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Newsletter of the Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Volume 8 No. 2 ISSN 1027-4286 January 2004 17th AETFAT Congress New Books fromfrom SABONET Living Collections: Zambia and South Africa SABONET News Vol. 8 No. 2 January 2004 69 contents Book Reviews ON OUR COVER: Stipagrostis plain in the 100 Invasive Aquatic Plants Usakos area. (Photo: S. Schubert) 101 Swaziland ferns and fern allies Cover Stories Regulars 75 SABONET’s Participation at 71 Editorial the 17th AETFAT Congress 72 Letters to the Editors 80 New books from SABONET 102 From the Web 84 Living plant collections: The Natal National Botanical 108 The Paper Chase Garden 115 Regional News Update 86 Living plant collections: The Botanical Garden: a 121 E-mail Addresses Window on National Plant Diversity 91 Living plant collections: 80 New books from SABONET Developing a Teaching Botanic Garden at the University of Zambia Features 73 Profile: Dr Salomão Bandeira 74 Profile: Soul Shava 82 The Eduardo Mondlane University Herbarium, Mozambique 96 Threatened Plants Programme Gerbera aurantiaca: Flagship Species 75 AETFAT Congress 115 Regional News 84 Natal National Botanical Garden 96 Gerbera 70 SABONET News Vol. 8 No. 2 January 2004 letter from the editors Newsletter of the Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Editors Yolande Steenkamp EDITORS: YOLANDE STEENKAMP & MARTHINA MÖSSMER Marthina Mössmer Copy editors Lidia Gibson & Hanlie van Heerden ecent months have seen many changes at the SABONET Regional Coordinator’s R Office! Design and Layout Antoinette Burkhardt Vanilla Design Studio Dr Stefan Siebert left for a teaching position at the University of Zululand earlier this year, (27) 82 909-0109 and has been replaced by Yolande Steenkamp. Yolande will manage the SABONET Project to its close in mid-2004. Reproduction and Printing Business Print Centre Yolande is ably assisted by Elsabé Malan, who has been working as administrative and (27) 12 349-2295 financial officer since Nyasha Rukazhanga-Noko and Ms Lorna Davis left the project for Subscriptions new positions at the National Botanical Institute and the University of the Witwatersrand Elsabé Malan respectively. [email protected] We have also had many welcome additions on the editorial front in the past several months: Website Celia Belgraver de Vos, Lidia Gibson, Nicole Meyer, and Hanlie van Heerden are all assisting www.sabonet.org with the editing of the many manuscripts we have received for publication this year. Submission of Manuscripts Antoinette Burkhardt is still the design and layout expert for all our publications, including Marthina Mössmer SABONET News. [email protected] See Instructions to Authors on page 72. E-mail addresses have of course also changed, so here is a quick update: SABONET News is the official newsletter Yolande Steenkamp—Regional Coordinator—[email protected] of the Southern African Botanical Elsabé Malan—Administrative and Financial Officer—[email protected] Diversity Network (SABONET). Marthina Mössmer—Editor-in-Chief—[email protected] In this issue we include profiles for Dr Salomão Bandeira and Soul Shava, and articles on SABONET participation at the 17th AETFAT Congress and the Eduardo Mondlane University Herbarium. Our Living Collections section features the Natal National Botani- SABONET National Botanical Institute cal Garden, the development of botanic gardens in Zambia, and the Threatened Plants Private Bag X101 Programme. Regional News includes information on internships to Cape Town and Pretoria 0001 Pretoria, field trips to the Kaokoveld and the Khomas Hochland in Namibia, and a report SOUTH AFRICA on retracing Burchell’s route in the eastern Cape, South Africa. Read more about the Tel.: (27) 12 804-3200 latest SABONET publications on page 80. Fax: (27) 12 804-5979/3211 Enjoy your reading! SABONET News is published in March, July and November and is distributed free of charge. —Yolande Steenkamp & Marthina Mössmer Printed on acid-free Dukuza Plus Matte coated paper, which contains a minimum of 60% bagasse—the residue remaining after sugar has been extracted from sugar cane. This newsletter was made possible through support provided by the GEF/UNDP (SABONET is a GEF Project implemented by the UNDP) and the Regional Centre for Southern Africa, Gaborone, Botswana, US Agency for International Development (Plot no. 14818 Lebatlane Road, Gaborone West, Extension 6 Gaborone), under the terms of the Grant No. 690- 0283-A-00-5950. The opinions expressed in the newsletter are those of the authors and do not nec- essarily reflect the views of the US Agency for Inter- national Development, the GEF/UNDP, the SABONET Steering Committee or the National Working Groups. SABONET News Vol. 8 No. 2 January 2004 71 letters to the editors [email protected] he March 2003 issue of SABONET from the ten participating countries. relations between the Regional Office, all TNews was packed with educational Nyasha, who was project secretary until par-ticipating countries, and the and informative articles. My attention recently, has left the SABONET team for SABONET staff. was drawn by two articles in particular: a new job. She delivered high quality “A Tribute to SABONET Contract Staff” work and I am glad that this has been Lastly, thank you to the Global and “Farewell Nyasha!”