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List of Figures
Figure 2.1: Map showing the distribution of seven of the species used in
propagation experiments. The inset of the globe in the top right corner
indicates the location of this map on the African continent with a rectangle.
Modified from DE VOS (1972; 1983).
Figure 2.2: Life cycle of Romulea sabulosa, a species endemic to the winterrainfall
area of South Africa (Modified from ASCOUGH (2008); DE VOS
(1972); and photographs taken by Dr. John C. Manning).
Figure 2.3: Life cycle of Romulea monadelpha, another species endemic to
the winter-rainfall area of South Africa (Modified from ASCOUGH (2008); DE
VOS (1972); and photographs taken by Dr. John C. Manning).
Figure 2.4: Life cycle of Romulea camerooniana, a species occurring in
summer-rainfall regions of Africa (Modified from ASCOUGH (2008); DE VOS
(1972) and photographs taken by Dr. John C. Manning).
Figure 2.5: Royal National Park weather station (28° 57’ E, 28° 41’ S, 1392 m
above sea level) average daily minimum and maximum monthly temperatures
(Error bars indicate standard error of the mean of last 5 years).
Figure 2.6: Royal National Park weather station (28° 57’ E, 28° 41’ S, 1392 m
above sea level) average total monthly rain (Error bars indicate standard error
of the mean of last 5 years).
Figure 2.7: Royal National Park weather station (28° 57’ E, 28° 41’ S, 1392 m
above sea level) average daily relative humidity (Error bars indicate standard
error of the mean of last 3 years).
Figure 2.8: Calvinia (19° 56’ E, 31° 29’ S, 977 m above sea level) average
daily minimum and maximum monthly temperatures (Error bars indicate
standard error of the mean of last 5 years).
Figure 2.9: Calvinia weather station (19° 56’ E, 31° 29’ S, 977 m above sea
level) average total monthly rain (Error bars indicate standard error of the
mean of last 5 years).
Figure 2.10: Calvinia weather station (19° 56’ E, 31° 29’ S, 977 m above sea
level) average daily relative humidity (Error bars indicate standard error of the
mean of last 5 years).
Figure 2.11: Sutherland weather station (20° 4’ E, 32° 24’ S, 1458 m above
sea level) average daily minimum and maximum monthly temperatures (Error
bars indicate standard error of the mean of last 5 years).
Figure 2.12: Sutherland weather station (20° 4’ E, 32° 24’ S, 1458 m above
sea level) average total monthly rain (Error bars indicate standard error of the
mean of last 5 years).
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