10 GLORIOUS YEARS OF PROTEA ATLASSING
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10 GLORIOUS YEARS OF
PROTEA ATLASSING
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RaritiesLd ‘climacticum’ + Se lacunosa
Ls harpagonatum
Se rebeloi
Pa ‘hyperdeluvialis’
EIGHT NEW SPECIES
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Serruria lacunosa
Leucospermum harpagonatum
Serruria rebeloiParanomus “hyperdeluvialis”
Leucadendron “climaticum”
New species: localized rares
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New species: widespread common
Ld crassulaefolium
Ld ‘touwsrivierensis’
Ld osbornei
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Ld “touwsrivierensis”
Ld osborneiLd crassulaefolium
New species: an Arid Centre
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Pre-atlas172 GC
Current 472 GC
Exciting New Data: Ld salignum
40 % of all localities have Ld sgnm
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Exciting New Data: A Tree! Br stellatifolium
Pre-atlas 23 GC
Current 93 GC
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Range Extensions Galore: Pr convexa
170 km
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Range Extensions Galore: Pr subvestitaPr subvestita
400 kmTaxonomy?Taxonomy?
Only species to cross G. KarooOnly species to cross G. Karoo
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Range Extinctions Galore: Di proteoides
Extant Extant ExtinctExtinct
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Problem Groups: Stigmatic Conebushes
‘touwsrivierensis’ orientalepubibracteolatumtinctum
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Problem Groups: Paw Spiderheads
acrocarpa (non)
balanocephala
gremialis
acrocarpa (s.s.)
dodiipedunculata
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Problem Groups: Ld uliginosum - loeriense
uliginosum uliginosum
uliginosum glabratum
loeriense
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Paranomus bracteolaris - lagopusintermediate zone
Other Problem Groups: inadequate typification
Western Ground Sugarbushesresprouting?
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Herbarium specimens requiredIdentification queries to be resolved
(details on web)
Unfinished Business
Ls lineare calocephalum Pa spathulatum gamkaensis
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Unexplored RangesUnder-explored Arid Areas
Smoothed richness along ranges
Under-explored Arid MountainsExtinctions
Patterns - overall trends
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Patterns
CENTRE OF CAPE FLORACENTRE OF CAPE FLORALOST FLORALOST FLORA
RICHEST ATLAS DATA 67 sp
- 10 sp
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Conservation ImplicationsGood News: Reserves stay in the same minimum set
More data = greater efficiency - 10% less (51 instead of 55 cells needed)
[& This includes 8 new species!]
Bad News:2 more taxa extinct = 4 extinctions
Because of losses, now need 59 cells (20% more)ACTION REQUIRED NOW
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STATUS•244 068 Records of species
Ld salignum Common Sunshine Conebush 38% of sitesPr repens Common Sugarbush - 14 303 Records
Pr laurifolia Laurel-leaf Sugarbush - 10 169 RecordsPr nitida Wagon Tree - 15% or 8 546 Records
Pr cynaroides King Protea - 8 032 RecordsHa sericea Silky Needlebush - 5 184 Records (9th in order)
•58 811 SRS - Record localitiesBabylonstoring (22 spp), Houwhoek (21), Kleinmond (20)
•478 Atlassers (> 1000 participants)(13 Silver Tree and 14 Golden Pagoda Awards)
•251 different crosses (hybrids) recorded
•1 779 Common Names
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Are We Finished?
EDS (12X12km)
QDS (25X25km)
Batch number (= 100-500 SRS)
New
Rec
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s p
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RS
QDS - Yes @ 40 000 SRSEDS - No!
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Are We Finished?
EDS (12X12km) New data - no herbarium data
New data - herbarium records exist
New
Rec
ord
s p
er S
RS
Batch number (= 100-500 SRS)
Herbarium - @ 55 000 SRSBUT 1479/5903 = 25% not foundIdeal - 9356 records - 80 000 SRS
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Spin-offs• SASOL Proteas (2nd edition)• 51 Protea Atlas Newsletters • Atlassing Manual• Pocket Guides (incl. Peninsula Ericas)• Interim Distribution Maps (several editions at
variety of scales - Mpumalanga, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces,
Eastern Province, Peninsula• Trained Rangers (> 300?) • Web site• PAPSRSDB• GIS data for conservation officers• 500 bored ex-atlassers
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Data Uses
• Biogeography - centres of endemism and species richness• Conservation planning (CAPE, C-plan, IEMs, EIAs)
• Global Warming• Bayesian modelling of biodiversity
• Plant speciation mechanisms in the Cape Flora• Red Data Lists• Monitoring (fire, sustainable utilization, eco-terrorrism)• Training (plant identification, field work, map use)• Eco-Tourism (plant lists, flowering, hotspots)• An Atlas of Proteas of southern Africa
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To Everyone who made the PAP possible and participated
Especially Atlassers and
Reserve Managers and Rangers who helped
THANK YOU
It ain’t finished yet ……..