Volume 35(2)

The Ethiopian Flora Project 1980-2009

Exploration, collaboration, inspiration

Dedicated to Olov Hedberg

Edited by Inga Hedberg and Eva Persson

Uppsala 2011

Preface
Inga Hedberg
7-8

The research and supervision by Olov Hedberg in African botany — extended effects also in Scandinavia
Inger Nordal
9-18

The Ethiopian Flora Project — the Uppsala perspective
Inga Hedberg
19-26

The Ethiopian Flora Project — the Addis Ababa perspective
Sebsebe Demissew
27-44

Botanical collecting activity in the area of the Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea during the "motor period"
Ib Friis
45-68

Swedish contributions to the exploration of African plant life
Bengt Jonsell
69-78

Ogaden — still terra incognita?
Mats Thulin
79-94

Lilies in the Horn of Africa — notes on endemism
Inger Nordal
95-106

New additions to the Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea in the families Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae (Leguminosae), Lamiaceae, Campanulaceae, Eriocaulaceae and Poaceae
Ib Friis, Sylvia M. Phillips, Michael G. Gilbert, Gill Challen, Brian Schrire, Sebsebe Demissew and Sally Bidgood
107-128

Grasses and grasslands in Ethiopia and Eritrea
Sylvia M. Phillips
129-140

Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea and Flora of Tropical East Africa — cross-pollination, overlap and some notes on endemism
Henk Beentje
141-160

The contribution of the Florentine collections to the knowledge of the Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea
Riccardo M. Baldini
161-172

The contribution by Dutch botanists to the taxonomic (and agronomic) botany of Ethiopia
Jos van der Maesen and Jan Wieringa
173-180

The role of the Ethiopian Flora Project in the establishment of the first botanic garden in Ethiopia
Ensermu Kelbessa
181-188

The Ethiopian Flora Project: a springboard to other projects
Sebsebe Demissew, Christian Brochmann, Ensermu Kelbessa, Ib Friis, Inger Nordal, Sileshi Nemomissa, Tadesse Woldermariam, Tamrat Bekele, Zemede Asfaw and Zerihun Woldu
189-216

Passing on the torch after 30 years of Flora work — a personal view
Mesfin Tadesse
217-228

Knowledge of Africa's rich plant biodiversity as a basis for the ecological intensification of agriculture and protecting biodiversity
Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher and Sue Edwards
229-250