Glossary of botanical terms in French and English Registry of African Botanists
	Gabon: Garden researchers currently collect and bioprospect in areas where little or no botanical work has been previously done. Significant support has been obtained for the National Herbarium of Gabon in Libreville for improvement of the herbarium, coordination of the Premier Atelier sur la Flore du Gabon and training of herbarium staff in France and the United States. News From MO 2001 Checklist of the Lopé-Okanda Reserve PHOTO ESSAYS: Gabon: Collecting for the Future	Combretum racemosum P. Beauv. Collected near Ogooué-Ivindo, Gabon.
	Kenya: Plant Conservation Assessment in the Eastern Arc Mountains and Coastal Forests of Tanzania and Kenya
	Madagascar: Download Madagascar Wildlife and Natural History Posters: The posters listed below are available for free download, printing and display. Any other use or sale must be approved by David Parks (drparks@stanford.edu). If you have any problems downloading or printing these posters or if you have suggestions for improvements, etc., contact David Parks. The posters are designed to be printed as 20x30 inch vertical/portrait format. Bizarre "tsingy" landscape and huge caves of the Ankarana Reserve - 1.2Mb PDF Document A Crowned Lemur watches us from just overhead - .25Mb PDF Document Colorful and camoflage geckoes - .75Mb PDF Document Golden frog and hidden frog - .83Mb PDF Document Thorn spider and Lynx spider - .45Mb PDF Document Panther Chameleon - .32Mb PDF Document Tiny and beautifully patterned chameleons - .83Mb PDF Document Madagascar Tree Boa and red snake - .87Mb PDF Document Red spiral milliped - .43Mb PDF Document Orange and white frog and one similar to "poison arrow" frogs - .66Mb PDF Document Colorful Day Gecko and spiny Iguanid lizard - .60Mb PDF Document Eyespot caterpillar and spiny pastel caterpillar - .43Mb PDF Document Horned and metallic tortoise beetles - .61Mb PDF Document Leaf-like Praying Mantis and Ant Lion - .53Mb PDF Document Rosy Flatid bugs and Assassin bug - .76Mb PDF Document Striped Mongoose and Common Tenrec - .87Mb PDF Document Severe erosion and forest destruction - 1.02Mb PDF Document Birds: eagle, kestrel, paradise flycatcher, couas - .74Mb PDF Document Spiny forest vegetation and hissing cockroach - .90Mb PDF Document Rainforest vegetation - 1.00Mb PDF Document Fun Facts about Madagascar - 1.9Mb PDF Document A resident botanist is stationed in the capital, Antananarivo. Garden scientists are computerizing information on the island nation's 10,000 to 12,000 species of vascular plants. A Red Data Book is in preparation to provide information on plants of special conservation importance. A multi-tiered botanical training program continues, with a network of local collectors working in parks and reserves. An inventory of mosses is underway.	Atemnosiphon coriaceus (Leandri) Leandri Collected near Antsiranana, Madagascar.
	Ravintsara...a newsletter on Malagasy plants and their conservation Volume 1, Issue 1 - PDF Document Volume 1, Issue 2 - PDF Document Volume 1, Issue 3 - PDF Document Volume 1, Issue 4 - PDF Document Volume 1, Issue 5 - PDF Document Volume 2, Issue 1 - PDF Document Volume 2, Issue 2 - PDF Document Volume 2, Issue 3 - PDF Document Volume 2, Issue 4 - PDF Document Volume 3, Issue 1 - PDF Document Volume 3, Issue 2 - PDF Document Volume 3, Issue 3 - PDF Document Volume 3, Issue 4 - PDF Document Volume 4, Issue 1 - PDF Document Volume 4, Issue 2 - PDF Document News From MO 2001 Madagascar Gazetteer to Botanical Collecting Localities Conspectus of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar Rediscovering Lost Species, a paper presented at the ICSEB VI Meetings, 9-16 September 2002, Patras, Greece. The Classification of Natural and Anthropogenic Vegetation in Madagascar Malagasy/Indo-Australo-Malesian Phytogeographic Connections Biodiversity Utilization in Madagascar Generic Tree Flora of Madagascar [MBG Press] Madagascar's Littoral Forests Catalogue of Vascular Plants: a project to compile an online database and printed catalogue. Introduction to the Madagascar Catalogue The Madagascar Catalogue Eflora Republic of Congo: The Garden has worked to improve the herbarium facilities in Brazzaville and conducted inventories of key protected areas.	Generic Tree Flora of Madagascar Written by George Schatz, MBG.
	Southern Africa: Inventories and studies of Iridaceae, the iris family, and related families have been underway for many years. A moss flora of the region is nearing completion. The Prosoeca peringueyi (Diptera: Nemestrinidae) pollination guild in southern Africa: long-tongued flies and their tubular flowers Pollination biology of Lapeirousia subgenus Lapeirousia (Iridaceae) in southern Africa; floral divergence and adaptation for long-tongued fly-pollination Plant diversity of the Cape region of Southern Africa - Peter Goldblatt and John C. Manning Cape Plants: A Conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa [MBG Press] The Moraeas of Southern Africa [MBG Press]
	Tanzania: Researchers have prepared botanical inventories of several areas, and collecting continues in various sites. Images from the Tanzania Botanical Training Programme Plant Conservation Assessment in the Eastern Arc Mountains and Coastal Forests of Tanzania and Kenya	Plant material collected by Garden researchers in Tanzania for pharmaceutical screening by the National Cancer Institute.
	Zambia: Garden researchers and Zambian colleagues have collected information on plant diversity and how local inhabitants use plants. The project led to improvements in the infrastructure of Zambian herbaria and provided training opportunities to Zambian botanists.
	Sub-saharan Africa: An inventory of mosses of the region is in progress. See also: NEWS FROM MO: Africa and Madagascar PHOTO ESSAYS: Madagascar Biodiversity and Conservation MBG PRESS: African Publications	Madagascar Photo Essay Home Page
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