areas. According to Takhtajan (1978), the following families are endemic or subendemic to the region: Grubbiaceae, Roridulaceae, Bruniaceae, Penaeaceae, Greyiaceae, Geissolomataceae, Retziaceae (Retzia) and Stilbaceae.Rooibos is produced out of this region. Vegetation types List of vegetation types of the Cape Floristic Region: Swartland Alluvium Renosterveld Swartland Granite Renosterveld Swartland Silcrete Renosterveld Ecology The World Wide Fund for Nature divides the Cape floristic region into three ecoregions: the Lowland fynbos and renosterveld, Montane fynbos and renosterveld and the Albany thickets. The fynbos ecoregions are designated one of the Global 200 priority ecoregions for conservation. Conservation International declared the Cape floristic region to be a biodiversity hotspot. It is thought that the Cape Floristic Region is experiencing one of the most rapid rates of extinction in the world due to habitat loss, land degradation, and invasive alien plants. World Heritage Site In 2004, the "Cape Floral Region Protected Areas" were inscribed as a World Heritage Site. The site includes eight representative protected areas: Table Mountain National Park Cederberg Wilderness Area Groot Winterhoek Wilderness Area Boland Mountain Complex (Limietberg Nature Reserve, Jonkershoek Nature Reserve, Assegaaibosch Nature Reserve, Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve, Kogelberg Nature Reserve) De Hoop Nature Reserve Boosmansbos Wilderness Area Swartberg Complex (Swartberg Nature Reserve, Gamkapoort Nature Reserve, Towerkop Nature Reserve) Baviaanskloof Mega Reserve References This article incorporates CC BY-3.0 text from the reference External links Conservation International: Cape floristic Region – biodiversity hotspot Cape Action: the Cape floristic Region Floristic regions Fynbos Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub Afromontane ecoregions Afrotropical realm Geography of South Africa World Heritage Sites in South Africa