New plant records for Tankwa Karoo National Park, South Africa

dc.contributor.authorBester, S.P. (Stoffel Petrus)
dc.contributor.authorKlopper, Ronell Renett
dc.contributor.authorSteyn, Hester Maria
dc.contributor.authorBezuidenhout, Hugo
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-22T07:17:14Z
dc.date.available2013-04-22T07:17:14Z
dc.date.issued2012-11-12
dc.description.abstractThe 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 (SANParks) Programme, a component of the Pretoria National Herbarium (PRE) Plant Collecting Programme. This programme not only aims to survey national parks that have been poorly surveyed, but also inadequately known taxa, unique habitats, remote and inaccessible areas and plant species flowering at irregular times, especially after events such as fire or unusual timing of, or high, rainfall. General collecting in the Tankwa Karoo National Park has already led to the description of two new taxa, from two families. It furthermore resulted in new distribution records for the park and for the Northern Cape Province. These are reported on here. Conservation implications: Although the Tankwa Karoo National Park falls within the Succulent Karoo Biome (a biodiversity hotspot of international importance), information on its plant diversity is insufficient because it is an under-collected area. Results of this study will guide conservation and supply occurrence and distribution data required to compile management plans for the park.en_US
dc.description.librarianam2013en_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.koedoe.co.zaen_US
dc.format.extent9 pagesen_US
dc.format.mediumPDFen_US
dc.identifier.citationBester, SP, Klopper, RR, Steyn, HM & Bezuidenhout, H, 2012, ‘New plant records for Tankwa Karoo National Park, South Africa’, Koedoe 54(1), Art. #1066, 9 pages. http://dx.DOI.org/ 10.4102/koedoe.v54i1.1066en_US
dc.identifier.issn0075-6458 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2071-0771 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/koedoe.v54i1.1066
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/21344
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAOSIS Open Journalsen_US
dc.rights© 2012. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS OpenJournals. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_US
dc.subjectTankwa Karoo National Parken_US
dc.subjectBiodiversity hotspoten_US
dc.subjectConservation managementen_US
dc.titleNew plant records for Tankwa Karoo National Park, South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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