Bothalia 

Bothalia-a journal devoted to botanical science, covers taxonomy, ecology, anatomy and cytology. Two parts of the journal and an index to contents, authors and subjects are published annually in May and October. Every second issue carries the staff and publications lists of the National Botanical Institute and the Guide for authors. Some of the articles featured in the different issues are highlighted below. Illustrated with photographs and accurate black and white drawings. Soft cover. Volumes 1-10: 244 x185 mm. Volume 11 onwards: 298 x 210 mm. Volume 13 No. 3 & 4 onwards: ISSN 0006-8241. Free indices to most volumes are available on request.

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COMPLETE SET: Up to Volume 31 and including all indices available and conts to Vols 1-20, 21-25 and 26-30.
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Contents to vols 1-20. H.F. Glen, B.A. Momberg & E. Potgieter (1990). Contains a list of all papers published, arranged according to authors and dates; a list of all authors and keywords in titles; subject index, tables with publication dates, major subjects covered and some information on authors. ISBN 1-874907-31-5.Price SADC R15.00/other countries $4.00.

Contents to vols 21-25. B.A. Momberg & J. Mulvenna (1996). Contains an alphabetical list of authors and titles of the articles. Co-authors are listed with the year and first author in brackets. A subject index is provided, including keywords, taxa, synonyms, geographical areas and co-authors. ISBN 1-874907-32-3.
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Contents to vols 26-30. B.A. Momberg (2000). Contains an alphabetical list of authors and titles of the articles. Co-authors are listed with the year and first author in brackets. A subject index is provided, including keywords, taxa, synonyms, geographical areas and co-authors. ISBN 1-919795-56-1.
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Bothalia Vol. 33,2 (Oct. 2003).
A new genus in the Mesembryanthemaceae, three new species, two of which have colour plates, three new combinations and one new name appear in this issue. Includes among others, a first record of Excoecaria madagascariensis in the FSA region, inflorescences of Cliffortia (Rosaceae), embryology of Kiggelaria (Flacourtiaceae) and vegetation of the rock habitats of the Sekhukhuneland Centre of Plant Endemism, South Africa. Price SADC R95.00/other countries $24.00.

Bothalia Vol. 33,1 (May 2003). Eleven articles appear in this issue, with 8 new species, one new subspecies of Brachystelma (Apocynaceae) and new combinations in Drimia and Ledebouria (Hyacinthaceae). The taxonomy of Solanum (Solanaceae) and Passerina (Thymelaeacaeae) are described, as well as a liverwort, Riccardia amazonica. Mopaneveld vegetation is compared in S. Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe. New chromosome counts for three Drimiopsis taxa are reported.Price SADC R95.00/other countries $24.00.

Vol. 32,2 (Oct. 2002).
Contains among others: Systematics of the genus Daubenya (Hyacinthaceae: Massonieae), including colour photographs; new species of Arctotheca, Erica, Felicia and Lachenalia, new subspecies of Erica and Trichodesma and new combinations of Daubenya; a new fern record for the FSA region; the grasslands and wetlands of Sekhukhuneland; chromosome studies on African plants (Poaceae); and a new guide for authors.
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Vol. 32,1 (May 2002). Contains among others: Clivia mirabilis (Amaryllidaceae: Haemantheae), a new species from Northern Cape, South Africa, by J. Rourke, colour plate by Auriol Batten; The genus Erica (Ericaceae) in southern Africa: taxonomic notes 1, by E.G.H. & I.M. Oliver; descriptions of 24 new taxa and several new combinations; two articles on morphology and a checklist of plants in KwaZulu-Natal.
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Vol. 31,2 (October 2001). Includes 12 articles. Descriptions of 16 new taxa. Also: the floral morphology of Passerina; a new Guide for authors of Bothalia, with requirements for electronic submission of articles & figures; list of research & admin staff and their publications. Price SADC R90.00/other countries $23.00.

Vol 31,1 (May 2001). Contains among others: 30 years of change in the fynbos of the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve; a lexicon of plants traded in Witwatersrand muthi shops; the genus Ehretia in southern Africa; new species of Erica, Fossombronia, Cyrtanthus, Brunsvigia, Oedera, Emilia and Plectranthus; leaf anatomy of Passerina; basic chromosome number of Pentameris; vegetation in a dambo in Zimbabwe. Price SADC R90.00/other countries $23.00.

