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PROTECTING HIGHLY THREATENED SOUTH AFRICAN CYCADS FROM EXTINCTION
A new approach - The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reports that cycads (order Cycadales) are the most threatened plant group in the world. Tess Rayner & Adam Pires – Veld & Flora, Vol 102 (1) – The order Cycadales includes over 340...
MINUTES OF THE CSSA COUNCIL
Click here to download the CSSA Council minutes Notule van die Raadsvergadering van die Broodboomvereniging van Suid-Afrika gehou op 20 Feb, 2016 Minutes of the CSSA Council meeting held on 20 Feb, 2016
HOW TO BECOME A MEMBER
There are two ways of becoming a member. You can either apply by printing our form and filling it in or by apply online. Click here for more info...
CYCADS TRACKED THROUGH DNA BARCODES
Janice Williamson, Herman van der Bank, Ronny Kabongo and Michelle van der Bank – Veld & Flora, Vol 102 (2) – The cycad fossil record dates back to the early Permian (280 million years ago) and possibly the Carboniferous (320 million years ago) making them the...
THE LATEST ISSUE OF ENCEPHALARTOS
ISSUE 135 – March 2019 On the cover of ENCEPHALARTOS No. 135: Cycas pruinosa on a steep rocky slope appropriately known as Cycad Hill, on a large cattle station near Tunnel Creek National Park in the King Leopold Ranges, The Kimberley, Western Australia. Plants in...
PUBLICATION OF THE DRAFT BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT PLAN
for the Eleven Critically Endangered and Four Endangered Encephalartos (Cycad) Species. Kindly take note that the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) has published the BMP for 11 critically endangered and 4 endangered Encephalartos species under Section...
PROTECTING HIGHLY THREATENED SOUTH AFRICAN CYCADS FROM EXTINCTION
A new approach - The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reports that cycads (order Cycadales) are the most threatened plant group in the world. Tess Rayner & Adam Pires – Veld & Flora, Vol 102 (1) – The order Cycadales includes over 340...
MINUTES OF THE CSSA COUNCIL
Click here to download the CSSA Council minutes Notule van die Raadsvergadering van die Broodboomvereniging van Suid-Afrika gehou op 20 Feb, 2016 Minutes of the CSSA Council meeting held on 20 Feb, 2016
HOW TO BECOME A MEMBER
There are two ways of becoming a member. You can either apply by printing our form and filling it in or by apply online. Click here for more info...
CYCADS TRACKED THROUGH DNA BARCODES
Janice Williamson, Herman van der Bank, Ronny Kabongo and Michelle van der Bank – Veld & Flora, Vol 102 (2) – The cycad fossil record dates back to the early Permian (280 million years ago) and possibly the Carboniferous (320 million years ago) making them the...
THE LATEST ISSUE OF ENCEPHALARTOS
ISSUE 135 – March 2019 On the cover of ENCEPHALARTOS No. 135: Cycas pruinosa on a steep rocky slope appropriately known as Cycad Hill, on a large cattle station near Tunnel Creek National Park in the King Leopold Ranges, The Kimberley, Western Australia. Plants in...
PUBLICATION OF THE DRAFT BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT PLAN
for the Eleven Critically Endangered and Four Endangered Encephalartos (Cycad) Species. Kindly take note that the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) has published the BMP for 11 critically endangered and 4 endangered Encephalartos species under Section...