62
Views
18
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

The bryofloristic regions of southern Africa

&
Pages 80-91 | Published online: 18 Jul 2013

References

  • Argent GCG. 1979. The systematics of tropical mosses. In: Clarke GCS, Duckett JG, eds. Bryophyte systematics. London: Academic Press, 285–193.
  • Beentje HJ, Adams B, Davis D. 1994. Regional overview: Africa. In: Davis SD, Heywood VH, Hamilton AC, eds. Centres of plant diversity. A guide and strategy for their conservation. Vol. 1. Cambridge: IUCN Publications unit, 227–235.
  • Birks HJB, 1987. Recent methodological developments in quantitative descriptive biogeography. Annales Zoologi Fennici 24: 165–178.
  • Bond P, Goldblatt P. 1984. Plants of the Cape flora: a descriptive catalogue. Journal of South African Botany 13 (Suppl.): 1–455.
  • Buck WR, Thiers BM. 1989. Review of bryological studies in the tropics. In: Campbell DG, Hammond HD, eds. Floristic invontories of tropical countries. New York: New York Botanical Garden, 484–493
  • Buck WR, Vitt DH. 1986. Suggestions for a new familial classification of pleurocarpous mosses. Taxon 35: 21–60.
  • Carbutt C, Edwards TJ. 2004. The flora of the Drakensberg Alpine Centre. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 60: 581–607.
  • Carbutt C, Edwards TJ. 2006. The endemic and near-endemic angiosperms of the Drakensberg Alpine Centre. South African Journal of Botany 72: 105–132.
  • Churchill SP, Griffm BI D, Lewis, M. 1995. Moss diversity of the tropical Andes. In: Churchill SP, Balslev H, Forero E, Luteyn L, eds. Biodiversity and conservation of neotropical montane forests. New York: The New York Botanical Garden, pp. 335–346.
  • Cowling RM. 1983. Phytochorology and vegetation history in the south-eastern Cape, South Africa. Journal of Biogeography 10: 393–419.
  • Cowling RM, Hilton-Taylor C. 1997. Phytogeography, flora and endemism. In: Cowling RM, Richardson DM, Pierce SM, eds. Vegetation of southern Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 43–61.
  • Cowling RM, Pressey RL, Lombard AT, Desmet PG, Ellis AG. 1999. From representation to persistence: requirements for a sustainable system of conservation areas in the species-rich mediterranean-climate desert of southern Africa. Diversity and Distributions 5: 51–71.
  • Cowling RM, Richardson DM, Pierce SM, eds. 1997. Vegetation of southern Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Cowling RM, Rundel PW, Desmet PG, Eskr KJ. 1998. Extraordinary high regional-scale diversity in southern African arid lands: subcontinental and global comparisons. Diversity and Distributions 4: 27–36.
  • Denys E. 1980. A tentative phytogeographical division of tropical Africa based on a mathematical analysis of distribution maps. Bulletin Jardin Botanique Notational de Belgique 50: 465–504.
  • Ebach MC, Morrone JJ, Parenti LR, Viloria AL. 2008. International Code of Area Nomenclature. Journal of Biogeography 35: 1153–1157.
  • Edwards D, Leistner OA. 1971. A degree reference system for citing biological records in southern Africa. Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung München 10: 501–509.
  • Gauch HG, Whittaker RH. 1981. Hierarchical classification of community data. Journal of Ecology 69: 537–557.
  • Goldblatt P. 1978. An analysis of the flora of southern Africa: its characteristics, relationships, and origins. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 65: 369–436.
  • Goldblatt P, Manning J. 2000. Cape plants: a conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Pretoria: National Botanical Institute of South Africa, and St. Louis: MBG Press.
  • Hammerbeck ECI, Allcock RJ. 1985. Geological map of southern Africa. Pretoria: The Geological Society of South Africa.
  • Hedderson TA, Zander RH. 2007. Ludorugbya springbokorum (Pottiaceae) a new moss genus and species from the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Journal of Bryology 29: 222–227.
  • Hedderson TA, Zander RH. 2008a. Vrolijkheidia circumscissa (Pottiaceae), a new moss genus and species from the Succulent Karoo of South Africa. Journal of Bryology 30: 143–146.
