Field Guide Of Common Grasses Of Madagascar

An easy-to-use bilingual field guide in English and Malagasy on the grasses of Madagascar. 

Field Guide to the Grasses of Madagascar is the first photographic compilation of information on Madagascar’s Poaceae, featuring around half of the known grass species on the island. Compiled by a team of Malagasy and international botanists led by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Kew Madagascar, and partner institutions, it consolidates expert-generated and expert-verified information in Malagasy and English.

This book contains information on 269 species of grasses, with a general introduction and an index to Malagasy common names in addition to Latin names. The book also provides a critical foundation to the ongoing work of assessing the current biodiversity, distribution, uses, and evolution of the island’s grass flora. 

Nantenaina H. Rakotomalala holds an MSc degree and is a specialist in grasses. Based as a botanist at the Madagascar office of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, she has experience in field data collection and databasing.

Fenitra H. Randrianarimanana is a passionate botanist from Madagascar, specializing in plant systematics and sustainable management. She is a junior botanist at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Madagascar. 

Rafael Felipe de Almeida holds a PhD in botany from the Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana and is associate professor at Wits University. He previously worked as a research assistant at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.