Biodiversity of Cape Town

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File:Cape Town Vegetation Types 1 - original vegetation.jpg
Cape Town's original vegetation types
File:Cape Town Vegetation Types 2 - current surviving vegetation.jpg
Cape Town's surviving vegetation types

Floristic region (phytochorion)

The city of Cape Town lies within the Cape Floristic Kingdom (by far the smallest and most diverse of the earth’s six floristic kingdoms).[1]

Vegetation types

Cape Town is located within a Conservation International biodiversity hotspot and is home to a total of 19 different and distinct vegetation types. (This enormous variety is mainly because the city is uniquely located at the convergence point of a great many different soil types and micro-climates.) These 19 vegetation types are mostly restricted to unusually small areas, and several are completely endemic to the city – occurring nowhere else in the world. Vegetation types include the following.[2][3]

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Endemism

Of the thousands of plant species that are indigenous to Cape Town, 190 are known to be endemic to the city - occurring nowhere else in the world. In addition, there are over a hundred animal species that are also restricted to the city.[4] Endemic plant species include the following.[5][6][7][8][9]

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Cape Peninsula endemics
Additional species

Species records in South African Biodiversity Database

Mammals

Mammals present in Cape Town, as of 2011, including the following.[10][clarification needed][11][clarification needed]

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Fish

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Fish present in Cape Town, as of 2011, including the following.[10][11]

Reptiles

Reptiles present in Cape Town, as of 2011, including the following.[10][11]

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Amphibians

Amphibians present in Cape Town, as of 2011, including the following.[10][11]

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Insects

Insects present in Cape Town, as of 2011, including the following.[10][11]

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Fungi

Fungi present in Cape Town, as of 2011, including the following.[10][11]

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See also

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/stats/Documents/Vegetation%20Types.mht
  3. ↑ http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/stats/Pages/VegetationTypes.aspx
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/EnvironmentalResourceManagement/publications/Pages/BrochuresBooklets.aspx
  6. ↑ http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/EnvironmentalResourceManagement/publications/Documents/Biodiv_fact_sheet_suppl_Endemic_spp_list_2010-03.pdf
  7. ↑ A.B. Low & A.G. Rebelo (eds). Vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland, a companion to the vegetation map of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Dept Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Pretoria. 85pp. ISBN 0-621-17316-9.
  8. ↑ A.G. Rebelo, C. Boucher, N. Helme, L. Mucina, M.C. Rutherford et al. 2006. Fynbos Biome, in: L. Mucina & M.C. Rutherford (eds). The Vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Strelitzia 19, pp 52‐219.
  9. ↑ Anthony G. Rebelo, Patricia M. Holmes, Clifford Dorse & Julia Wood. Cape Town: Averting a Biodiversity Megadisaster? Unpublished MS.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 http://www.biodiversity.co.za/
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 Updated from South African Biodiversity Database (http://www.biodiversity.co.za/) as species present in Cape Town on 2011/01/06
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