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Covering 78,555 km 2, Cape Floristic Region hotspot is located entirely within the borders of South Africa. It is one of the five temperate Mediterranean-type systems on the hotspots list, and is one of only two hotspots that encompass an entire floral kingdom (the other being New Caledonia ) [ citation needed ] .
It includes the South African provinces of the Eastern Cape, the Northern Cape and the Western Cape, [1] together making up most of the former Cape Province. The area includes the Cape Floristic Region , the smallest of the six recognised floral kingdoms of the world, an area of extraordinarily high diversity and endemism , home to more than ...
The Cape grysbok's native habitat is the "Fynbos biome" (Cape Floristic Region), and it inhabits thick shrubland. It can sometimes be found browsing orchards and vineyards. In the Cape Peninsula the grysbok can be found in urban edges close to human activity. It may also be found in reed beds and along the riverbed of the southern Karoo.
Renosterveld habitat above cultivated fields, Western Cape. Renosterveld is a term used for one of the major plant communities and vegetation types of the Cape Floristic Region (Cape Floral Kingdom) which is located in southwestern and southeastern South Africa, in southernmost Africa.
WGSRPD regions of South Africa. This category contains the native flora of South Africa. The World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) does not recognize South Africa as a whole, instead dividing it into four regions: CPP – Cape Provinces: Eastern Cape, Northern Cape and Western Cape; see Category:Flora of the Cape ...
The Endemic flora of South Africa. ... Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces (1,194 P) E. ... Cape Floristic Region; A. Afrosciadium natalense;
The Albany Centre of Plant Endemism is situated in the coastal region of South Africa at the eastern end of the Eastern Cape Province. It is named after the district of Albany and falls within the Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany Hotspot. It is notable for its biodiversity and unique, endemic flora and fauna. [1]
Trichostetha capensis, also known as the brunia beetle [2] and the Cape Protea chafer, [3] is an afrotropical species of flower scarab beetle endemic to South Africa, where it occurs in the Cape Floristic Region. [1]