| why everlastings don't last. | the cape floral region represents one of the world's biodiversity hot spots, with a high level of plant, animal and insect endemism. the fungi occurring in this region, however, remain poorly studied. it is widely postulated that each plant species should harbour at least five to six unique fungal species, a number that we regard to be a huge underestimate. to test this hypothesis, we decided to study a single senescent flower of phaenocoma prolifera ('everlasting'; asteraceae) collected in sout ... | 2011 | 22025805 |