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Since its inception the Trust has contributed towards projects leading to scientific and popular articles as well as books and theses.

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Articles Published

10

Books Published

10

Theses

Articles

Grant beneficiaries indicated in bold. 

2025

Frisby, A., Momberg, M. & Le Roux, P., 2025. Saving an iconic South African plant from extinction. PlantLife (SA)60, pp.6–18. Read More

Khoury, K.L., Edwards, S. and Newman, E., 2025. Ecological niche differentiation mediates near complete premating reproductive isolation within the Gladiolus carneus (Iridaceae) species complex. Annals of Botany,136(7), pp.1465–1483. Read More

Moir, M., Butler, H., Peter, C., Dold, T. and Newman, E., 2025. A test of the Grant–Stebbins pollinator‐shift model of floral evolution. New Phytologist, 245(5), pp.2322–2335. Read More

Simons, J., 2025. Creating stepping stones for sunbirds Veld & Flora Hub, March Edition. Read More

Steyn, H.M. and Van Wyk, A.E., 2025. Towards a revision of the Cyphia elata complex (Campanulaceae: Cyphioideae) in southern Africa, with a provisional key to the species. Kew Bulletin, 80(3), pp.599–624. Read More

Woodenberg, W.R. and Ramdhani, S., 2025. Revision of Portulaca L. (Portulacaceae) in southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany, 187, pp.393–409. Read More

2024

Fisher, J.T., 2024. Optimizing aboveground carbon mapping in Afrotemperate forests to fulfil IPCC carbon reporting standards. Forest Ecology and Management, 552, p.121583. Read More

Pretorius, A. (Koekemoer, M.), 2024. Spilling the beans: discussing (plant) family secrets with Marinda, Hester and Pieter. SANBI Gazette, 15 (May 2024): pp.28–30.

Steyn, H.M. and Van Wyk, A.E., 2024. Notes on morphological characteristics and life history strategy of the genus Acanthopsis Harv. (Acanthaceae). Bothalia-African Biodiversity & Conservation, 54(1), pp.115. Read More

Van den Bosch, K., Cron, G.V., Thompson, D.I. and Witkowski, E.T.F., 2024. The puzzle of the pepperbark tree. Veld & Flora Hub, Autumn Edition. Issue 110 (1). Read More

Woodenberg, W.R., Govender, Y. and Ramdhani, S., 2024. Rediscovery of Portulaca trianthemoides (Portulacaceae) in southern Africa after 89 years. Phytotaxa669(2), pp.131–140. Read More

2023

Le Roux M.M. and Boatwright J.S., 2023. The silverpods of South Africa. CREW Newsletter, 19 (Nov. 2023), pp.77–79. Read More

Le Roux, M.M. and Boatwright, J.S., 2023. A taxonomic revision of the Argyrolobium robustum and A. transvaalense groups (Fabaceae) in southern Africa. Systematic Botany, 48(4), pp.513533. Read More

Pitt, B. 2023. Rejoicing at rescue and regeneration (Princess Vlei). Veld & Flora Hub, Spring Edition. Issue 109 (3). Read More

Van den Bosch, K., Witkowski, E.T.F., Thompson, D.I. and Cron, G.V., 2023. Reproductive ecology offers some answers to the pepperbark tree persistence puzzle in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. Global Ecology and Conservation, 41, p.e02330. Read More

2022

Armstrong A.J., Pillay, S. and Ngwenya, P., 2022. Management of the Karkloof blue butterfly Orachrysops ariadne habitat at Uvemvane Nature Reserve. African Butterfly News, 2022(1), pp.9–11. Read More

Minnaar, J., Payne, S. and Cron, G., 2022. Double dipping. Veld & Flora, 108(2), pp.30–33. Read More

Minnaar, J.J., Payne, S.L. and Cron, G.V., 2022. Self-compatibility provides little reproductive assurance in the summer-flowering Aloe reitzii var. reitzii. South African Journal of Botany, 147, pp.11641170. Read More

Payne, S.L., Witkowski, E.T. and Symes, C.T., 2022. Specialist and generalist avian nectarivores co-dominate visitation to a summer-flowering grassland aloe. South African Journal of Botany, 144, pp.284–294. Read More
Siebert, S. and Siebert, F., 2022. Beating the boom. Veld & Flora, 108(3), pp.24–29. Read More
Steyn, H.M., 2022. Cyphia section Cyphiella (Lobeliaceae: Cyphioideae): to be or not to be… PlantLife (SA), 53, pp.105–117. Read More

