Brian du Preez, a PhD candidate at the University of Cape Town (UCT), undertook a botanical expedition to collect data for his doctoral research.
, Brian’s graduation ceremony took place alongside 103 other PhD candidates, 20 of whom are from the Faculty of Science, at Sarah Baartman Hall on 21 July.
genus in the GCFR’s winter rainfall region, stretching from Lüderitz in southern Namibia to Grahamstown, except the Great Karoo.The Greater Cape Floristic Region is renowned for its global significance as a biodiversity hotspot and is the smallest of the six global floristic kingdoms. Covering approximately 200 000 km2, this region boasts around 12 000 species, with 70% found nowhere else in the world.taxa from the GCFR during his fieldwork, forming the core of his taxonomic research.
‘Many modern-day taxonomists rarely, if ever, visit their study species in their natural habitat and are not able to gain as deep insights into their study species, particularly in terms of conservation, ecology and how morphological character can be influenced by environmental conditions,’ he explained.
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