The vegetation syntaxa of the Ba land type in the western Transvaal Grassland, South Africa

Relatively little is known about the vegetation of the western Grassland Biome in South Africa. The classification of the vegetation of the Ba land type forms part of a research programme on the synthesis of the vegetation of the western Grassland Biome. The result of the numerical classification obtained by Twinspan was refined by applying Braun-Blanquet procedures. The result is a phytosociological table where one new order, three new alliances, nine new associations and four new subassociations are recognized. The new syntaxa are ecologically interpreted as well as described. Relatief min is oor die plantegroei van die westelike Grasveldbioom van Suid-Afrika bekend. Die klassifikasie van die plantegroei van die Ba-landtipe vorm deel van die sintese van die plantegroei van die westelike Grasveldbioom. Die numeriese klassifikasie deur Twinspan verkry, is met behulp van Braun-Blanquet-prosedures verfyn. Een nuwe orde, drie nuwe alliansies, nege nuwe assosiasies en vier nuwe subassosiasies is geïdentifiseer en in ’n fitososiologiese tabel saamgevat. Die nuwe sintaksons word ekologies geïnterpreteer en beskryf.