Steyn, H.M., Koekemoer, M. & Bester, S.P., 2022. The making of a book: Flowering Plant Families of southern Africa. PlantLife (SA), 53, pp.37–42. Read More

Treurnicht, M., Cousins, S., Witkowski, E. and Esler, K., 2022. Gummed up! The new renosterveld threat. Veld & Flora, 108(2), pp.42–43. Read More

2021

Diller, C. and Johnson, I., 2021. Colour them beautiful: saving the Hilton daisy. Veld & Flora, 107(4), pp.12-17. Read More

Koekemoer, M., 2021. An incidental find of great value. SANBI Gazette, 6, p.10.

Lombard, N., Le Roux, M.M. and Van Wyk, B.-E., 2021. A taxonomic revision of the Thesium scirpioides species complex (subgenus Frisea, Santalaceae) near endemic to South Africa. South African Journal of Botany, 138, pp.193–208. Read More
Lombard, N., Le Roux, M.M. and Van Wyk, B.E., 2021. Electronic identification keys for species with cryptic morphological characters: a feasibility study using some Thesium species. PhytoKeys, 172, p.97. Read More
Steyn, H.M., Koekemoer, M. & Bester, S.P., 2022. The making of a book: Flowering Plant Families of southern Africa. PlantLife (SA), 53, pp.37–42. Read More
Steyn, H.M., Bester, P., and Koekemoer, M. 2021. Stalking new species. Veld & Flora, 102(2), pp.34–38. Read More
2020

Coetzee, A., Spottiswoode, C.N. and Seymour, C.L., 2020. Post-pollination barriers enable coexistence of pollinator-sharing ornithophilous Erica species. Journal of Plant Research, 133(6), pp.873–881. Read More

Geerts, S., Coetzee, A., Rebelo, A.G. and Pauw, A., 2020. Pollination structures plant and nectar‐feeding bird communities in Cape fynbos, South Africa: Implications for the conservation of plant–bird mutualisms. Ecological Research, 35(5), pp.838856. Read More

Kremer-Köhne, S., Harrison, J.D., Thompson, D.I. and Witkowski, E.T.F., 2020. Arthropods associated with Aloe lettyae, an endangered South African Woodbush Granite Grassland plant endemic. African Entomology, 28(1), pp.8–18. Read More
Kremer-Köhne, S., Witkowski, E.T.F., Steffens, F.E. and Thompson, D.I., 2020. Hanging in there: Aloe lettyae populations in Critically Endangered grassland fragments. South African Journal of Botany, 131, pp.33–42. Read More

Le Roux, M.M. and Klopper, R.R., 2020. Nomenclatural clarification of the names Pelargonium althaeoides and P. chamaedrifolium (Geraniaceae). Phytotaxa, 440(1), pp087–088.

Phillips, D.P. and Bytebier, B., 2020. A morphometric and molecular phylogenetic analysis of the African orchid genus Stenoglottis (Orchidaceae: Orchidoideae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 193(3), pp.340–362. Read More
Phillips, D.P. and Bytebier, B., 2020. A taxonomic revision of Stenoglottis (Orchideae, Orchidoideae, Orchidaceae). Phytotaxa, 456(3), pp.219–243. Read More

Siebert, F.S. and Terblanche, R.T., 2020. Surprise green feasts. Veld & Flora, 106(4), pp.20–23. Read More

Steyn, H.M. and Koekemoer, M., 2020. Fieldwork during lockdown: what a privilege! SANBI Gazette, 3, p.10.

2019

Le Roux, M.M., 2019. A taxonomic revision of the southern African species of Pelargonium section Peristera (Geraniaceae). Phytotaxa, 418(2), pp119–157. Read More

Lombard, N., Le Roux, M.M. and Van Wyk, B.-E., 2019. Thesium ovatifolium (Santalaceae), a new species with ovate leaves from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Phytotaxa, 405(5), pp.263–268. Read More
Schutte, N. and Siebert, S., 2019. Heavy Metal Fans. Veld & Flora, 105(2), pp.26–31. Read More
Thomas R., 2019 (updated continuously). Proteas and relatives: propagation and observations. Website privately published online. Betty’s Bay: Robbie Thomas. Read More

