Van Elst, Daan; Van Wyk, Braam; Schultz, Anitra; Prinsen, Els(Elsevier, 2013-01)
Plant poisoning of livestock is responsible for considerable economic losses in southern Africa.
Six plant species of the Rubiaceae family are known to cause gousiekte, a cardiac syndrome of
ruminants induced by ingestion ...
Aveling, Terry A.S.; Govender, V.; Kandolo, D.S.; Kritzinger, Q.(Cambridge University Press, 2012)
The quality of seed is dependent on two very broad aspects: how healthy (disease-free) a seed is and its field
performance (germination and vigour). The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effect of ...
Victor, J.E.; Mashau, A.C.; Ngobeni, V.J.(National Botanical Institute, 2012-01-13)
Agrostis eriantha Hack. (1904) is a tufted, rhizomatous
perennial that grows in wetlands of Swaziland,
Lesotho, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Free State,
KwaZulu-Natal, and Eastern Cape. This relatively
rare grass ...
The Tankwa Karoo National Park has been enlarged from 27 064 ha to 143 600 ha. This whole area is severely under-collected for plants in general and therefore it was an obvious target for the South African National Parks ...
Various nomenclatural aspects pertaining to author citations, orthography and
the validity of names in the genus Calvatia, and, in one instance, Bovista, are discussed. The
name Calbovista subsculpta var. fumosa is ...