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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 2006
by Marais Karen, Maneveldt Gavin W.
Spring wildflowers on public open spaces need to be properly conserved.
by De Wet Laigh-Ann R., Barker Nigel P., Peter Craig I.
An interesting herbivore-plant relationship.
by Yamamura Kyoto
The structure of the dark spot of Gorteria diffusa, the beetle daisy.
by Louw Rhoda, Huntly Philippa
Sustainable harvesting of wild rooibos, Aspalathus linearis, now an internationally renowned choice health beverage.
by Howell Mike
Observations on an interesting fungus, Aseroe rubra, that breaks down plant litter into humus.
by McMaster Cameron
A newly described species of Ceropegia from the Eastern Cape.
by Foxcroft Llewellyn, Cilliers Carina, Mngomezulu Vusi, MacFadyen Sandra, Freitag-Ronaldson Stefanie
Biological control of invasive water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) in the Kruger National Park.
by Liltved William
Flowering plants of this species were first noticed on the southern Cape Peninsula on 26 October, 2004.
by Liltved William
Observations of the wire orchid or kapotjie, Disa longipetala (Lindl.) Bolus, from the Western Cape.
by Wester Petra, Claßen-Bockhoff Regine, Van Jaarsveld Ernst J.
Two species of Salvia join Salvia africana-Iutea as the only three species in the 'Old World' to be exclusively pollinated by birds.