Learning about Biodiversity: The Botanical Society of South Africa

The Botanical Society of South Africa (BotSoc), established in 1913, is a membership, non-profit, non-governmental organization in South Africa. Its core focus is conservation, promotion and wise use of South Africa’s rich floral heritage. The Society has over 15000 members from around the world. To find out more about the Botanical Society of South Africa (BotSoc), click here.

Veld & Flora online

All 101 volumes of Veld & Flora, the journal of the Botanical Society, are now available online through Sabinet. The latest journals (2008–2014) are only available to Sabinet subscribers but from 1915–2007 they are free online resources. To access the back issues go to http://reference.sabinet.co.za/sa_epublication/veld. To find an issue or article, go to ‘Table of Contents’ a little way down the page, and click on the dropdown arrow next to ‘Archive’. Select and click in the issue you want. Select and click on the article you are interested in. On the right hand side of the screen, click ‘Full text’.

Celebrating 100 years with free back issues online

In 2013, the hundredth anniversary of the BotSoc, there were no LaB pages. However, back issues of Veld & Flora were made available, free, online. Click on the image above, go to 'table of contents', Click on the dropdown arrow next to 'Archives', Select and click in the issue you are interested in, then Select and click on the article you are interested in. On the right hand side of scene, under 'Full text' click on 'View article' and read, save and/or print as desire The more recent issues are not available online to grant our members the privilege of these. For subscription to the more recent articles, you have to subscribe to Sabinet online and follow the process.

Learning about Biodiversity

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