THE FLORA OF THE DRAKENSBERG ALPINE CENTRE

By C. Carbutt, T. Edwards. 2003

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The Drakensberg Alpine Centre (DAC) comprises the 40,000km 2 high-altitude range of hills, mountain peaks and escarpment plateau bordering the eastern interior of southern Africa. Renowned for its species-rich flora and high levels of endemism, the DAC is here shown to support over 2800 specific and infraspecific native taxa, with c.16% of the angiosperm taxa being endemic, the latter equalling the flora of KwaZulu-Natal. Comparisons of the DAC's largest families and genera are made with those of the Cape Floral Region and KwaZulu-Natal, and the largest families are also compared with those of the Afromontane and Pondoland regions. In addition, comparisons are made between the high-altitude floras of southern and south-central Africa on the basis of their Cape element.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science

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• The endemic and near-endemic angiosperms of the Drakensberg Alpine Centre (2006, background): “of Lesotho, and the highlands of the eastern Free State (Carbutt and Edwards, 2004).”
• Alien flora of mountains: global comparisons for the development of local preventive measures against plant invasions (2011, methodology): “Indeed, in some mountain areas, woody species are the primary focus of management [e.g. the fynbos region of South Africa; Roura-Pascual et al., 2009)].”