Executive Summary

Introduction

Study Area

Geology

Climate

Archaeology

Rock Art

Sociology: Human Component

Living Culture and Creative Cultural Assets

Arts Heritage: A Case Study

Mission History

Vegetation

Botanical Diversity

Endemic Flora

Orchidaceae of the Soutpansberg

Medicinal Plants

River Health and Water Quality

Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Dragonflies

Spiders (Araneae)

Fishes

Reptiles

Indigenous Birds

Mammals

Private Game Reserves and State Reserves

Annex 1: Soutpansberg List of Orchidaceae

Orchidaceae

Acampe praemorsa (pachyglossa)

Aerangis somaliensis

Aerangis mystacidii

Aerangis verdickii

Angreacum chamaenthus

Angreacum sp. (Ball 1065)

Angreacum sacciferum

Angreacum conchiferum

Ansellia gigantean var. nilotica

Bolusiella maudae

Bulbophyllum carinatum

Bulbophyllum ballii/malawiensis

Bulbophyllum maximum (oxypterum)

Bulbophyllum sandersonii

Bulbophyllum scaberulum

Bulbophyllum oreonastes

Cyrtorchis praetermissa

Cyrtorchis arcuata

Jumellea filicornoides

Microcoelia sp.

Mystacidium braybonae

Mystacidium gracile

Mystacidium venosum

Mystacidium caffrum

Mystacidium pusilum

Oberonia disticha

Polystachya fusiformis

Polystachya cultriformis (gerrardii)

Polystachya transvaalensis

Polystachya albescens ssp imbricata

Polystachya concreta (tesselata)

Polystachya concreta (tesselata ssp. tricruris)

Polystachya zambesiaca

Polystachya ottoniana

Polystachya pubescens

Tridactyle bicaudata

Tridactyle tricuspis