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The article reports the efforts by the Botanical Society of South Africa and the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) as of September 2015 to compile the document titled "South Africa's Strategy for Plant Conservation."

The article focuses the book "Red List of South African Plants for 2009," which is considered the first comprehensive assessment of all of South Africa's plant species. The book feature 40 plant species that are listed as extinct or extinct in the wild. A new category was also included in the book, the Critically Endangered, Possibly Extinct (CR PE).

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of conducting a survey of rare and endangered species on Blouberg Mountain in South Africa as part of the Custodians of Rare and Endangered Wildflowers (CREW) programme.

The article presents information on the Lobostemon belliformis, an unusual large shrub with deep red tubular flowers, in southern Cape in South Africa. It says that the shrub may be long-lived re-sprouters as indicated by their multiple prickly stems. The species are identified as an undescribed species in the genus Cullumia by expert botanist Jan Vlok.

Provides information on the groups of the Custodians of Rare and Endangered Wildflowers (CREW) volunteers who are working in the lowlands of the Cape Floral Region in South Africa. Efforts of the Nieuwoudtville CREW group to raise awareness about the range of endemic and threatened plant species; Benefits offered by the training program provided by the Harmony Flats CREW group.

Focuses on the Custodians of Rare and Endangered Wildflowers (CREW), an environmental monitoring programme run under the South African National Biodiversity Institute's Threatened Species Programme. Factor which threatened plant biodiversity of the Cape Floristic Region; Number of endangered plants in the areas wherein CREW works; Benefit of insights gained from CREW.

Focuses on the Custodians of Rare and Endangered Wildflowers (CREW), a conservation programme of the National Botanical Institute (NBI) in South Africa. Goal of the programme; Areas which are the focus of the CREW programme; Reasons for developing skills of local people; Activities of each area covered by the CREW programme.