The biodiversity of the 5,000 km-long Great Escarpment of southern Africa is currently poorly
known, despite hosting half of the subcontinent's centres of plant endemism and to have a …

This study presents a more rigorously defined and explicitly mapped 'Drakensberg'centre of
plant endemism that aligns floristic and ecological boundaries. It also revisits the plant …

Global climate change is a major challenge for the future with serious potential impacts on
biodiversity. Biodiversity in mountains is particularly vulnerable as many montane species …

Background: Inselberg summits adjacent to the Maloti–Drakensberg escarpment occupy an
alpine zone within the Drakensberg Alpine Centre (DAC). Inselbergs, the escarpment and …

Abstract The Great Winterberg–Amatholes (GWA) is part of the Great Escarpment in
southern Africa and 'sister'to the Sneeuberg and Stormberg ranges in the Eastern Cape. It …

The six major mountain ranges in South Africa support critically important ecosystem
services—notably water production—and are rich in biodiversity and endemism. These …

Vascular plant endemism of different mainland regions in relation to ecological conditions
and habitats is analysed in detail. The regions belong to different biogeographical zones …

Background: Numerous Cape Floristic Region (CFR) clades are found in the Afromontane
region of Africa, causing speculation on the source of their distribution. The southern …

Carex acocksii is a sedge species known only from two populations in the Karoo of the
Northern Cape in South Africa. It was described from a single locality (Hantam Mts …

This chapter describes the most important montane environments of southern Africa, with a
particular focus on their geography, climate, soils, vegetation, surface processes and …