. As a member of recognised by the NBI. “All the best to Environment Facility (GEF) and the the SABONET team since December you Nyasha!” As a capacity-building United Nations Development Programme 2000, I feel convinced that the great initiative, the SABONET project has been (UNDP) for funding SABONET, also to the network of participating countries will very successful, equipping people with Regional Office, participating countries, remain strong into the future, building on many skills that will serve them well after fellow SABONET staff from all over, NBI the knowledge of the importance of plant completion of the project. staff, and staff members of the Herbarium diversity in southern Africa, not only as a of Malawi, for their great support. And unique heritage, but as an essential part Thank you, Stefan and Nyasha, for the to the SABONET News editors: “Keep it of our daily lives and needs. article “Tribute to SABONET Contract up! You are doing a good job.” Staff”. I am proud to have been a member I attended an advanced Database of this successful team. Through —Donald Mpalika Management and Networking course at interaction and knowledge gained, I can National Herbarium of Malawi the Pretoria National Herbarium in May make a meaningful contribution to my Zomba 2002. It was during this visit that I felt the institution and country. As I have taken [email protected] great bond that exists among the my leave of the SABONET project on 30 [email protected] members of SABONET. I had the June 2003, I bid farewell to a project that opportunity to meet fellow data capturers will always be remembered for the good Various SABONET expeditions. (Photos: SABONET) instructions to authors 1) Manuscripts should preferably be in 4) If possible, include colour slides, black-and- 7) Look at the most recent issue of SABONET English. white photographs, or line drawings to News for stylistic conventions. 2) If possible, text should be sent in electronic illustrate articles. If you want to submit 8) SABONET News holds the right to edit any format via e-mail or on a stiffy disk and scanned images with your article, scan received copy. should be in Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, them at 300 dpi and save as TIF or JPEG 9) Manuscripts should be sent to Marthina or Rich Text Format. Otherwise, hard copy files. Mössmer. Via e-mail: [email protected] can be sent or faxed to the SABONET 5) Caption all tables, figures, and photographs Hard copy: SABONET, National Botanical head office. clearly on a separate sheet. Include Institute, Private Bag X101, Pretoria 0001, 3) Tables and charts should be in one of the photographer credits. SOUTH AFRICA. Fax: (27) 12 804-5979/ following formats: Microsoft Excel, Quattro 6) Each author should provide name, 3211. Pro, Lotus 1-2-3, or Harvard Graphics. affiliation, postal address, telephone and fax 10) Submissions for the next issue should Data must be supplied with charts. numbers, and an e-mail address (if reach the editors before 29 February applicable). 2004. Late submissions will not be included. 72 SABONET News Vol. 8 No. 2 January 2004 the civil war in Mozambique. This choice One of Dr Bandeira’s special interests in of location steered Salomão’s studies in the terrestrial botany is that of traditional direction of marine botany. At the time medicine. He has been involved in Profile there was a capacity-building project gathering information (and in training oth- funded by SIDA (Swedish International ers to do so) on traditional medicinal prac- Development Agency) that took place in co- tices, the systems of harvesting, preparing, operation with the government of distributing and marketing plant-based Mozambique. SIDA funded graduate work medicines. He has researched the impact in the marine sciences. As a result, Salomão of these activities on biodiversity, and how Dr Salomão Bandeira was selected to enroll in the Master of to respond to the problem of over-harvest- Science program at Gothenburg University ing. He has published several articles on in Sweden. After having successfully the topic. Related to this is a general inter- acquired his M.Sc. degree in 1994, he was est in traditional folklore regarding plants, alomão Bandeira was born on 17 pleased to be selected for the PhD program and also in their vernacular names. S September 1965 at Maxixe, west of in the Department of Marine Botany at Inhambane Bay, in southern Mozambique, Gothenburg. In 2000 he successfully Subjects of early interest for Dr Bandeira an area of coastal mosaic vegetation defended his PhD thesis on seagrass included the non-medicinal uses of plants, interspersed with coconut tree plantations.