Stefan Vogel's analysis of floral syndromes in the South African flora: An appraisal based on 60 years of pollination studies

Flora ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 232 ◽  
pp. 200-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven D. Johnson ◽  
Petra Wester
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
The South ◽  
African Flora ◽  
Floral Syndromes

THE CONTRIBUTION OF EPIDERMAL STRUCTURE TO FLOWER COLOUR IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN FLORA

2011 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 349-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather M. Whitney ◽  
Beverley J. Glover ◽  
Rachel Walker ◽  
Allan G. Ellis
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Flower Colour ◽  
The South ◽  
Epidermal Structure ◽  
African Flora

scholarly journals Taxonomic research priorities for the conservation of the South African flora

2013 ◽  
Vol 109 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lize von Staden ◽  
Domitilla Raimondo ◽  
Anisha Dayaram
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Research Priorities ◽  
The South ◽  
African Flora ◽  
Taxonomic Research

scholarly journals Global Climate Change and the South African Flora: Past, Present and Future

PAGES news ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-19
Author(s):  
JCN Allsopp ◽  
WJ Bond ◽  
GF Midgley ◽  
MC Rutherford
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South African ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
The South ◽  
African Flora

Maireana brevifolia (Chenopodiaceae: Camphorosmeae), a new naturalized alien plant species in South Africa

Bothalia ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Mucina ◽  
D. A. Snijman
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Alien Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Alien Plant Species ◽  
The South ◽  
Alien Plant ◽  
African Flora

We describe and discuss the distribution of a new, naturalized alien species, Maireana brevifolia (R.Br.) Paul G.Wilson (Chenopodiaceae), a native of Australia, in the western regions of South Africa. First discovered near Worcester, Western Cape in 1976, the species is now established in disturbed karoo shrubby rangelands, along dirt roads and on saline alluvia, from northern Namaqualand to the western Little Karoo. In the South African flora, M. brevifolia is most easily confused with the indigenous Bassia salsoloides (Fenzl) A.J.Scott, from which it is distinguished by the flat to cup-shaped and almost glabrous perianth with woolly-ciliate lobes, and the hardened and winged fruiting perianth.

Flies and flowers: taxonomic diversity of anthophiles and pollinators

2001 ◽  
Vol 133 (4) ◽  
pp. 439-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.M.H. Larson ◽  
P.G. Kevan ◽  
D.W. Inouye
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Taxonomic Diversity ◽  
Flowering Plants ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Nutritional Requirements ◽  
The South ◽  
African Flora ◽  
Pollinating Insects ◽  
Flower Visiting

AbstractThe Diptera are the second most important order among flower-visiting (anthophilous) and flower-pollinating insects worldwide. Their taxonomic diversity ranges from Nematocera to Brachycera, including most families within the suborders. Especially important are Syrphidae, Bombyliidae, and Muscoidea. Other families, especially of small flies, are less appreciated and often overlooked for their associations with flowers. We have compiled records of their flower visitations to show that they may be more prevalent than usually thought. Our knowledge of anthophilous Diptera needs to be enhanced by future research concerning (i) the significance of nocturnal Nematocera and acalypterate muscoids as pollinators, (ii) the extent to which the relatively ineffective pollen-carrying ability of some taxa can be compensated by the abundance of individuals, and (iii) the role of Diptera as pollinators of the first flowering plants (Angiospermae) by using phylogenetic and palaeontological evidence. Specializations in floral relationships involve the morphology of Diptera, especially of their mouthparts, nutritional requirements, and behaviour, as well as concomitant floral attributes. The South African flora has the most highly specialized relations with dipterous pollinators, but in arctic and alpine generalist fly–flower relations are important in pollination and fly nutrition.

scholarly journals Pollen presenters in the South African flora

1993 ◽  
Vol 59 (5) ◽  
pp. 465-477 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.G. Ladd ◽  
J.S. Donaldson
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
The South ◽  
African Flora
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