Useful links
If you intend collecting plants in South Africa you must be in possession of a valid permit, applied for in good time (at least four months ahead of your trip). Each province has its own conservancy agency through which one needs to apply for the relevant permit.
For the Western Cape Province apply through:
CapeNature
Private Bag X29
Rondebosch, 7701
Cape Town
South Africa
CapeNature House
Belmont Office Park
Belmont Road
Rondebosch
7701
Tel :021 659 3418
Fax :086 556 7734 or 021 659 3415
For further information concerning the other provinces, follow this link or contact the relevant department.
Other links
- South African National Biodiversity Institute
- South African Biodiversity Information Facility
- South African Botanical Society
- Index Herbariorum
- Internet Directory for Botany
- Internet Directory for Botany: listservers and newsgroups
- Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew
- Missouri Botanic Garden
- Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz

