Association for the Taxonomic Study of the Flora of Tropical Africa explained

Association pour l’Etude Taxonomique de la Flore d’Afrique Tropicale
Formation:	1951
Area Served:	Tropical Africa
Website:	http://www.aetfat.org/

The Association pour l’Etude Taxonomique de la Flore d’Afrique Tropicale (AETFAT) is a scientific association for the study of the flora of Tropical Africa.^[1] Other names for the organization are the Association for the Taxonomic Study of the Flora of Tropical Africa and Verband für die Taxonomische Untersuchung der Flora des Tropischen Afrikas. The association was planned by Edgar Milne-Redhead (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), Arthur Wallis Exell (British Museum), and Jean Joseph Gustave Léonard (Meise Botanic Garden) in 1949^[2] and established at the Université libre de Bruxelles in 1951. A meeting, called a Congress, is held every three years, the latest one occurring in June and July 2022 in Livingstone, Zambia.^[3]

AETFAT has sponsored a vegetation map of Africa.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: AETFAT: About . 31 July 2022.
2. Brenan . J. P. M. . Edgar Milne-Redhead . Kew Bulletin . 1971 . 26 . 1 . 1-3 . 31 July 2022.
3. Web site: AETFAT: Venue and Dates . 31 July 2022.
4. White . F. . The AETFAT Chorological Classification of Africa: History, Methods and Applications . Bulletin du Jardin botanique National de Belgique . 1993 . 62 . 1/4 . 225-281 . 10.2307/3668279 . 31 July 2022.