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DOI | 10.1179/1743282010Y.0000000007 |
The bryofloristic elements of southern Africa | |
van Rooy, Jacques1,2; van Wyk, Abraham E.2 | |
通讯作者 | van Rooy, Jacques |
来源期刊 | JOURNAL OF BRYOLOGY
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ISSN | 0373-6687 |
出版年 | 2011 |
卷号 | 33页码:17-29 |
英文摘要 | A TWINSPAN classification divides the moss flora of southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland, and Lesotho) into two main bryofloristic elements: (1) the Xerophytic (south-western) element mainly distributed in the winter rainfall and semi-arid to arid, temperate areas of southern Africa, and (2) the Mesophytic (subtropical) element distributed in more stable, subtropical habitats of the northern, eastern and southern parts of southern Africa. The Xerophytic element is dominated by acrocarpous mosses, including the ephemerals, while the Mesophytic element contains most of the pleurocarpous mosses. The main Xerophytic element is subdivided into the Eastern Highlands and Cape Elements while the Mesophytic element consists of the Afromontane Grassland and Afromontane Forest Elements. The Afromontane Forest Element is the largest bryofloristic element and contains the most southern African moss endemics. The four bryofloristic elements are subdivided into eight subelements: the Eastern Highlands Element into the Mont Aux Sources and Widespread Subelements, the Cape Element into the West Coast and Boland Subelements, the Afromontane Grassland Element into the Disjunct Cape Peninsula and Drakensberg Subelements, and the Afromontane Forest Element into the Widespread Afromontane and Tropical Afromontane Subelements. Many of the bryofloristic elements and distribution centres correspond with phytogeographical elements and centres described for the seed plants of southern Africa. The Afromontane area in the south-western Cape is identified as a bryogeographical hotspot. |
英文关键词 | Floristic elements Hotspot Moss flora Numerical classification Plant biogeography TWINSPAN Southern Africa |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | South Africa |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000290091600002 |
WOS关键词 | WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE ; MOSS GENUS ; POTTIACEAE ; VROLIJKHEIDIA ; DRAKENSBERG |
WOS类目 | Plant Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Plant Sciences |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/168999 |
作者单位 | 1.S African Natl Biodivers Inst, Natl Herbarium, ZA-0001 Pretoria, South Africa; 2.Univ Pretoria, ZA-0002 Pretoria, South Africa |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | van Rooy, Jacques,van Wyk, Abraham E.. The bryofloristic elements of southern Africa[J],2011,33:17-29. |
APA | van Rooy, Jacques,&van Wyk, Abraham E..(2011).The bryofloristic elements of southern Africa.JOURNAL OF BRYOLOGY,33,17-29. |
MLA | van Rooy, Jacques,et al."The bryofloristic elements of southern Africa".JOURNAL OF BRYOLOGY 33(2011):17-29. |
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