Dr. John Clark, a research botanist with Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, discovered four new species of airplants. They were ...

Giant groundsels are rare plants that grow up to 30 feet (9 meters) tall. They are endemic to the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, a dormant volcano in Tanzania and Africa's tallest mountain.

These seed banks are natural storage areas in the soil where certain plants preserve their seeds. Our research in the Cape Floristic Region discovered that fynbos seed banks that have survived ...

Tokai Park is of global interest because of the vegetation that occurs there: Cape Flats Sand Fynbos contains 14 species that exist only in the Cape and more than 42 Red List plant species – two ...

Tokai Park is of global interest because of the vegetation that occurs there: Cape Flats Sand Fynbos contains 14 species that exist only in the Cape and more than 42 Red List plant species – two of ...

The fynbos is the country's most invaded ecosystem and most of the research on invasive plants has taken place in this ecosystem. Despite the large extent of invasive plants in the fynbos ...

The Cape Floral Kingdom is a rich and abundant biome that was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2004 ... than in all of Great Britain. It is these plants, known as the shrubland vegetation ...

When strolling through a garden center or flipping through a plant catalog, you’ll often notice two distinct names on each tag: a common name and a botanical name. While the common name feels ...

Case Study: Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden and History of Plant Conservation in South Africa The Kirstenbosch NBG is a name that echoes around the world ... primer” enhanced seed germination of many ...

The immersive outings guide travelers and residents through tidal pools, kelp forests, and sun-drenched fynbos (a type of shrubbery ... slick sheet, as its name suggests); wrack (dense, with ...