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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 2005
by Davidoff Sue, Struthers Keith, Van Jaarsveld Ernst
In the rolling foothills of the Langeberg Mountains you come across the gently vauIted roof of the Towerland Retreat. Shaped like an inverted basket woven from arching poles and thatch, it rests on the curved rock walls, half dug into the hillside and is covered with earth and plants.
by Van Jaarsveld Ernst et al
Intrepid botanical exploration in the inaccessible, steep-sided river gorge in the Kaokoveld.
by Duncan John, Hoffman Timm, Rohde Rick
Old photos of giant quiver trees help botanists understand why these aloes are disappearing.
by Ebrahim Ismail, Von Witt Caitlin, Cohen Callan
A look at the plight of the peacock moraeas.
by Krige Alicia, Van Wyk Braam
A look at Harveya pumila. These pretty pink flowers are complete root parasites and, having no leaves of their own, rely on their host for water as well as both organic and inorganic nutrition.
by Craib Charles
During late May 2005 an unusual Ornithogalum species was found amongst short grass and calcrete pebbles in an area of gently sloping ground in Leeupan, immediately north of Barberspan.
by Scott Gill
The story of a remarkable Zimbabwean botanical artist and ethno-botanist.