AQUATIC AND WETLAND PLANTS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

829pp., colour illus., maps, hardback, Reprint, Briza Publications, (2020) 2025

ISBN: 9781920217631

This comprehensive identification guide includes descriptions on 690 species within 91 plant families, illustrated with over 2 000 full-colour photographs.

Each species page contains a summarised description, a distribution map, available measurements of characteristic plant parts, flowering times, habitat preferences, general information, known medicinal properties and potential lookalike plants.

Dr. CE van Ginkel worked in the then Department of Water Affairs, where she practiced aquatic science over several decades throughout South Africa, and co-ordinated the National Eutrophication Program.

Dr. CJ Cilliers is a retired researcher known for her work on the biological control of insect pests and aquatic weeds, implementing biological control and integrated pest and weed management in South Africa and elsewhere.