The flowering plants and ferns of Mozambique.
Primarily we deal with native and naturalised plants. In particular, the Pteridophyta (ferns and fern allies) and the Spermatophyta (seed-bearing plants). We have not covered mosses, liverworts, lichens, stoneworts or fungi.
With lower priority, we have also included some information on the cultivated plants of Mozambique but we have very little information on these at present.
As with the Flora of Zimbabwe site, the intention is eventually to create an online flora, comprising:
The site was started by Mark Hyde and Bart and Petra Wursten in 2007.
A more detailed history of the site, its development and contents may be found on the Site history page
Bart and Petra were employed from 2006-8 by the Carr Foundation to work in Gorongosa. During that period a great deal of information about Mozambican plants was accumulated and this web site provides a means of publishing that information in a relatively inexpensive way.
In addition, records and photographs have been supplied by Mrs Meg Coates Palgrave who has been recording trees and building a herbarium in Catapu.
Further interesting records have been supplied by Stefaan Dondeyne.Nominally, the site covers the whole of Mozambique. In practice, however, all the field work done by Bart, Petra and Meg was in the Manica and Sofala provinces (in effect the division MS of Flora Zambesiaca). There is little original information from anywhere else in Mozambique.
The site is entirely non-profit. Costs are borne by Mark and Bart; we receive no sponsorship or financial support at all.
Contributions are welcome. These might be in the form of images of Mozambican plants, assisting with writing up genera or species or the extraction of records. There is always a lot of work to be done and any help would be welcome and wil be acknowledged.