This website celebrates the plants of southern Africa. Each week we bring you two new Plants of the Week and the Information Library contains hundreds of articles about southern Africa plants and related topics.

Nov 23, 2023 · From the fynbos biome, which houses a multitude of endemic species including the striking proteas, to the succulent treasures of the Karoo, South African plants offer a blend of beauty, resilience, and horticultural interest.

Jun 1, 2020 · Salicylic acid (SA) serves as a key hormone in plant innate immunity, including resistance in both local and systemic tissue upon biotic attacks, hypersensitive responses, and cell death. Key components involved in the complete metabolic steps of SA biosynthesis through the isochorismate pathway and their detailed functions have been identified.

Salicylic acid (SA) is an essential plant defense hormone that promotes immunity against biotrophic and semibiotrophic pathogens. It plays crucial roles in basal defense and the amplification of local immune responses, as well as the establishment of …

10 South African Plants (to get to know!) Brett Hall, Director, Native Plant Program, Jan. 2012 1. Common name: horsetail restio, fonteinriet Scientific name: Elegia capensis Family: Restionaceae Description: Elegia capensis is a lovely clumping Restio with clustered culms emerging from rhizomes and growing into large (10 by 12 ft)

We’ve discussed 24 different South African plant species, which will thrive in many wildly different environments so that you can enjoy them all over the world. We love that there are gorgeous perennials, shrubs, houseplants, trees, and fruits.

Southern African plant names and floristic details from the South African National Biodiversity Institute. This website provides access to South African plant names (taxa), specimens (herbarium sheets) and observations of plants made in the field (botanical records).

For more inspiration, visit our Inspiration Galleries and read our range of free articles. Search the plant database by Botanical name, or use the Search Site to enter common or botanical names.

Sep 6, 2022 · South Africa is the home of a large number of indigenous plants. Though many people imagine South Africa to be a land of endless grasslands and savannahs, the country is the only one on Earth which completely contains an entire plant kingdom, the Cape Floristic.

This guide supports rapid identification of the plant species by presenting photographs of them in a phylogenetic order. A number of tools allow users to scan taxonomic groups, like genera and families.