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Our collection of documents and journal articles about South African plants and related topics.
Veld & Flora
Veld & Flora is the journal of SANBI's partner, the Botanical Society of South Africa. The society has kindly given its permssion for the reproduction of selected articles from Veld&Flora to be displayed on this site. Copyright resides with the Botanical Society and anyone wishing to reproduce material from these journals is requested to contact them.
Veld & Flora 1999
by Cupido Christopher, Conrad Ferozah
In South Africa the bellflower or bluebell family, Campanulaceae, contains mostly herbs and, rarely, small shrubs and there are ten genera of which seven are endemic.
by Gess Sarah K.
There are about 200 known species of Wahlenbergia, of which nearly 150 occur in southern Africa, the greatest concentration of species being in the south-west.
by Van Jaarsveld Ernst
Part of a series of articles on indigenous plants for indoor use, this article focuses on bulbs.
by Reid Jill
The female Yellow Pansy's (Yellow Pansy) favourite larval host plant is Barleria pungens.
by Gibson Robert
South Africa’s diverse collection of carnivorous plants includes approximately 24 varieties of sticky-leafed Drosera (sundew), 15 species of Utricularia (bladderwort), the monotypic Aldrovanda vesiculosa and Genlisea hispidula.
by Duncan Graham
Severe habitat loss from agricultural expansion and indiscriminate picking of flowers has made Sandersonia aurantiaca a rare sight in the world today.
by Van Jaarsveld Ernst
There are many attractive indigenous climbers, adapted to the vagaries of the South African climate, suitable for low maintenance gardens and attractive to birds and local wildlife.
by Gess Sarah
The Nama people collect the flowers of Codon royenii as a delicacy, attracted by the copious sweet nectar.
by February Ed
Tree ring research was developed in the United States by Edward Douglas on Ponderosa pine (Pinus Ponderosa), and as cedars and yellowwoods are also gymnosperms, South African research focused on these species.
by Ralph Peckover
A report gave two main reasons for the decline and demise of E. perangusta: Drought along with the porcupines who would chew at the base of the plant and a caterpillar that bored into the stems and killed the plant.