Vol 30,2 (Oct. 2000). Contains studies in the Sphaerocarpales (Hepaticae) from southern Africa. 3. The genus Riella and its local species, by S.M. Perold; a new combination and new records for the Flora of Malawi (Pteridophyta), by J.P. Roux; wetland vegetation of southern KwaZulu-Natal, by L. Perkins et al.; chromosome studies on African plants. 14. Panicoideae, by A. Strydom et al.; obituaries of O.H. Volk, Rosemary Holcroft, W. Rauh and a remembrance of S.W. Arnell. Price SADC R85.00/other countries $22.00.

Vol 30,1 (May 2000). Contains among others, two FSA contributions, 15: Piperaceae and 16: Sphenocleaceae; a review of generic concepts in Stilbaceae; the genus Sphaerocarpos (Hepaticae) and S. stipitatus; notes on the genus Frithia and a description of a new sp.; two new spp. of Erica from the Western Cape; Agave vivipara, a naturalised alien in southern Africa; morphology and anatomy of the rhizome and frond in the African spp. of Polystichum; the epidermis in Passerina; vegetation and checklist of coastal fynbos of George; a colour plate of Clivia miniata by the late Barbara Jeppe;a botanical artist of note. Price SADC R85,00/other countries $22.00.

Vol 29,2 (Oct 1999). Contains two new species of Cyrtanthus described by D.A. Snijman, two species of Gladiolus by Manning, Goldblatt & Winter, three species of Zygophyllum by L. van Zyl, and a single species each of the genera Serruria and by J.P. Rourke & E.G.H. Oliver, respectively. A full-colour plate of the new species Gladiolus rhodanthus by Auriol Batten. Two Flora of southern Africa (FSA) contributions included for the families Ulmaceae and Cannabaceae, both by C.M. Wilmot-Dear of Kew. Other contributions: Xhosa plant names from Eastern Cape by A.P. Dold & M.L. Cocks, the floristics of Sand Forest in northern KwaZulu-Natal by D. Kirkwood & J.J. Midgley, Songimvelo Game Reserve vegetation in the Barberton Mountainland by M. Stalmans et al. and notes on chromosome studies on African plants by J.J. Spies et al. For the first time acknowledgements to referees from 1983 to 1999. Price SADC R85.00/other countries $22.00.

Vol 29,1 (May 1999). Interesting articles for botanists from various disciplines, even the historian and avid succulent collector. Includes six new species of Fossombronia or liverworts, five species of Erica, four species of Amphiglossa belonging to the Asteraceae or daisy family, and a single species each of the genera Calpurnia, Ixia, Ophioglossum, Salvia and Sparaxis. Major revisions contained in this issue: the genus Calpurnia, the genus Amphiglossa, and the succulent genus Faucaria. Major vegetation surveys and checklists (3) have been included: of the Kap River Reserve in the Eastern Cape by E.C. Cloete & R.A. Lubke, the Sileza Nature Reserve in the Maputaland Centre of Endemism and the southern Langeberg in the Western Cape by D.J. McDonald. Special feature: a historical account of a botanical collecting expedition undertaken by Mary (Mamie) Pocock and her companion Dorothea Bleek (who gathered information for her work The Bushmen's dictionary) in Zambia and Angola in early 1925 by M.G. Balarin, E. Brink &
H.F. Glen. Price SADC R85.00/other countries $22.00.

Vol 28,2 (Oct 1998). Contains descriptions of ten new South African species and two articles on Lachenalia; FSA contributions 12: Plantaginaceae; a new species of Amaryllis from the Richtersveld; a reconnaissance survey of the vegetation of the North Luangwa National Park; Zambia; wetland plant communities in the Potchefstroom Municipal Area; an obituary to the late Betty Connell and colour plate of Cyrtanthus erubescens Killick; special feature: history of the former Botanical Research Institute. Price SADC R85.00/other countries $22.00.

Vol. 28,1 (May 1998). Contains among others, a taxonomic revision of Maurocenia (Celastraceae), a Western Cape monotypic endemic, by R.H. Archer & A.E. van Wyk; FSA contributions 10: Trapaceae, by B. Verdcourt; revised key to Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in southern Africa, by W.G. Welman & A.D.J. Meeuse; invasive alien woody plants of the southern and southwestern Cape region, South Africa, by L. Henderson. Price SADC R85.00/other countries $22.00.

Vol. 27,2 (Oct. 1997). Contains among others, FSA contributions 8: Ceratophyllaceae, by C.M. Wilmot-Dear; new and interesting records of mosses in the Flora of southern Africa area: 4. New records and geographic regions, by J. van Rooy; colour plate of a new species, Nivenia parviflora Goldblatt.. Price SADC R85,00/other countries $22.00.

