Part of a series on the flora of tropical East Africa, this work considers Hydrostachyace. The flora should be a useful reference for anyone concerned with the identification and utilization of plants in eastern Africa. Each family is published as a separate part. New parts are published annually.

Flora of Tropical East Africa - Aristolochiace (1986) was prepared at the Royal Botanic Gardens/Kew with the assistance from the East African Herbarium. The Aristolochiaceae are a family, the birthwort family, of flowering plants with seven genera and about 400 known species belonging to the order Piperales.

Flora of Tropical East Africa - Palmae (1986)was prepared at the Royal Botanic Gardens/Kew with the assistance from the East African Herbarium. Palmae can be classed as trees to shrublets and climbers that are armed or unarmed, with woody stems, very short to immensely tall, sometimes climbing, solitary or clustered smooth or covered with leaf-base remains or leaf-sheaths.

Part of a series on the flora of tropical East Africa, this work considers Araceae. The flora is prepared at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in close collaboration with East African Herbarium and in liaison with the University of Dar es Salaam, the University of Nairobi and the Makerere University. Significant contributions are also made by specialists from elsewhere. The flora should be a useful reference for anyone concerned with the identification and utilization of plants in eastern Africa. Each family is published as a separate part. New parts are published annually.

This book is a comprehensive review of the genera of Hydrocharitaceae, a flowering plant family, found in tropical East Africa. It presents information on their character, occurrence, habitat, phenotypic variations and distribution of each of the species under these genera.