The African Plant Database lists 65,000 species of flowering plants, ferns and conifers found on the African continent and Madagascar. Since 2006, every plant species ever documented in Africa and ...
In July 2024, delegates at the International Botanical Congress in Madrid voted to replace the word caffra and its derivatives in more than 200 plants, fungi and algae species. Many African plant ...
The International Botanical Congress voted to change a scientific name belonging to hundreds of plant species because it was offensive in southern Africa. By Clarissa Brincat In July, plant scientists ...