A graphic tool for the identification of West African savannas trees

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Smithsonian Botanical Symposium 2005

"The Future of Floras : New Frameworks, New Technologies, New Uses"

A Graphic tool for the identification of

West African savannas trees

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Pierre Bonnet, Michel Arhonnier, Pierre Grard Cirad-Forêt / AMAP, Montpellier, France

• Identification tool based on a field guide to West African savannas trees (Arbonnier,2000).

Objectives:

• Capacity building in taxonomy

• Young seientist and natural resource managers training • Species identification for biodiversity studies

• Infonnation dissemination ~_.

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----• Many distribution maps. • lIIustrated definition ofbotanical tenns. • Species illustrated by 2000 photos. • Botanical description, different uses and

bibliographie

references for each specles.

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characters can be chosen in any order by users.

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• Identification based on vegetative and sexual characters, and

geographical position.

• Missing infonnation or data are pennitted.

• Identification tool applied to 360 species.

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Plans in development :

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Contacts: Address :

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Cirad-Forêt : TAf JO Campus lntemationaillaillargucl 34 398 Montpellier Cedex 5. France. (Phone: ()() 33 4 67 59 37 85).

Cirad-Amis : UMR AMAP. TAf40f P52. Boulevard de la Lironde 34 398 Montpellier, France (Phone: ()() 33 4 67 616536).