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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
by Van Jaarsveld Ernst
An article on indigenous plants for indoors.
by Van Jaarsveld Ernst
The first in a series of articles on indigenous plants for indoor use.
by Nicolson Sue, Van Wyk Ben-Erik
Analysis of the sugars found in in the nectar of more than 100 Proteaceae species gives researchers some interesting results.
by Maneveldt Gavin W.
Sundews have resorted to an insectivorous way of life in order to obtain the valuable nitrogen that is not available in the soil in which they grow.
by Gess Sarah, Gess Fred, Gess Robert
Pollination strategies of two members of the genus Tylecodon in Namaqualand.
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.