Indigenous Plant Genetic Resources of South Africa

摘要: South Africa is considered to be a “hotspot” for biodiversity and more than 22,000 plant species occur within its boundaries. This represents 10% of the world’s species, although land surface less 1% earth. The country divided into seven biomes 68 vegetation types (Low Rebelo 1996). Savanna biome covers 33% country, but it especially Flora Capensis that unique. This, Cape Floral Kingdom, smallest six Kingdoms. It contains 8,700 which 68% are endemic. Despite enormous richness in relatively few these plants economically utilized. Business ventures have developed from use indigenous trade medicinal cultural plants, food crops, ornamental plants. Although wood has been previously used, source almost depleted today utilized on limited scale. Dekriet (Chondropetalum tectorum Pillans), dekgras (Schizachyrium semiberbe Nees) still largely used thatch vernacular buildings. beholds her as valuable natural resource accepts responsibility conserve unique flora. Attempts also made utilize kingdom nation, with legal acknowledgement owners.