Vegetation types

Although South African vegetation is very complex, it can be divided into several vegetation types based on the biome concept. The Greater Cape Floristic Region includes predominantly two iconic biomes — Fynbos and Succulent Karoo. Three other biomes are also represented in the GCFR — Desert, Forests and Albany Thicket. There are several other biomes in South Africa outside the GCFR — Nama-Karoo, Grassland, Savanna and Indian Ocean Coastal Belt (according to Mucina & Rutherford 2006).

When using data from our database, please cite

GSDB (): Genome size database of the Greater Cape flora, Facilitated by Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences. Published on the Internet; https://botany.natur.cuni.cz/gsdb/, Retrieved .

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