  • Hedderson TA, Zander RH. 2008b. Algaria nataliei (Pottiaceae), a new moss genus and species from the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Journal of Bryology 30: 192–195.
  • Hill MO. 1979. TWINSPAN: a FORTRAN program for arranging multivariate data in an ordered two-way table by classification of individuals and attributes. Ithaca: Cornell University.
  • Hilton-Taylor C. 1987. Phytogeography and origins of the Karoo flora. In: Cowling RM, Roux PW, eds. The Karoo Biome: a preliminary synthesis, Part 2 - vegetation and history. Pretoria: FRD, 70–95.
  • Hilton-Taylor C. 1994. Western Cape Domain (Succulent Karoo). In: Davis SD, Heywood VH, Hamilton AC, eds. Centres of plant diversity. A guide and strategy for their conservation, Vol. 1. Cambridge: IUCN Publications unit, 204–217.
  • Hilton-Taylor C. 1996. Patterns and characteristics of the Succulent Karoo Biome, southern Africa. In: van der Maesen LJG, van der Burgt XM, van Medenbach de Rooy JM, eds. The biodiversity of African plants. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 58–72.
  • Hilton-Taylor C, Le Roux A. 1989. Conservation status of the Fynbos and Karoo biomes. In: Huntley BJ, ed. Biotic diversity in southern Africa: concepts and conservation. Cape Town: Oxford University Press, 202–223.
  • Jiirgens N. 1991. A new approach to the Namib Region. I: phytogeographic subdivision. Vegetatio 97: 21–38.
  • Killick DJB. 1963. An account of the vegetation of the Cathedral Peak area of the Natal Drakensberg. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 34: 1–178.
  • Killick DJB. 1978. The Afro-Alpine Region. In: Werger MJA, ed. Biogeography and ecology of southern Africa. The Hague: W. Junk, 515–560.
  • Killick DJB. 1990. A field guide to the flora of the Natal Drakensberg. Pretoria: Ball and Donkers.
  • Killick DJB. 1994. Drakensberg Alpine Region. In: Davis SD, Heywood VH, Hamilton AC, eds. Centres of plant diversity. A guide and strategy for their conservation, Vol. 1. Cambridge: IUCN Publications unit, 257–260.
  • Killick DJB. 1997. Alpine tundra of southern Africa. In: Wielgolaski FE, ed. Ecosystems of the world 3. Polar and alpine tundra. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 199–209.
  • Lewis M. 1990. A bryogeographic map of the Americas. The Bryological Times 56: 6–8.
  • Linder HP. 1998. Numerical analysis of African plant distribution patterns. In: Huxley CR, Lock JM, Cutler DF, eds. Chorology, taxonomy and ecology of the floras of Africa and Madagascar. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, 67–86.
  • Low AB, Rebelo AG. 1996. Vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Pretoria: Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism.
  • Magill RE. 1980. Musci Austro-Africani II. Bryophyte collections in southern Africa and southern African type specimens in the National Herbarium, Pretoria. Bothalia 13: 127–133.
  • Magill RE, van Rooy J. 1998. Flora of Southern Africa, Bryophyta, Part 1 Mosses, Fasc. 3 Erpodiaceae-Hookeriaceae. Pretoria: National Botanical Institute.
  • McLaughlin SP. 1994. Floristic plant geography: the classification of floristic areas and floristic elements. Progress in Physical Geography 18: 185–208.
  • Meadows ME, Linder HP. 1993. A palaeoecological perspective on the origin of Afromontane grasslands. Journal of Biogeography 20: 345–355.
  • Midgley JJ, Cowling RM, Seydack AHW, van Wyk GF. 1997. Forest. In: Cowling RM, Richardson DM, Pierce SM, eds. Vegetation of southern Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 278–299.
  • Milton SJ, Yeaton RI, Dean WRJ, Vlok JHJ. 1997. Succulent Karoo. In: Cowling RM, Richardson DM, Pierce SM, eds. Vegetation of southern Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 131–166.
  • White F. 1983. The vegetation of Africa. A descriptive memoir to accompany the UNESCO/AETFAT/UNSO vegetation map of Africa. Paris: UNESCO.
  • White F. 1993. The AETFAT chorological classification of Africa: history, methods and applications. Bulletin Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 62: 225–281.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.