The Roggeveldberge — Notes on a botanically hot area on a cold corner of the southern Great Escarpment, South Africa

@article{Clark2011TheR,
  title={The Roggeveldberge — Notes on a botanically hot area on a cold corner of the southern Great Escarpment, South Africa},
  author={Vincent Ralph Clark and Nigel P. Barker and Laco Mucina},
  journal={South African Journal of Botany},
  year={2011},
  volume={77},
  pages={112-126}
}
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