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10 GLORIOUS YEARS OF PROTEA ATLASSING

10 GLORIOUS YEARS OF PROTEA ATLASSING. EIGHT NEW SPECIES. Ls harpagonatum. Pa ‘hyperdeluvialis’. Rarities. Ld ‘climacticum’. + Se lacunosa. Se rebeloi. New species: localized rares. Serruria lacunosa. Leucadendron “climaticum”. Leucospermum harpagonatum. Serruria rebeloi.

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10 GLORIOUS YEARS OF PROTEA ATLASSING

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  1. 10 GLORIOUS YEARS OF PROTEA ATLASSING

  2. EIGHT NEW SPECIES Ls harpagonatum Pa ‘hyperdeluvialis’ Rarities Ld ‘climacticum’ + Se lacunosa Se rebeloi

  3. New species: localized rares Serruria lacunosa Leucadendron “climaticum” Leucospermum harpagonatum Serruria rebeloi Paranomus “hyperdeluvialis”

  4. New species: widespread common Ld ‘touwsrivierensis’ Ld osbornei Ld crassulaefolium

  5. New species: an Arid Centre Ld “touwsrivierensis” Ld osbornei Ld crassulaefolium

  6. Exciting New Data: Ld salignum 40 % of all localities have Ld sgnm Pre-atlas172 GC Current 472 GC

  7. Exciting New Data: A Tree! Br stellatifolium Pre-atlas 23 GC Current 93 GC

  8. Range Extensions Galore: Pr convexa 170 km

  9. Range Extensions Galore: Pr subvestita 400 km Taxonomy?Only species to cross G. Karoo

  10. Range Extinctions Galore: Di proteoides Extant Extinct

  11. Problem Groups: Stigmatic Conebushes ‘touwsrivierensis’ tinctum pubibracteolatum orientale

  12. Problem Groups: Paw Spiderheads pedunculata dodii acrocarpa (s.s.) balanocephala gremialis acrocarpa (non)

  13. Problem Groups: Ld uliginosum - loeriense loeriense uliginosum uliginosum uliginosum glabratum

  14. Other Problem Groups: inadequate typification Paranomus bracteolaris - lagopus intermediate zone Western Ground Sugarbushes resprouting?

  15. Unfinished Business Pa spathulatum gamkaensis Ls lineare calocephalum Herbarium specimens required Identification queries to be resolved (details on web)

  16. Patterns - overall trends Under-explored Arid Areas Unexplored Ranges Smoothed richness along ranges Extinctions Under-explored Arid Mountains

  17. Patterns LOST FLORA CENTRE OF CAPE FLORA - 10 sp RICHEST ATLAS DATA 67 sp

  18. Conservation Implications Good News: Reserves stay in the same minimum setMore data = greater efficiency - 10% less (51 instead of 55 cells needed)[& This includes 8 new species!]Bad News:2 more taxa extinct = 4 extinctionsBecause of losses, now need 59 cells (20% more) ACTION REQUIRED NOW

  19. STATUS • 244 068 Records of species Ld salignum Common Sunshine Conebush 38% of sites • Pr repens Common Sugarbush - 14 303 RecordsPr laurifolia Laurel-leaf Sugarbush - 10 169 Records • Pr 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 localities Babylonstoring (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

  20. QDS - Yes @ 40 000 SRSEDS - No! Are We Finished? EDS (12X12km) New Records per SRS QDS (25X25km) Batch number (= 100-500 SRS)

  21. Are We Finished? Herbarium - @ 55 000 SRS BUT 1479/5903 = 25% not foundIdeal - 9356 records - 80 000 SRS EDS (12X12km) New data - no herbarium dataNew data - herbarium records exist New Records per SRS Batch number (= 100-500 SRS)

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. 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 ……..

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