10 GLORIOUS YEARS OF PROTEA ATLASSING

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10 GLORIOUS YEARS OF PROTEA ATLASSING
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EIGHT NEW SPECIES
Ls harpagonatum
Pa hyperdeluvialis
Rarities
Ld climacticum
Se lacunosa
Se rebeloi
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New species localized rares
Serruria lacunosa
Leucadendron climaticum
Leucospermum harpagonatum
Serruria rebeloi
Paranomus hyperdeluvialis
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New species widespread common
Ld touwsrivierensis
Ld osbornei
Ld crassulaefolium
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New species an Arid Centre
Ld touwsrivierensis
Ld osbornei
Ld crassulaefolium
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Exciting New Data Ld salignum
40 of all localities have Ld sgnm
Pre-atlas172 GC
Current 472 GC
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Exciting New Data A Tree! Br stellatifolium
Pre-atlas 23 GC
Current 93 GC
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Range Extensions Galore Pr convexa
170 km
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Range Extensions Galore Pr subvestita
400 km
Taxonomy?Only species to cross G. Karoo
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Range Extinctions Galore Di proteoides
Extant Extinct
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Problem Groups Stigmatic Conebushes
touwsrivierensis
pubibracteolatum
tinctum
orientale
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Problem Groups Paw Spiderheads
pedunculata
dodii
acrocarpa (s.s.)
balanocephala
acrocarpa (non)
gremialis
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Problem Groups Ld uliginosum - loeriense
loeriense
uliginosum uliginosum
uliginosum glabratum
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Other Problem Groups inadequate typification
Paranomus bracteolaris - lagopus intermediate
zone
Western Ground Sugarbushes resprouting?
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Unfinished Business
Pa spathulatum gamkaensis
Ls lineare calocephalum
Herbarium specimens required Identification
queries to be resolved (details on web)
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Patterns - overall trends
Under-explored Arid Areas
Unexplored Ranges
Smoothed richness along ranges
Under-explored Arid Mountains
Extinctions
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Patterns
LOST FLORA
CENTRE OF CAPE FLORA
- 10 sp
RICHEST ATLAS DATA 67 sp
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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 News2 more taxa extinct
4 extinctionsBecause of losses, now need 59
cells (20 more) ACTION REQUIRED NOW
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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 (gt 1000 participants) (13
  Silver Tree and 14 Golden Pagoda Awards)
• 251 different crosses (hybrids) recorded
• 1 779 Common Names

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QDS - Yes _at_ 40 000 SRSEDS - No!
Are We Finished?
EDS (12X12km)
New Records per SRS
QDS (25X25km)
Batch number ( 100-500 SRS)
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Are We Finished?
Herbarium - _at_ 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)
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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 (gt 300?)
• Web site
• PAPSRSDB
• GIS data for conservation officers
• 500 bored ex-atlassers

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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

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To Everyone who made the PAP possible and
participated Especially Atlassers and Reserve
Managers and Rangers who helped THANK
YOU It aint finished yet ..