Strid, A. 2024: Atlas of the Hellenic Flora. – Broken Hill Publishers, Nicosia, Cyprus.
3 volumes, 2,138 pages in the format 30 x 30 cm, total weight 10.8 kilos
This work summarizes more than two centuries of floristic exploration of Greece, in which the author has participated for the last 59 years. Volumes one and two comprise detailed distribution maps for all species of vascular plants in Greece (5,618 maps in all). The maps have been generated from the Flora Hellenica Database which was started in 1988 and now comprises more than one million geo-referenced and quality-controlled records. The individual distribution maps are 118 × 118 mm; in addition to dots they contain a short description as well as information on flowering time, altitude, chorology, life form and ecology. Volume three contains taxonomic comments (78 pages), a bibliography of 16,108 titles, a photo appendix of 268 full-page colour plates (with 12 photos per page) and Index to Scientific Names (61 pages). The work can be ordered directly from Broken Hill Publishing Co. (cp
brokenhill [dot] com [dot] cy) or from major booksellers such as Koeltz. The sales price is 260 Euros.
Atlas of the Aegean Flora by the same author (2016) is still available from the publisher – see www.bgbm.org/englera. It comprises 2 volumes (1,578 pages) with detailed distribution maps and brief descriptions of all species and subspecies of vascular plants recorded from the Aegean islands.