Diario del proyecto Flora of the Cape Peninsula

Summary Dec 2022 of Cape Peninsula Flora

275,338 Observations of 3,827 plant species by 4,832 observers with the help of 2,349 identifiers.

69% Research Grade, 31% Needs ID (casual plants are excluded to limit the contribution of garden plants to the totals).

Excluded from this project are 38,923 observations of 3,121 plant species "captive" on the Cape Peninsula, by 3,208 observers aided by 1,061 identifiers.

You can assist in the identification of the 63,800 observations that need identification here: click her to help ID

Of the observations

• 6,059 are identified above family level. (7% of Needs ID)

• 10,149 are identified to family or tribe. (12% of Needs ID)
  Tops needing identification are Restionaceae (Cape Reeds), Gnaphalidae (Paper Daisies), Rucshieae (Brightfigs), Celastraceae (Staff Viines), Aspholdeloideae (Aloes), Bruniaceae (Blacktips), Cichorieae (Chicories) & Thymaleaceae (Stringbarks) with over 90 observation each.

• 35,811 are identified only to genus. (42% of Needs ID)
  Top genera needing attention are: Erica (Heaths), Metalasia (Blombushes),Helichrysum (Everlastings), Senecio (Ragworts), Aspalathus (Capegorses), Searsia (Karees), Aloe (Aloes), Watsonia (Watsonias), Oxalis (Sorrels), Elegia (Goldreeds), Struthiola (Capesprays), Thesium (Rootthugs) with over 500 observations each

• 31,702 are identified to species, but have not been confirmed and so are "Needs ID" rather than "Research Grade" (37% of Needs ID)
  (e.g. those with over 200 observations are: Metalasia densa (Fynbos Blombush), Osteospermum moniliferum (Bietou), Passerina corymbosa (Common Gonna). Metalasia muricata (Strandveld Blombush), Carpobrotus edulis (Edible Sourfig), Tarchonanthus littoralis (Coastal Camphorbush) & Virgilia oroboides (Stream Keurboom)
  Please help us with identifications if you can - in the above link add the family or genus to the species box to view only those observations.

https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/flora-of-the-cape-peninsula -- 21 Dec 2022

Short notes for identifying the smaller genera..

At present, the Cape Peninsula Plants comprise:

• 68% Research Grade observations

• 32% Need IDs
  This out of 271,000 observations of 3897 plant species.

Please help
To clear the outstanding IDs.
Use this link and insert your favour family or genus, and help us clear the backlog. (& remember new observations are arriving all the time.
Need ID to species level:(54,500 observations)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?project_id=flora-of-the-cape-peninsula&lrank=subsection&place_id=any

Identified to species, but need confirmation: (32,400 observations)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?project_id=flora-of-the-cape-peninsula&hrank=species&place_id=any

And these plants dont even know what families they belong to: (6,900 observations)
Please push them to family for the specialists to get their teeth into. Just do the ones that you know and skip the rest.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?project_id=flora-of-the-cape-peninsula&lrank=epifamily&place_id=any

Please help us monitor our threatened species. Specific ones are detailed below.

There are many projects on the Cape Peninsula flora: some are listed below.