Nature Conservation Requires More than a Passion for Species

*Terrestrial Ecology Research Unit and Department of Botany, University of Port Elizabeth, PO Box 1600, Port Elizabeth, 6000, South Africa tAustralian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, New South Wales, 2010, Australia tNew South Wales Department of Environment and Conservation, PO Box 402, Armidale, New South Wales 2350, Australia ?Biodiversity Conservation Unit, Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa, 2b Lawrence Street, Central Hill, Port Elizabeth 6001, South Africa **Cape Conservation Unit, Botanical Society of South Africa, Claremont 7735, South Africa ttKirstenbosch Research Centre, National Botanical Institute, Claremont 7735, South Africa ttBiodiversity Directorate, National Botanical Institute, Private Bag xlOl, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa ??Leslie Hill Institute for Plant Conservation, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa

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