Plants and vegetation of NW Ethiopia : a new look at Rodolfo E.G. Pichi Sermolli's results from the "Missione di Studio al Lago Tana," 1937 /

Pichi Sermolli's work with his more than 2750 collections of plants from nearly 150 localities on the Lake Tana expedition in Ethiopia in 1937 was interrupted by World War II, but completed in 1947 at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and the British Museum (Natural History), UK. It resulted in p...

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Main Authors: Friis, Ib (Author), Sebsebe Demissew (Author), Breugel, Paulo van (Author), Weber, Odile (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Firenze, Italy : Firenze University Press, 2022
Series:Studi e saggi (Florence, Italy) ; 240
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