Floristics of the Dunbar Valley serpentinite site, Songimvelo Game Reserve, South Africa

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 271-285

  Changwe, Kunda ^a   Balkwill, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Checklist of flora; Endemism; Phytogeography; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ENDEMISM; FLORISTICS; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; SERPENTINITE; SPECIES INVENTORY;

AFRICA; DUNBAR VALLEY; MPUMALANGA; SONGIMVELO GAME RESERVE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

SENECIO;

EID: 0344152817     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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