A Field Guide to the (Wetter) Zambian Miombo Woodland. 2 vols. 2020. illus. 1022 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.

This compilation of photographs, collections and expertise gathered over the past 25 years describes the miombo woodland, the threats it is facing and contains descriptions of 143 families, 611 genera and 1634 species found within the Mutinondo Wilderness Area of northern Zambia.

Species descriptions include habit, height, flower colour, key characteristics (underlined), distribution, habitat, altitude and flowering time. Of the 1634 species descriptions, 1618 are accompanied by 3 to 8 photographs each (of the balance, 9 descriptions have 2 photos each, 2 are with only one and 2 are lacking). The family and genera descriptions include only the key characteristics for each. Photos within the photographic key in part 1 are mostly arranged in colour order of distinctive flowers, fruit, leaves and thorns. These are all divided into the following habits: ferns; sedges and grasses; creepers, climbers and lianas; herbs and subshrubs; trees and shrubs.