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One-hectare fine-scale dataset of a fynbos plant community in the Cape Floristic Region
<p>Cape fynbos, which forms part of the Cape Floristic Region (CFR) of South Africa, a global biodiversity hotspot, is renowned for its high levels of plant species endemism and diversity. This extraordinary ecosystem, characterised by nutrient-poor soils and fire-adapted vegetation, is a treasure trove of endemic flora. However, this fragile system faces increasing threats from habitat loss, climate change, and invasive species. Pristine fynbos, naturally high in plant diversity and which forms a large part of the CFR, presents an ideal opportunity to gather fine-scale data on community assembly patterns. Most fynbos vegetation surveys use a plot size of about 100 m2, with no spatial structures within plots to demarcate individual subplots. Here, a groundbreaking dataset is presented that fully covers 1-hectare of pristine fynbos, systematically gridded into 50 × 50 subplots, each measuring 2 × 2 m, arranged evenly within a square-shaped survey site. Each plot was assigned a unique Y–X coordinate combination. For each plot, all plant species present were recorded, along with their total percentage covers and maximum height values. Total percentage covers were also recorded for bare soil, rock, and termite mounds. This dataset provides a valuable contribution to the field of fynbos ecology, as well as plant community ecology in general, and establishes a benchmark for future one-hectare surveys of similar fynbos vegetation types, delineating the fine-scale composition and structure of fynbos in the CFR. The dataset will be useful for a wide audience, including community and spatial ecologists, plant and environmental scientists, and biodiversity informaticians and statistical ecologists, offering ideal data for testing new metrics of diversity and compositional turnover. Data in Brief, Volume 59, April 2025, 111334: <a title="Persistent link using digital object identifier" href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2025.111334" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span><span>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2025.111334</span></span></a></p>
Fig. 1 in New scale insects (Homoptera: Coccinea) from the Cape Floristic Region
Fig. 1. South Africa, Western Cape Prov., banks of the Lower Palmiet River, the type locality of the new species.
Figures 187–190 in On some silverfish taxa from the Cape York region of northern Australia (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae: Ctenolepismatinae)
Figures 187–190. Acrotelsella obscura sp. nov. holotype ♀ (187) pronotum; (188) mesonotum; (189) metanotum; (190) presternum, prothoracic sternum and PI. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
Figures 178–186 in On some silverfish taxa from the Cape York region of northern Australia (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae: Ctenolepismatinae)
Figures 178–186. Acrotelsella obscura sp. nov. holotype ♀ (178) long pectinate periocular macrochaeta; (179) curved slightly pectinate marginal macrochaeta of metanotum; (180) long strongly pectinate macrochaeta of PIII; (181) darker dorsal scale of mesonotum; (182) head (cross-hatched area obscured by eye pigment); (183) antenna, scape, pedicel and basal intervals of flagellum; (184) idem, most distal surviving complete interval; (185) maxilla; (186) labium. Arrows indicate the position of the basiconic sensilla. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
Figures 162–166 in On some silverfish taxa from the Cape York region of northern Australia (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae: Ctenolepismatinae)
Figures 162–166. Acrotelsella septentrionalis sp. nov. holotype ♀ (162) pronotum, left half; (163) mesonotum, left side; (164) metanotum, left side; (165) prothoracic presternum and sternum; (166) PI. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
Figures 152–161 in On some silverfish taxa from the Cape York region of northern Australia (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae: Ctenolepismatinae)
Figures 152–161. Acrotelsella septentrionalis sp. nov. holotype ♀ (152) pectinate macrochaeta of clypeus; (153) long pectinate macrochaeta of pronotum; (154) shorter pectinate macrochaeta of pronotum; (155) carrot-shaped pectinate macrochaeta of femur of PII; (156) darker scale from pronotum; (157) head (cross-hatched area obscured by eye pigment); (158) antenna, scape, pedicel and basal intervals of flagellum; (159) idem, most distal surviving complete interval; (160) maxilla, arrow indicates basiconic sensillum; (161) labium, smaller chaetotaxy and papillae omitted from one palp. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
Figures 198–199 in On some silverfish taxa from the Cape York region of northern Australia (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae: Ctenolepismatinae)
Figures 198–199. Acrotelsella obscura sp. nov. holotype ♀ unless otherwise indicated by specimen number (198) base of cerci and medial filament (K.541677); (199) coxites IX and penis of ♂ (T259430). Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
Figures 174–175 in On some silverfish taxa from the Cape York region of northern Australia (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae: Ctenolepismatinae)
Figures 174–175. Acrotelsella septentrionalis sp. nov. paratype ♀ (K.541646) (174) base of left cercus and median filament, with epiproct and a paraproct; paratype ♂ (T259425); (175) urosternite VIII, coxites IX and penis. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
Figures 139–142 in On some silverfish taxa from the Cape York region of northern Australia (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae: Ctenolepismatinae)
Figures 139–142. Acrotelsella hethicola sp. nov. holotype ♂ (139) pronotum, left half; (140) mesonotum, left side; (141) metanotum, left side; (142) prothoracic presternum, sternum and PI. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
Figures 130–138 in On some silverfish taxa from the Cape York region of northern Australia (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae: Ctenolepismatinae)
Figures 130–138. Acrotelsella hethicola sp. nov. holotype ♂ (130) periocular pectinate macrochaeta; (131) macrochaeta of prothoracic sternal comb; (132) carrot-shaped macrochaeta of tibia of PI; (133) darker scale from nota; (134) head; (135) antenna, scape, pedicel and basal intervals of flagellum; (136) idem, most distal surviving complete interval; (137) maxilla; (138) labium, chaetotaxy omitted from one palp. Scale bars = 0.1 mm. All arrows indicate circular sensilla.