Witkowski, E., Thompson, D. and Kremer-Köhne, S., 2019. Grassland treasure from the Land of Silver Mist. Veld & Flora, 105(3), pp.10–15. Read More

Phillips, D.P. and Bytebier, B., 2020. A taxonomic revision of Stenoglottis (Orchideae, Orchidoideae, Orchidaceae). Phytotaxa, 456(3), pp.219–243. Read More
2018

Cousins, S.R., Witkowski, E.T. and Esler, K.J., 2018. Influence of fire on critically endangered Swartland Shale Renosterveld in the Cape Floristic Region. Applied Vegetation Science, 21(1), pp.144–155. Read More

Du Plessis, M., Johnson, S.D., Nicolson, S.W., Bruyns, P.V. and Shuttleworth, A., 2018. Pollination of the “carrion flowers” of an African stapeliad (Ceropegia mixta: Apocynaceae): the importance of visual and scent traits for the attraction of flies. Plant Systematics and Evolution, 304, pp.357–372. Read More
Kremer-Köhne, S., Witkowski, E.T.F. and Thompson, D.I., 2018. Aloe lettyae – flagship of the highly threatened Woodbush Granite Grassland. South African Journal of Botany, 115, p.291. Read More
Pauw M., 2018. Introducing the Lower Orange River Riparian Project. SAEON eNewsletter, June 2018. Published online. Read More

Siebert, S.J., Schutte, N.C., Bester, S.P., Komape, D.M. and Rajakaruna, N., 2018. Senecio conrathii N.E.Br. (Asteraceae), a new hyperaccumulator of nickel from serpentinite outcrops of the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa. Ecological Research, 33, pp.651–658. Read More

2017

Cousins, S.R., Witkowski, E.T. and Esler, K.J., 2018. Influence of fire on critically endangered Swartland Shale Renosterveld in the Cape Floristic Region. Applied Vegetation Science, 21(1), pp.144–155. Read More

Powell, R., 2017. Capturing the cryptic Conophytum: the search for succulent stone plants. Veld & Flora, 103(1), pp.18–19. Read More

Powell R. and Magee, A, 2017. Revised DELTA key to Conophytum (Aizoaceae). Published online. Pretoria: South African National Botanical Institute. Read More  <Access restricted>

Stone, R.D., Mona, I.G. and Ramdhani, S., 2017. Revised treatment of Mozambican Memecylon (Melastomataceae—Olisbeoideae), with descriptions of four new species in M. section Buxifolia. Phytotaxa, 331(2), pp.151–168. Read More 

Steyn, H.M. and Van Wyk, A.E., 2017. Taxonomic notes on Acanthopsis Harv. (Acanthaceae, tribe Acantheae): the group with trifid bracts. Phytotaxa, 295(3), pp.201–217. Read More 
2016

Magoswana, S.L., Boatwright, J.S., Manning, J.C. and Magee, A.R., 2016. A taxonomic revision of Inulanthera (Asteraceae: Anthemideae). South African Journal of Botany, 105, pp.141–157. Read More

Steyn, H.M., 2016. Acanthopsis spathularis rediscovered after 185 years! Veld & Flora, 102(2), pp.74–76. Read More
Steyn, H.M. and Van Wyk, A.E., 2016. Taxonomic notes on the shrublet species of Acanthopsis (Acanthaceae, tribe Acantheae), with two new species from South Africa. Phytotaxa, 244(2), pp.145–160. Read More 

2015

Steyn, H.M. and Van Wyk, A.E., 2015. Taxonomic notes on the Acanthopsis disperma-hoffmannseggiana complex (Acanthaceae, tribe Acantheae), with an interim key to members of the genus. Phytotaxa, 219(1), pp.1–26. Read More

2014

Taylor, R.W., Thompson, D.I. and Witkowski, E.T.F., 2014. ‘Eighteen years of change in a population of slow-growing giants’, in Bytebier, B., Muasya, A.M. and Bellstedt, D.U. (eds.), Biodiversity of African plants – challenges in a changing world, Scripta Botanica Belgica, 52: 433, Abstracts of the 20th AETFAT Congress – South Africa, 13–17 January 2014. Read More

2013

Baloyi, O., Victor, J.E. and Swelankomo, N., 2013. Gentianaceae. The taxonomic and conservation status of Sebaea fourcadei Marais. Bothalia, 43(2), pp.225–227. Read More

Taylor, R.W., Thompson, D.I. and Witkowski, E.T.F., 2013. Baobab population dynamics-Investigating spatial and temporal patterns in KNP. South African Journal of Botany, (86), pp.182–183. Read More

2011

Victor, J.E. and Von Staden, L., 2011. Merremia malvaefolia Rendle. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants (published online). Pretoria: South African National Biodiversity Institute. Read More

Books

South African indigenous garden plants - the gardener’s guide.

