The flora of the south-western tip of southern Africa, the Cape flora, with some 9000 species
in an area of 90000 km2 is much more speciose than can be expected from its area or …

Systematic conservation planning is a branch of conservation biology that seeks to identify
spatially explicit options for the preservation of biodiversity. Alternative systems of …

Evergreen or deciduous shrubs, rarely scandent, lianes, or trees, epiphytic or not, or herbs,
rarely achlorophyllous and/or rhizomatous; hair roots present, with investing mycorrhizal …

Johnson, SD: Pollination, adaptation and speciation models in the Cape flora of South
Africa.–Taxon 45: 59‐66. 1996.–ISSN 0040‐0262. Recent species definitions have placed …

Post‐fire sprouting of dormant buds in resprouter plants is facilitated by stored carbohydrate
reserves, with starch being the critical reserve. Starch is mainly stored in xylem parenchyma …

The genus Erica L., with more than 600 species, and a high number of endemics, represents
the most remarkable example of floristic diversity in the Cape Floristic Region (CFR). It is …

The Rhododendroideae are usually recognized as a subfamily within Ericaceae. This group
has been considered primitive (ie, occupying the ancestral or basal position relative to all …

Aim The flora characteristic of the Cape Floristic Region (CFR) is dominated by a relatively
small number of clades that have been proposed as 'Cape clades'. These clades have …

The genus Erica (Ericeae, Ericoideae, Ericaceae) occurs in Europe, the Middle East, and
Africa. Southern Africa has the largest number of species, especially at the southern tip of …

Erica comprises~ 860 species of evergreen shrubs and trees ranged from Europe to
southern Africa and Madagascar. Wood structure of the around 20 European species is well …