The Sneeuberg: A new centre of floristic endemism on the Great Escarpment, South Africa

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 196-238

  Clark, V R ^a   Barker, N P ^a   Mucina, L ^b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Albany Centre of Endemism; Biogeography; Drakensberg Alpine Centre of Endemism; Floristic survey; Phytogeography; Sneeuberg Centre of Endemism

Indexed keywords

ENDEMISM; ESCARPMENT; FLORISTICS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LITERATURE REVIEW; OROGRAPHY; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; RANGE EXPANSION;

AFRICA; EASTERN CAPE; SNEEUBERG; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 63449108745     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2008.10.010     Document Type: Article

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