Vol. 27,1 (May 1997). Contains among others, 5 new species of Lachenalia (Hyacinthaceae) from arid areas of South Africa, by G.D. Duncan; composition and biogeography of forest patches on the inland mountains of the southern Cape, by C.J. Geldenhuys; studies in the liverwort genus Fossombronia (Metzgeriales) from southern Africa. 1, 2 & 3, by S.M. Perold. Price SADC R85.00/other countries $22.00.

Vol. 26,2 (Oct. 1996). Contains among others, a synopsis of Peristrophe (Acanthaceae) in southern Africa, by K. Balkwill; studies in the Ricciaceae of sub-Saharan Africa: a provisional key to the currently known species, by S.M. Perold; two FSA contributions; two new species; Red Data List of southern African plants. 1. Corrections & additions, by C. Hilton-Taylor. Price SADC R65,00/other countries $17.00.

Vol. 26,1 (May 1996). Contains among others, four new species and one new subspecies of Lachenalia (Hyacinthaceae) from arid areas of South Africa, by G.D. Duncan; saxicolous species of the genus Rinodina (lichenized Ascomycetes, Physciaceae) in southern Africa, by M. Matzer & H. Mayrhofer; a tribute to Frank White, by A. Angus & J.D. Chapman; FSA contributions 4: Agavaceae, by G.F. Smith & M. Mössmer. Price SADC R65,00/other countries $17.00.

Vol. 25,2 (Oct. 1995). Contains among others, three subspecies of Pelargonium laevigatum (Geraniaceae), C.M. van Wyk & J.J.A. van der Walt; an annotated list of Urediniomycetes (rust fungi) from South Africa 1: Melampsoraceae and Pucciniaceae, excluding Puccinia and Uromyces, by M. van Reenen. Price SADC R65,00/other countries $17.00.

Vol. 25,1 (May 1995). Contains among others, systematic studies in the genus Mohria (Pteridophyta: Anemiaceae). VI. Taxonomic review, by J.P. Roux; vegetation structure and small-scale pattern in Miombo Woodland, Marondera, Zimbabwe, by B.M. Campbell et al.; preliminary ethnobotanical studies of the Rwenzori Mountain forest area in Bundibugyo District, Uganda, by H. Oryem-Origa et al.; two FSA contributions. Price SADC R65,00/other countries $17.00.


Vol. 24,2 (Oct. 1994). Contains among others, studies in the Ericoideae (Ericaceae). XV. The generic relationship between Erica and Ericinella, by E.G.H. Oliver; an overview of Aspergillus (Hyphomycetes) and associated teleomorphs in southern Africa, by A. Louise Schutte; FSA contributions 1: Aquifoliaceae, by S. Andrews. Price SADC R65,00/other countries $17.00.

Vol. 24, 1 (May 1994). Contains among others, three new species of Serruria (Proteaceae) from the southwestern Cape, by J.P. Rourke; ferns and flowering plants of Klaserie Private Nature Reserve, eastern Transvaal: an annotated checklist, by N. Zambatis; names of the southern African species of Rhus (Anacardiaceae) and their etymology, by R.O. Moffett. Price SADC R65,00/other countries $17.00.

Vol. 23,2 (Oct. 1993). Contains among others, the vegetation ecology of municipal Durban, Natal, floristic classification, by D.C. Roberts; studies in the Marchantiales (Hepaticae) from southern Africa. 2. The genus Athalamia and A. spathysii; the genus Oxymitra and O. cristata, by S.M. Perold. Price SADC R65,00/other countries $17.00.

Vol. 23,1 (May 1993). Contains among others, studies in the Ericoideae, by E.G.H. Oliver; notes on hepatics, by S.M. Perold; new species in the Fabaceae, Oxalidaceae; first report on the presence of Enterobryus spp. (Trichomycetes), by G.J.M.A. Gorter; the vegetation of the southern Langeberg, Cape, by D.J. McDonald. Price SADC R65,00/other countries $17.00.

Vol. 22,1 (May 1992). Contains among others, an overview of Penicillium (Hyphomycetes) and associated teleomorphs in southern Africa, by L. Schutte; invasive alien woody plants of the eastern Cape, by L. Henderson. Price SADC R65,00/other countries $17.00

Vol. 21,2 (Oct. 1991). Contains among others, a new monotypic genus of the Amaryllidaceae, by D.A. Snijman. Price SADC R65,00/other countries $17.00.

Vol. 21,1 (May 1991). Contains among others, Erythrineae (Fabaceae) in southern Africa, by E.F. Hennessy; invasive alien woody plants of the Orange Free State, by L. Henderson. Price SADC R65,00/other countries $17.00.

