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Grasses of Southern Africa stands as a landmark in botanical literature — a definitive source for anyone engaged in the study, classification, or management of Africa’s diverse and ecologically significant grass flora.
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Grasses of Southern Africa by G. E. Gibbs Russell, L. Watson, M. Koekemoer, L. Smook, N. P. Barker, H. M. Anderson, and M. J. Dallwitz was published in 1990 by the National Botanic Gardens, Botanical Research Institute, as Memoir No. 58 of the Botanical Survey of South Africa. This substantial 437-page reference work remains one of the most comprehensive and authoritative studies of the Poaceae family within the southern African region.
Intended as both a research tool and field reference, the volume provides detailed taxonomic keys, morphological descriptions, and classification data for hundreds of grass species found in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, and Eswatini. It integrates traditional botanical observation with early computer-assisted data retrieval systems, reflecting a pioneering approach to digital taxonomy in the late twentieth century. Richly illustrated with line drawings and distribution information, it is invaluable to botanists, ecologists, agricultural scientists, and conservationists.
G. E. Gibbs Russell, a leading figure in South African grass systematics, and her collaborators compiled this volume as the cornerstone of regional grass taxonomy. Grasses of Southern Africa stands as a landmark in botanical literature — a definitive source for anyone engaged in the study, classification, or management of Africa’s diverse and ecologically significant grass flora.
