UBukumkani beNtyatyambo yaseKapa: Ubuncinane Obuphethe Ubutyebi Obukhulu
ICape Floral Kingdom eMzantsi Afrika yeyona incinane kuzo zonke ii-botanical kingdoms, kwaye yeyona ikuphela kwayo ekhoyo ngokupheleleyo kwilizwekazi elinye.
Le ndawo ikumazantsi-ntshona eAfrika, inommandla olingana nobukhulu basePortugal.
Nangona incinci, inezityalo ezimalunga ne-8 600, kwaye i-5 800 kuzo azifumaneki kwenye indawo emhlabeni.
Le ndawo igubungela ngaphantsi kwe-0.04% yomhlaba wehlabathi, kodwa iphethe i-0.7% yezityalo zayo ezizodwa (endemic).
ICape Peninsula yodwa—encinane kunesixeko saseLondon—inenani leentyatyambo ezidlula ezo zifunyanwa kuzo zonke iBritish Isles.
UBukumkani buhamba njengebhanti elimalunga ne-200 km ububanzi, lususela eClanwilliam ukuya eHumansdorp kufuphi nePort Elizabeth.
Uninzi lwezityalo zalo luyi-fynbos, ezimalunga ne-80% yeentlobo zendawo.
Eli gama lavela kubahlali bokuqala abangamaDatshi abathi “fijnbosch,” okuthetha “ihlathi elicolekileyo.”
Ngaphandle kwefynbos kukho iindawo ezincinci ze-succulent karoo, thicket, renosterveld, kunye ne-afromontane forest. Kufuphi ubona iinkcukacha zayo: iiprotea, iireeds, iilili, ii-orchid, kunye namagqabi esilivere.
Ubuhle bayo bubonakala eKirstenbosch Gardens, eDe Hoop Nature Reserve, nakwiCape Peninsula National Park, apho indalo encinci iphila ngeentaka, izinambuzane, izilwanyana ezirhubuluzayo namasele anqabileyo.
Funda nalapha: Ubukumkani beentaka eMzantsi Afrika: ukusuka kwiCape Weaver ukuya kwiKori Bustard
Kodwa ezinye iintlobo zixhomekeke kwindawo enye kuphela, njengeKnersvlakte okanye iikloof ezifihlakeleyo eCape Peninsula.
Ngenxa yoko, ukwakhiwa kwezindlu, ulimo olwandayo, kunye nezityalo zangaphandle kusongela kakhulu eli lifa.
Iintlobo ezingaphezu kwe-1 400 zidweliswe njengezisengozini, kwaye ezingama-29 sele zanyamalala ngokupheleleyo.
Kanti ke, phantse i-75% yezityalo ezikuSouth Africa Red Data Book zifumaneka apha, nto leyo eyenza iCape Floral Kingdom ibe yindawo exabisekileyo ekufuneka ikhuselwe ngoku.
