Fynbos: Table Mountain NP West Coast NP Bontebok NP Agulhas NP Succulent Karoo: Tankwa Karoo NP Namaqua NP & Marine Protected Areas Zishan Ebrahim Nicola Van Wilgen Nashreen Williams Mbulelo Glynn Dopolo Wendy Melodie Carly Alard Anneke McGeoch Cowell NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT Re-introduction of Extinct in the Wild Plant Species in Table Mountain National Park Carly Cowell Regional Ecologist: Cape Cluster Parks & Namaqua National Park Cape Research Center South Africa National Parks The Cape Floral Kingdom (CFK) in South Africa: Smallest of the six Floral Kingdoms Totally contained within a single country Home to two of the most endangered vegetation types in the world Cape Flats Sand Fynbos : Critically Endangered Vegetation Type Highest concentration of Red Data species Only 14% remains (Rouget et al. 2007) Erica turgida Extinct in the Wild • Collected by Elsie Esterhuizen at Kenilworth Race Course • Plants grown at Kirstenbosch- only 1 clone remains • Office development built on last remaining natural population • Erica turgida found at Belvedere Botanic Garden in Vienna Erica verticillata Herbarium Records • 1847 – Wynberg Flats (Alexander-Prior) • 1876 – in moist hollows of sandy dunes on Cape Flats (Harry Bolus) • 1950 – towards Zeekoeivlei ( Adamson & Salter) • Extinct in the Wild (Wild Flower Harvesting & Urban Developments) THE CLONES Vienna 1967-hybrid Pretoria 1984 Kew 1984 Kirstenbosch 1990 Vienna 2001 Cape Town Table Mountain Cape Winelands False Bay N Restoration Acknowledgements: • Dr. P. Holmes • Mr. A. Hitchcock • Mrs. M. McQuillan • Mr. C. Dorse • Mr. T. Adams Thanks to: South African National Parks South African National Biodiversity Institute- Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.