Threatened Plants Programmes

In March 2001, Threatened Plants Programmes (TPPs) in each of the participating gardens were approved as a key output of the botanical garden initiative of the SABONET Project.

Proposals were evaluated according to the following main criteria:

A threatened species from a Plant Red Data List must be targeted.
The selected species must have horticultural potential.
Cultivation techniques must be developed for the selected species.
A viable ex situ population must be established in the garden.

SABONET supported the following TPPs:

Botswana National Botanical Garden: Orbea knobelii, Orbea rogersii, and Orbea tapscottii. Read more...

Durban Botanical Garden, South Africa: Stangeria eriopus. Read more...

Harold Porter National Botanical Garden, South Africa: Witsenia maura, Erica patersonii, Mimetes hottentoticus, Erica lowryensis, and Wivenia stokoei. Read more...

INIA, University, and Tunduru Botanical Gardens, Mozambique: Raphia australis, Encephalartos ferox, Encephalartos lebomboensis, and Warburgia salutaris. Read more...

Katse Botanical Garden, Lesotho: Thamnocalamus tessellatus. Read more...

Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, South Africa: Cape Flats fynbos. Read more...

KwaZulu-Natal National Botanical Garden, South Africa: Gerbera aurantiaca, Kniphofia leucocephala, Aloe reitzii (A.reitzii var. vernalis). Read more...

Lowveld National Botanical Garden, South Africa: Cycads, Dioscorea and Acacia. Read more...

Namibia National Botanical Garden: Hoodia. Read more...

Zambia: Arthyrium annae, Pandanus livingstonianus, and Habenaria orthocentron. Read more...

Zimbabwe National Botanical Gardens: Lobelia stricklandiae and Scadoxus pole-evansii. Read more...