Description: Grasses comprise one of the largest plant families on Earth. This illustrated guide describes 100 species of common, ecologically important, or remarkable grasses found in East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi). Each species is described in detail and information about its distribution, habitat, ecology, and uses is given.
Brief description: Dino J. Martins, an entomologist and evolutionary biologist, is widely known as East Africa's 'Dudu Man' (Dudu is the Swahili word for insect). Dr Martins holds a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology from Harvard University. He is a prolific writer and is currently Chair of the Insect Committee of Nature Kenya, and The East Africa Natural History Society and is winner of the 2015 Whitley Gold Award for conservation.