Life Form, Habitat, and Nutritional Mode of the Flowering Plants of Central French Guiana

In neotropical forests many species of plant depend on animals for pollination and seed dispersal and it has been well documented that bats play an essential role in dispersal of many flowering plants (Gardner 1977). Bats are responsible for colonization of plants into forest gaps because they often disperse the seeds of plants adapted for growth in disturbed areas. Species of Cecropia, Piper, Solanum and Vismia are especially important pioneer plants, and bats play a critical role in the dispersal of these secondary woody species into both secondary and primary forests, and into the seed bank (de Foresta et al. 1984, Lobova et al. 2003).

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A Check List of Flowering Plants of the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park

Koedoe ◽

10.4102/koedoe.v31i1.490 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 31 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

N. Van Rooyen ◽

D.J. Van Rensburg ◽

G.K. Theron ◽

J. Du P. Bothma

Keyword(s):

Plant Species ◽

National Park ◽

Life Form ◽

Flowering Plants ◽

Check List ◽

Number Of Species

A check list containing 397 plant species has been compiled for the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park which occupies an area of approximately 9 600 km2. These species represent 191 genera and 51 families. The Monocotyledonae are represented by 98 species (24,7 of the total number of species) and the Dicotyledonae by 299 species (75,3 of the total number of species). According to the life form spectrum the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park is a therophyte-hemicryptophyte area.

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A preliminary check list of flowering plants of the Vaalbos National Park

Koedoe ◽

10.4102/koedoe.v35i1.391 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 35 (1) ◽

Author(s):

P.C. Zietsman ◽

P.J. Du Preez ◽

H. Bezuidenhout

Keyword(s):

National Park ◽

Life Form ◽

Flowering Plants ◽

Check List

A check list of flowering plants has been compiled for the Vaalbos National Park, comprising 334 species. These species represent 211 genera and 65 families. The Monocotyledonae is represented by 10 families (15,6 of the total number of families) and the Dicotyledonae by 55 families (85,9 ). The life form spectrum of the plants indicates that Vaalbos National Park is a hemicryptophytic-therophytic area.

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Flowering plant biodiversity of Augrabies Falls National Park: a comparison between Augrabies Falls National Park, Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, Vaalbos National Park and Goegap Nature Reserve

Koedoe ◽

10.4102/koedoe.v42i2.235 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 42 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

P.C. Zietsman ◽

H. Bezuidenhout

Keyword(s):

Rare Species ◽

National Park ◽

Life Form ◽

Nature Reserve ◽

Flowering Plants ◽

The Other ◽

Flowering Plant ◽

Plant Biodiversity ◽

Conservation Areas ◽

Number Of Species

A list of flowering plants has been compiled for the Augrabies Falls National Park, which occupies an area of approximately 18 600 ha. This list of 364 species represents 210 genera and 74 families. The Monocotyledonae are represented by 76 species (20.9 of the total number of species) and the Dicotyledonae by 288 (79.1 ). Approximately 54 of these species occur only in the Augrabies Falls National Park and not in one of the other conservation areas with which it was compared. According to the life form spectrum, the Augrabies Falls National Park is a therophyte-hemicryp- tophyte area. Five of these spesies are endemic to the Southern African floristic region. One of them is a rare species.

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Specific epithets of the flowering plants of central French Guiana

Brittonia ◽

10.1663/0007-196x(2005)057[0068:seotfp]2.0.co;2 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 57 (1) ◽

pp. 68-87

Author(s):

Edmund F. Hecklau ◽

Scott A. Mori ◽

John L. Brown

Keyword(s):

French Guiana ◽

Flowering Plants ◽

Specific Epithets

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THE LIFE-FORMS OF THE FLORA OF MOUNT YAMASKA, ROUVILLE COUNTY, QUEBEC

Canadian Journal of Botany ◽

10.1139/b63-125 ◽

1963 ◽

Vol 41 (10) ◽

pp. 1425-1437 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

S. C. Fabius LeBlanc

Keyword(s):

North America ◽

Native Species ◽

Life Form ◽

Life Forms ◽

Flowering Plants ◽

Eastern North America

The life-forms of the flowering plants and vascular cryptogams of the flora of Mount Yamaska, Quebec, are listed according to the system developed by C. Raunkiaer. Four life-form spectra have been established. Spectra including vascular cryptogams do not vary significantly from those without vascular cryptogams; spectra including both naturalized and native species vary somewhat from those including native species only. The life-form spectrum of native and naturalized phanerogams is compared with similar spectra from other localities in eastern North America.

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