Northern Provinces

For Northern Province, see Northern Province (disambiguation).

The Northern Provinces of South Africa is a biogeographical area used in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD). It is part of the WGSRPD region 27 Southern Africa. The area has the code "TVL".^[1] It includes the South African provinces of Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo (Northern Province) and North West,^[1] together making up an area slightly larger than the former Transvaal Province.

WGSRPD codes^[1]

27 Southern Africa TVL Northern Provinces TVL-GA Gauteng TVL-MP Mpumalanga TVL-NP Northern Province (Limpopo) TVL-NW North West Province

WGSRPD areas of South Africa; TVL = Northern Provinces

See also

• Category:Flora of the Northern Provinces
• Cape Provinces

References

1. Brummitt (2001), p. 38–39.

Bibliography

• Brummitt, R.K. (2001). World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions: Edition 2 (PDF). International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases For Plant Sciences (TDWG). Retrieved 2015-08-10.