Pooley, E., Nichols, G. and Hankey, A., 2025. Durban: Flora & Fauna Publications Trust, 616 pp. 

ISBN: 9781775846505

Princess Vlei restoration project: learnings and gains 2018–2023.

Koopman, R. (ed.) (Princess Vlei), 2024. Cape Town, Princess Vlei Forum, 37 pp. Read More

Flowering plant families of southern Africa.

Koekemoer, M., Steyn, H.M. and Bester, S.P., 2023. Strelitzia 46. Pretoria: South African National Biodiversity Institute. 850 pp. 

ISBN: 9781928224600

Field Guide to the succulent euphorbias of southern Africa.

Mӧller, A. and Becker, R., 2021. Field Guide to the succulent euphorbias of southern Africa. Pretoria: Briza Publications. 

ISBN: 9781920217778

Research plan for plant taxonomy 2020–2030.

Victor, J.E., 2021. SANBI Biodiversity Series 30. Pretoria: South African National Biodiversity Institute, 24 pp.

ISBN: 9781928224464

A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province.

Bredenkamp, C.L., 2019. Strelitzia 41 (3 volumes). Pretoria: South African National Biodiversity Institute, 2208 pp

ISBN: 9781928224280

The illustrated dictionary of southern African plant names.

Clarke, H. and Charters, M. (edited by Moll, E.), 2016.  Auckland Park: Jacana Media, 482 pp.

ISBN: 9781431424436; 9781431424986 (hardcover)

Orchids of South Africa: a field guide.

Johnson, S. and Bytebier, B. (photography by Stärker, H.), 2015.  Cape Town: Struik Nature, 536 pp. 

ISBN: 9781775842637

Strategy for plant taxonomic research in South Africa 2015–2020.

Victor, J.E., Smith, G.F. and Van Wyk, A.E., 2015. SANBI Biodiversity Series 26. Pretoria: South African National Biodiversity Institute, 39 pp.

ISBN: 9781928224099

Guide to plant families of southern Africa.

Koekemoer, M., Steyn, H.M. and Bester, S.P., 2013. Strelitzia 31. Pretoria: South African National Biodiversity Institute. 295 pp. 

ISBN: 9781919976839

Pooley’s Trees of eastern South Africa.

Boon, R., 2010.  Durban: Flora & Fauna Publications Trust, 624 pp. 

ISBN: 9780620460194

Theses

Grant beneficiaries indicated in bold. 

Minnaar, J.J., 2021. The reproductive ecology of Aloe reitzii var. reitzii (Asphodelaceae): a South African grassland endemic. MSc dissertation. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Read More

Van den Bosch, K., 2021. The reproductive ecology of the Pepperbark tree (Warburgia salutaris) in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. MSc dissertation. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Read More

Payne, S.L., 2019. Aloe Pollination: Floral visitors, reproductive output and gender expression. PhD thesis, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Read More

Kremer-Kohne, S., 2018. Population structure and ecology of Aloe lettyae, an endangered Woodbush Granite Grassland endemic. MSc dissertation. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Read More

Mona, I.G., 2018. Taxonomic revision of the Memecylon natalense species-complex in southern Africa. MSc dissertation. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville, South Africa. Read More

Phillips, D.P., 2018. A systematic revision of the genus Stenoglottis Lindl. (Orchidaceae). MSc dissertation. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.

Du Plessis, M.A., 2017. Pollination ecology and the functional significance of unusual flora traits in two South African stapeliads. MSc dissertation. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Read More

Coetzee, A., 2016. Nectar distribution and nectarivorous bird foraging behaviour at different spatial scales. PhD thesis. Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa. Read more

Taylor, R.W., 2016. Temporal and spatial variation in population structure of the African baobab (Adansonia digitata) in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. MSc dissertation. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Read More

Victor, J.E., 2015. Strategies for the development of plant systematics in a floristically diverse region. PhD thesis. University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
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