Thohoyandou Botanical Garden

The Botanical Garden Thohoyandou ( English Thohoyandou Botanical Garden ) is a state botanical garden of South Africa in the Limpopo province . It is the first scientific and botanical institution in this province, also the eleventh and thus the youngest under the direction of the South African National Biodiversity Institute .

Plant communities of the savannah biome Soutpansberg Mountain Bushveld are mainly represented on the 89 hectare area in Thohoyandou . The botanical garden, which is still under construction, represents the region of the Vhembe Biosphere Reserve , which is home to a large number of endemic plants that are worthy of protection. The distinctive species in this area include Aloe soutpansbergensis , Aloe vossii , Huernia nouhuysii , Stapelia clavicorona and Vangueria soutpansbergensis .

The landscape of the Soutpansberg forms the northernmost mountain range on South African territory and extends over a length of about 210 kilometers from the west into the Kruger National Park .

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  Aloe vossii

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  Huernia nouhuysii

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  Stapelia clavicorona

Web links

• South African National Biodiversity Institute: Thohoyandou Botanical Garden website . at www.sanbi.org (English)
• Norbert Hahn: Endemic Flora of Southpansberg . Master's thesis from the School of Botany and Zoology, University of Natal , November 2002, online at www.soutpansberg.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} SANBI: Visitor Information . at www.sanbi.org (English)

Coordinates: 22 ° 58 ′ 0.5 ″  S , 30 ° 27 ′ 50.7 ″  E