Succulent flora of Southern Africa. A comprehensive and authoritative guide to the indigenous succulents of South Africa, Botswana, South-West Africa/Namibia, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe/Rhodesia & Mozambique de Court, Doreen

(Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1981) 0869611216. Title continues: incorporating the latest research and changes in nomenclature. Dustwrapper title reads 'Succulent Flora of Southern Africa: A comprehensive and authoritative guide to 164 genera in nine family groups'. 4to; original green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, and with gilt device to upper cover; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xvi + 224; maps; monochrome photographs and line drawings in text; full-colour plates. Dustwrapper quite foxed, some light foxing also to endpapers, outermost leaves and edges; earlier owner's name signed on front free endpaper. Very good condition, in a good dustwrapper. "This is the first comprehensive work on the southern African succulents as a whole: it was conceived in 1974 and is planned as an authoritative reference work for the use of botanists, horticulturists, collectors, amateur gardeners, and the many knowledgeable enthusiasts. The book covers the southern African indigenous succulent flora, and is an up-to-date (1980) account of recently named and revised species. The genera covered include: Euphorbia, Mesembryanthemum and its many allies, Crassula, Adenia, Adenium, Welwitschia, Anacampseros, Aloe, Haworthia, Stapelia and allied genera. In all, the work covers a total of 164 genera. The text has been prepared in conjunction with research at the leading herbaria in southern Africa, and has involved extensive travelling by the author." .