Figures 125–127 in On some silverfish taxa from the Cape York region of northern Australia (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae: Ctenolepismatinae)
Figures 125–127. Acrotelsella arboricola sp. nov. holotype ♀ unless otherwise indicated by specimen number (125) base of cerci and medial filament; (126) median dorsal filament, most distal surviving division (T259431); (127) coxites IX and penis of ♂ (T259431). Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
Figures 119–124 in On some silverfish taxa from the Cape York region of northern Australia (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae: Ctenolepismatinae)
Figures 119–124. Acrotelsella arboricola sp. nov. holotype ♀ unless otherwise indicated by specimen number; (119) combs of left side of urotergite V; (120) urotergite X; (121) aberrant urotergite X (K.541678); (122) urotergite X of ♂ (T259431); (123) urosternite V; (124) coxites VIII and IX with ovipositor. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
Figures 117–118 in On some silverfish taxa from the Cape York region of northern Australia (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae: Ctenolepismatinae)
Figures 117–118. Acrotelsella arboricola sp. nov. holotype ♀ (117) mesothoracic sternum and PII; (118) metathoracic sternum and PIII. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
Figures 113–116 in On some silverfish taxa from the Cape York region of northern Australia (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae: Ctenolepismatinae)
Figures 113–116. Acrotelsella arboricola sp. nov. holotype ♀ (113) pronotum; (114) mesonotum; (115) metanotum; (116) presternum, prothoracic sternum and PI. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
Figure 128 in On some silverfish taxa from the Cape York region of northern Australia (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae: Ctenolepismatinae)
Figure 128. Known distribution of Acrotelsella hethicola sp. nov. from one palp. Scale bars = 0.1 mm. All arrows indicate circular sensilla.
Figures 105–112 in On some silverfish taxa from the Cape York region of northern Australia (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae: Ctenolepismatinae)
Figures 105–112. Acrotelsella arboricola sp. nov. holotype ♀ (105) long pectinate macrochaeta of frons; (106) highly pectinate, carrotshaped macrochaeta of tibia of PII; (107) darker dorsal scale of metanotum; (108) head (cross-hatched area obscured by eye pigment); (109) antenna, scape, pedicel and basal intervals of flagellum; (110) idem, most distal surviving complete interval; (111) maxilla; (112) labium. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
Figures 98–100 in On some silverfish taxa from the Cape York region of northern Australia (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae: Ctenolepismatinae)
Figures 98–100. Acrotelsella marginata sp. nov. holotype ♀ unless otherwise indicated by specimen number (98) base of cerci and medial filament; (99) most distal surviving division of cercus; (100) left coxite IX and penis of male (QMT259429). Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
Figures 143–145 in On some silverfish taxa from the Cape York region of northern Australia (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae: Ctenolepismatinae)
Figures 143–145. Acrotelsella hethicola sp. nov. holotype ♂ (143) mesothoracic sternum and PII; (144) metathoracic sternum and PIII; (145) combs of left side of urotergite VI. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
Figures 95–97 in On some silverfish taxa from the Cape York region of northern Australia (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae: Ctenolepismatinae)
Figures 95–97. Acrotelsella marginata sp. nov. holotype ♀ (95) urotergite X; (96) urosternite VII, posterior margin; (97) right coxites VIII and IX with ovipositor. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
Figures 169–173 in On some silverfish taxa from the Cape York region of northern Australia (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae: Ctenolepismatinae)
Figures 169–173. Acrotelsella septentrionalis sp. nov. holotype ♀ (169) urotergite V, combs of left side; (170) urotergite X; (171) urosternite VI; (172) coxites VIII and IX with ovipositor; (173) apices of gonapophyses. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
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