Fabaceae / Papilionaceae

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It took almost three years of field work by the plant scientists of WWF – Pakistan’s
Indus for All Programme in collaboration with botanists from Karachi University to
gather data, collect specimens, photograph specimens and render illustrations of
those specimens whose pictures were not available. The researchers were ably
supported by many others who provided different kinds of assistance during the
compilation of this study.
The compilation of this field guide was made possible by the detailed ecological
Baseline Studies the Indus for All Programme undertook over five selected sites:
Keti Bunder (coastal and deltaic ecosystem in Thatta District), Keenjhar Lake
(freshwater ecosystem in Thatta District), Pai Forest (forest ecosystem in Shaheed
Benazirabad District), Chotiari Reservoir (freshwater-desert ecosystem in Sanghar
District) and Keti Shah (riverine ecosystem in Sukkur District).
The authors gratefully acknowledge the efforts of Mr. Imran, post-graduate student
University of Karachi; Drs. Abdul Khaliq and Rehmatullah Qureshi, Arid Agriculture
University and Mr. Babar Khan, Head WWF Northern Areas at Gilgit for their help in
the field.
We would also like to express our sincere appreciation for Mr. Shakil Khaskheli from
Shah Abdul Latif University Khairpur who not only photographed many plants
species, developed illustrations of those plants whose pictures were unavailable but
also entertained all of us in the field with his musical talents. We would also like to
thank a number of university interns for their help in compiling the study under our
guidance.
Finally, this study would not have been possible without the support of the Indus for
All Programme’s staff who made the necessary arrangements to ease our difficult
field work and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for their financial
help.
Authors
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