Vol. 20,2 (Oct. 1990). Contains among others, ascospore development in Ceratocystis sensu lato (Fungi): a review, a checklist of Xhosa names of Transkei trees; a checklist of plants in the Karkloof Forest, KwaZulu-Natal; studies in the genus Riccia (Marchantiales); new species of Galenia, Ozoroa, Citrullus and Eragrostis., by P.W.J. van Wyk and M.J. Wingfield. Price SADC R65,00/other countries $17.00.

Vol. 20,1 (May 1990). Contains among others, studies in the genus Lotononis 13, by B-E. van Wyk. Price SADC R65,00/other countries $17.00.

Vol. 19,2 (Oct. 1989). Contains among others, observations on plant usage in Xhosa and Zulu medicine by A. Hutchings; invasive alien woody plants of Natal and the north-eastern Orange Free State, by L. Henderson. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3.00.

Vol. 19,1 (May 1989). Contains among others, studies in the genus Riccia from southern Africa 12, by S.M. Perold. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3.00.

Vol. 18,2 (Oct. 1988). Contains among others, a revision of the genus Prionanthium (Poaceae: Arundineae) by Gerrit Davidse; flora of the Zuurberg National Park, by B-E. van Wyk et al. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3.00.

Vol. 18,1 (May 1988). Contains among others, a synopsis of the tribe Desmodieae (Fabaceae) in southern Africa, by B.D. Schrire. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3.00.

Vol. 17,2 (Oct. 1987). Contains among others, preliminary floristic analysis of the major biomes in southern Africa, by G.E. Gibbs Russell. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3.00.

Vol. 17,1 (May 1987). Contains among others, various articles on the anatomy and taxonomy of Ehrharta (Poaceae); chromosome studies on African plants, by J.J. Spies et al. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3.00.

Vol. 16,1 (May 1986). Contains among others, the Eriosema squarrosum complex in southern Africa, by C.H. Stirton; a checklist of Pteridophyta of the north-eastern Orange Free State, by J.P. Roux. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3.00.

Vol. 16,2 (Oct. 1986). Containing among others, The biomes of the eastern Cape with emphasis on their conservation; studies in the genus Riccia (Marchantiales); leaf anatomy in the South African Danthonieae (Poaceae); chromosome studies on African plants.
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Vol. 15,3 & 4 (1985). Contains among others, conspectus of the African species of Restionaceae, by H.P. Linder; the genus Scleria in southern Africa by E.F. Franklin-Hennessy. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3.00.

Vol. 15,1 & 2 (1984). Contains among others, a phylogenetic classification of the genera of the African Restionaceae, by H.P. Linder. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3.00.

Vol. 14,3 & 4 (1983). Contains the Proceedings of the Xth AETFAT Congress held at the CSIR Conference Centre, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa, from 19-23 January 1982. All contributions with French abstract. 700 pp. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3.00.

Vol. 14,2 (1983). Contains among others, remote sensing and vegetation mapping in South Africa; studies in Mentha, Tetradenia and Otiophora; a study of wood use for fuel and building in Gazankulu.
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Vol. 14,1 (1982). Contains among others, meiotic studies of some South African cultivars of Lantana camara; the genera Ficinia, Medicago, Melica; leaf anatomy of the South African Danthonieae (Poaceae).
Price SADC R10.00/other countries $3.00.

Vol. 13,3 & 4 (1981). Contains among others, plants used by the Tsonga people of Gazankulu, by C.A. Liengme. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3.00.

Vol. 13,1 & 2 (1980). Contains among others, studies in the Ericoideae. III. The genus Grisebachia, by E.G.H. Oliver; Phytogeography of Capensis, by H.C. Taylor; obituaries of J.P.H. Acocks, A.W. Bayer and R.H. Compton. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3.00.


Vol. 12,2 (1977). Contains among others, leaf anatomy of the South African Danthonieae (Poaceae). 1. The genus Dregeochloa, by R.P. Ellis; automatic classification of the highveld grassland of Lichtenburg, south-western Transvaal, by J.W. Morris. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3.00.

Vol. 12,1 (1976). Contains among others, a procedure for standardizing comparative leaf anatomy in the Poaceae, by R.P. Ellis. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3.00.

Vol. 11,4 (1975). Contains among others, various articles on Acacia and Mimosa spp., by J.H. Ross and P.J. Robbertse; a west-east vegetation transect through Africa south of the tropic of Capricorn, by B.J. Coetzee & M.J.A. Werger. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3.00.

