Article posted on bookslive.co.za by Amanda on Oct 16th, 2014
Fabaea Psoralea vanberklae
A new species of Fynbos has been discovered near Plettenberg Bay.
In the podcast below, John Webb from Cape Talk speaks to Chris von Christierson, the chairman of the Robberg Coastal Corridor Landowners’ Association and the owner of the land on which the new species was discovered. Von Christierson talks about the discovery and plans to protect the rare fynbos in the area.
The new species was named Psoralea vanberkela after the person who discovered it, Nicky van Berkel. The plant has unique purple and white flowers.
Fynbos enthusiasts can find out more about this unique class of plants in Restios of the Fynbos by Els Dorrat-Haaksma and Peter Linder and Exploring Fynbos: Plants, Animals, Interactions by Margo Branch.
