Flora Zambesica Volume One – Part One – Mozambique Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Bechuanaland Protectorate

Accession Number	AA-WEB-0067
Author / Creator	Edited by A. W. Exell (British Museum, Natural History) and H. Wild, with J. P. M. Brennan (Kew) and F. A. Mendonça (Junta de Investigações do Ultramar, Lisbon), on behalf of the Editorial Board
Publisher	Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations, London
Year	1960
Record Type	Book
Collection	Website Only
Subject	Botany
Geography	Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Access Status	In House — Abantu Archives, Harare

Archival Significance

Volume One, Part One of the landmark Flora Zambesica series, a comprehensive multi-volume botanical survey of the territories once covered by the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, together with Mozambique and Portuguese East Africa, produced through collaboration between the British Museum (Natural History) and Kew.

Institutional Context

Published by the Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations on behalf of an international Editorial Board spanning British and Portuguese colonial scientific institutions, reflecting the cross-territorial scientific infrastructure the Federation briefly enabled.

Content Summary

Presents the first volume, first part, of a systematic botanical survey of the flora across the Zambesi basin territories.

Research Utility

A foundational reference for botanical and ecological researchers of the region, and, given its multi-territorial scope, useful for tracing how Federation-era scientific collaboration extended beyond the Federation’s own political lifespan.

Abantu Archives Note

Held in-house.