Vol. 11,3 (1974). Contains among others, on concepts and techniques applied in the Zürich-Montpellier method of vegetation survey, by M.J.A. Werger. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3.00.

Vol. 10,4 (1972). Contains among others, a new species of Encephalartos from Swaziland, by R.A. Dyer; a preliminary account of the dune communities at Pennington Park, Mtunzini, Natal, by E.J. Moll. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3.00.

Vol. 10,3 (1971). Contains among others, notes on fungi, by W.F.O. Marasas; notes on Acacia spp., by J.H. Ross; the flora of the Mariepskop Complex, by H.P. van der Schijff & E. Schoonraad. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3.00.

Vol. 10,2 (1971). Illtyd Buller Pole Evans (1879-1968), by M.D. Gunn; notes on Acacia spp., by J.H. Ross. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3.00.

Vol. 10,1 (1969). Contains among others, the South African species of Myrica, by D.J.B. Killick. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3.00.

Vol. 9,3 & 4 (1968). Contains the South African species of Kniphofia by L.E. Codd, 27 colour plates. 151 pp. Price SADC R30,00/other countries $8.00.

Vol. 9, 2 (1967). Contains among others, a revision of the African species of Epilobium (Onagraceae), by P.H. Raven; papers on red algae by R.H. Simons. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3.00.

Vol. 9,1 (1966). Mrs Reino Pott-Leendertz (1869-1965) and the Transvaal Museum Herbarium, by A.A. Obermeyer; various papers on Fungi. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3,00.

Vol. 8 Supplement No. 1 (1965). Flowers of the new decimal coins, richly illustrated and colloquially written, by Cythna Letty; plants which cause 'gousiekte' poisoning, by L.E. Codd & S. Voorendyk; field work is not all fun [memories of cycad collecting], by R.A. Dyer; life histories of F.Z. van der Merwe and Larry Leach, by I.C. Verdoorn and L.E. Codd respectively; and vegetative propagation of Proteaceae and Ericaceae by J. Admiraal. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3,00.

Vol. 8,3 (1965). The South African Stipeae and Aristideae (Gramineae) (An anatomical, cytological and taxonomic study), by B. de Winter (L.E. Codd, ed.). 194 pp. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3.00.

Vol. 8,2 (1964). Contains among others, the South African species of Dipcadi, by A.A. Obermeyer; notes on red algae, Plocamium, by R.H. Simons. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3.00.

Vol. 8,1 (1962). Contains the Cucurbitaceae of southern Africa, by A.D.J. Meeuse. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3.00.

Vol. 7,4 (1962). South African species of Anthericum, Chlorophytum and Trachyandra, by A.A. Obermeyer. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3.00.

Vol. 7,3 (1961). Contains among others, new species of Barleria (Acanthaceae), Zantedeschia (Araceae), Chironia (Gentianaceae), Streptocarpus (Gesneriaceae) etc. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3.00.

Vol. 7,2 (1960). Contains among others, virus diseases of lupins, cowpeas, peas and broad beans, by P.J. Klesser; leaf and culm anatomy of certain grass genera, by J.M.J. de Wet; the opening of the Pretoria National Botanic Garden, by R.A. Dyer. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3.00.

Vol. 7,1 (1958). Contains among others, the Albizia species of South Africa, by L.E. Codd. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3.00.

Vol. 6,4 (1957). The South African Convolvulaceae, by A.D.J. Meeuse. 151 pp. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3.00.

Vol. 6,3 (1956). Contains among others, notes on certain South African Erythrina species, by L.E. Codd; new Brachystelma spp., by R.A. Dyer. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3.00.

Vol. 6,2 (1954). Contains among others, the morphology and anatomy of Utricularia transrugosa Stapf, by J. Slinger; the genus Stereum in South Africa, by P.H.B. Talbot. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3.00.

Vol. 6,1 (1951). Contains among others, studies of some South African resupinate Hymenomycetes, by P.H.B. Talbot. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3.00.

Vol. 4,4 (1948). Contains among others, various articles on Fungi; a revision of the South African species of the genus Tephrosia, by H.M.L. Forbes. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3.00.

Vol. 4,3 (1948). Gasteromycetes of South Africa, by A.M. Bottomley. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3.00.

Vol. 4,2 (1942). Contains among others, a revision of the South African Microthyriaceae by Ethel M. Doidge. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3.00.

Vol. 4,1 (1941). Otto Kuntze type specimens of South African plants, by R.A. Dyer. Price SADC R10,00/other countries $3.00.

 

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