Vegetation type from north of Cape Town, in the Western Cape, South Africa
Atlantis Sand Fynbos is a critically endangered fynbos vegetation type that occurs to the north of Cape Town, in the Western Cape, South Africa.
It is listed as critically endangered as it is home to a great many threatened Red List species.[1]
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See also[]
- Biodiversity of Cape Town
- Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
- Hangklip Sand Fynbos
- Category:Fynbos
References[]
Biodiversity of South Africa |
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National taxon checklists |
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Plants | Flowering plants |
- Acorales
- Alismatales
- Apiales
- Aquifoliales
- Arecales
- Asparagales
- Asterales
- Boraginales
- Brassicales
- Bruniales
- Buxales
- Canellales
- Caryophyllales
- Celastrales
- Ceratophyllales
- Commelinales
- Cornales
- Crossosomatales
- Cucurbitales
- Dioscoreales
- Dipsacales
- Ericales
- Escalloniales
- Fabales
- Fagales
- Gentianales
- Geraniales
- Gunnerales
- Huerteales
- Icacinales
- Lamiales
- Laurales
- Liliales
- Magnoliales
- Malpighiales
- Malvales
- Myrtales
- Nymphaeales
- Oxalidales
- Pandanales
- Piperales
- Poales
- Proteales
- Ranunculales
- Rosales
- Santalales
- Sapindales
- Saxifragales
- Solanales
- Vahliales
- Vitales
- Zingiberales
- Zygophyllales
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Animals | Arthropods |
- Marine crustaceans
- Centipedes
- Millipedes
- Entognatha
Arachnids |
- Harvestmen
- Microwhip scorpions
- Pseudoscorpions
- Scorpions
- Shorttailed whipscorpions
- Solifugae
- Araneae
- Ixodida
- Whip spiders and tailless whip scorpions
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Insects |
- Alderflies, dobsonflies and fishflies
- Beetles
- Booklice, barklice and barkflies
- Butterflies and moths
- Caddisflies
- Cockroaches and termites
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Earwigs
- Fleas
- Flies
- Jumping bristletails
- Lice
- Mantises
- Mayflies
- Net-winged insects
- Notoptera
- Orthoptera
- Sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants
- Scorpionflies
- Silverfish and firebrats
- Stick and leaf insects
- Stoneflies
- Strepsiptera
- Termites
- Thrips
- True bugs
- Webspinners
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Molluscs | |
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Vertebrates | |
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Seaweeds | |
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Fungi | |
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Regional taxon checklists and other minor lists |
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Biodiversity hotspots and Centres of diversity |
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- Cape Floristic Region
- Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany Hotspot
- Succulent Karoo
- Succulent Karoo
- Cape Floristic Region
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Ecoregions |
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Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests | |
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Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands | |
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Montane grasslands and shrublands | |
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Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub |
- Albany thickets
- Lowland fynbos and renosterveld
- Montane fynbos and renosterveld
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Deserts and xeric shrublands |
- Kalahari xeric savanna
- Nama Karoo
- Succulent Karoo
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Tundra | |
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Mangroves |
- Southern Africa mangroves
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Marine ecoregions |
- Agulhas ecoregion
- Benguela ecoregion
- Delagoa ecoregion
- Natal ecoregion
- Southeast Atlantic ecoregion
- Southwest Indian ecoregion
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Biomes and Vegetation classification |
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- List of vegetation types of South Africa
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Protected areas of South Africa |
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- Index of protected areas of South Africa
South African National Parks | |
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Biosphere reserves | |
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Marine protected areas of South Africa | Coastal |
- Addo Elephant National Park Marine Protected Area
- Amathole Marine Protected Area
- Betty's Bay Marine Protected Area
- Bird Island Marine Protected Area
- De Hoop Marine Protected Area
- Dwesa-Cwebe Marine Protected Area
- Goukamma Marine Protected Area
- Helderberg Marine Protected Area
- Hluleka Marine Protected AreaI
- iSimangaliso Marine Protected Area
- Jutten Island Marine Protected Area
- Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area
- Malgas Island Marine Protected Area
- Marcus Island Marine Protected Area
- Namaqua National Park Marine Protected Area
- Pondoland Marine Protected Area
- Robben Island Marine Protected Area
- Rocherpan Marine Protected Area
- Robberg Marine Protected Area
- Sardinia Bay Marine Protected Area
- Sixteen Mile Beach Marine Protected Area
- Stilbaai Marine Protected Area
- Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area
- Trafalgar Marine Protected Area
- Tsitsikamma Marine Protected Area
- uThukela Banks Marine Protected Area
- Walker Bay Whale Sanctuary
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Offshore |
- Agulhas Bank Complex Marine Protected Area
- Agulhas Front Marine Protected Area
- Agulhas Muds Marine Protected Area
- Aliwal Shoal Marine Protected Area
- Amathole Offshore Marine Protected Area
- Benguela Bank Marine Protected Area
- Benguela Muds Marine Protected Area
- Browns Bank Complex Marine Protected Area
- Browns Bank Corals Marine Protected Area
- Cape Canyon Marine Protected Area
- Childs Bank Marine Protected Area
- iSimangaliso Offshore Marine Protected Area
- Namaqua Fossil Forest Marine Protected Area
- Orange Shelf Edge Marine Protected Area
- Prince Edward Islands Marine Protected Area
- Protea Banks Marine Protected Area
- Southeast Atlantic Seamounts Marine Protected Area
- Southwest Indian Seamounts Marine Protected Area
- Port Elizabeth Corals Marine Protected Area
- uThukela Banks Marine Protected Area
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Management organisations |
- CapeNature
- City of Cape Town
- Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries
- Department of Science and Innovation
- Eastern Cape Parks
- Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife
- Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality
- South African National Parks
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Biodiversity research in SA |
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Research organisations | |
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Research projects |
- National Biodiversity Assessment
- SeaKeys
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Citizen science databases |
- iNaturalist
- iSpot
- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology Virtual Museum
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Botanical gardens |
- Durban Botanic Gardens
- Free State National Botanical Garden
- Garden Route Botanical Garden
- Hantam National Botanical Garden
- Harold Porter National Botanical Garden
- Johannesburg Botanical Garden
- Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden
- Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
- KwaZulu-Natal National Botanical Garden
- Lowveld National Botanical Garden
- Makana Botanical Gardens
- Manie van der Schijff Botanical Garden
- North-West University Botanical Garden
- Pretoria National Botanical Garden
- Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden
- University of KwaZulu-Natal Botanical Garden
- Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden
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Taxonomists |
- List of authors of South African botanical taxa
- List of authors of South African animal taxa
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Related |
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- Biodiversity
- Biosphere
- Ecotourism
- Encyclopedia of Life
- Environmental impact of recreational diving
- Low impact diving
- International Union for Conservation of Nature
- Marine protected area
- National park
- Nature conservation
- Nature reserve
- Scuba diving tourism
- World Register of Marine Species
- World Wide Fund for Nature
Regional biodiversity |
- Biodiversity of Cape Town
- List of nature reserves in Cape Town
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Legislation |
- Marine Living Resources Act, 18 of 1998
- National Environmental Management Act, 1998
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Publications | |
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Categories: Biodiversity of South Africa
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