C 4 photosynthesis is a complex trait that boosts productivity in warm environments.
Paradoxically, it evolved independently in numerous plant lineages, despite requiring specialised …

C 4 photosynthesis is a complex trait that boosts productivity in tropical conditions.
Compared with C 3 species, the C 4 state seems to require numerous novelties, but species …

Straddling the Mozambique‒Zimbabwe border at around 20oS, the Chimanimani Mountains
have long been known as an area of high plant diversity and endemism. With almost …

Three species of Nassella have naturalized in South Africa. Nassella trichotoma and N.
tenuissima are declared weeds under category 1b of the National Environmental Management: …

An annotated list of endemic and near-endemic plant taxa in Zimbabwe is given. They are
also categorised by broad geographical locality and by habitat type. Out of a total of 22 …

Mount Gorongosa is a large inselberg almost 700 sq. km in extent in central Mozambique.
With a vertical relief of between 900 and 1400 m above the surrounding plain, the highest …

The first comprehensive plant checklist for the Bvumba massif, situated in the Manica Highlands
along the Zimbabwe-Mozambique border, is presented. Although covering only 276 km …

This report documents the results of a vegetation survey of Gonarezhou National Park (GNP)
and Malapati Safari Area carried out during 2010. The existing vegetation map for the GNP …

Background: The grasses (Poaceae) of the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) region (ie Botswana,
Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa) are relatively well documented, for both …

Mountains in South Africa (SA) support critically important ecosystem services (ES)–notably
water production–and are exceptionally rich in floral and faunal biodiversity and endemics (…