00. English ISBN 1-874907-56-0. Afrikaans ISBN 1-874907-57-9.

Vol. 30 Part 1. Plates 1161-1170 (Jan.1954).
Includes: Erica drakensbergensis, Protea pendula. Price SADC R30.00/other countries $8.00. English ISBN 1-874907-54-4. Afrikaans ISBN 1-874907-55-2.

Vol. 29 Part 4. Plates 1151-1160 (Sept. 1953).
Includes: Aloe deserti, Ceropegia barklyi and three species of Gladiolus. Price SADC R30.00/other countries $8.00. English ISBN 1-874907-52-8. Afrikaans ISBN 1-874907-53-6.

Vol. 29 Part 3. Plates 1141-1150 (Apr. 1953).
Includes: Boophone disticha, Dombeya rotundifolia, Pelargonium carnosum and Crinum bulbispermum. Price SADC R30.00/other countries $8.00. English ISBN 1-874907-50-1. Afrikaans ISBN 1-874907-51-X.

Vol. 29 Part 2. Plates 1131-1140 (Dec. 1952).
Includes: Eulophia hians, Pelargonium incrassatum and Ochna pulchra. Price SADC R30.00/other countries $8.00. English ISBN 1-919795-86-3. Afrikaans ISBN 1-874907-49-8.

Vol. 29 Part 1. Plates 1121-1130 (Apr. 1952).
Includes: Gladiolus vinoso-maculatus, Alberta magna and Nerine huttoniae. Price SADC R30.00/other countries $8.00. English ISBN 1-874907-47-1. Afrikaans ISBN 1-874907-48-X.

Vol. 28 Part 4. Plates 1111-1120 (Dec. 1951).
Includes: Oncoba, Aloe, Ceropegia, Protea, Drimia, Sansevieria, Roella, Nerine and Pergularia spp. Artists: Cythna Letty, E.K. Burges, P.J. Smit, R. Brown. Price SADC R30.00/other countries $8.00. English ISBN 1-874907-45-5. Afrikaans ISBN 1-874907-46-3.

Vol. 28 Part 3. Plates 1101-1110 (June 1951).
Includes: Plectranthus, Disparago, Sterculia, Crotalaria, Celsia, Drosanthemum, Huernia spp. Artists: Cythna Letty, E.K. Burges, G.J. Lewis, B.O. Carter, M.E. Connell, P.J. Smit. Price SADC R30.00/other countries $8.00. English ISBN 1-874907-43-9. Afrikaans ISBN 1-874907-44-7.

Vol. 28 Part 2. Plates 1091-1100 (Jan. 1951).
Includes: Aloe, Dolichandrone, Pachycarpus, Oxalis, Euphorbia, Brachystelma, Protea, Crossandra, Erica and Encephalartos spp. Artists: Cythna Letty. Price SADC R30.00/other countries $8.00. Afrikaans only ISBN 1-919795-88-X.

Vol. 28 Part 1. Plates 1081-1090 (Apr. 1950).
Includes: Ximenia, Duvalia, Aristea, Caralluma, Protea, Monadenium, Brachystelma, Kalanchoe and Sansevieria spp. Artists: Cythna Letty, R. Brown, E.K. Burges. Price SADC R30.00/other countries $8.00. English ISBN 1-919795-89-8. Afrikaans ISBN 1-919795-90-1.

Vol. 27 Part 4. Plates 1071-1080 (Sept. 1949).
Includes: a cycad, two euphorbias and Plectranthus succulentus. Price SADC R30.00/other countries $8.00. English ISBN 1-919795-91-X. Afrikaans ISBN 1-919795-92-8.

Vol. 27 Part 3. Plates 1061-1070 (May 1949).
Includes: Erica, Caralluma, Lampranthus, Erepsia, Eulophia, Brachystelma, Euphorbia, Portulaca and Cadia spp. Artists: Cythna Letty, P.R.O. Bally, R. Brown, E.K. Burges & M.M. Page. Price SADC R30.00/other countries $8.00. English ISBN 1-919795-93-6. Afrikaans ISBN 1-919795-94-4.

Vol. 27 Part 2. Plates 1051-1060 (Apr. 1949).
Exclusively Cythna Letty. Includes: Plectranthus ciliathus, Hypoxis nitida and Polystachya stricta. Price SADC R30.00/other countries $8.00. Afrikaans only ISBN 1-919795-96-0.

Vol. 27 Part 1. Plates 1041-1050 (Sept. 1948).
Includes: Calodendrum capense*, Erica diaphana, Caralluma tubiformis, Caralluma distincta. Price SADC R30.00/other countries $8.00. English ISBN 1-874907-41-2. Afrikaans ISBN 1-874907-42-0.

Leather-bound Volumes:
English 40, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49.Afrikaans 40, 44, 45, 48, 49, 50. Price SADC R179.00/other countries $45.00.

Linen-bound Volumes:
English 45, 48, 49. Afrikaans 42, 45, 47, 48, 49. Price SADC R159.00/other countries $40.00

Selected loose prints of Flowering Plants of Africa colour plates, each. Price SADC R7.00/other countries $2.00.

Flowering Plants of Africa blank greeting cards and envelopes. Price SADC R5.00/other countries $2.00.