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Bookmark or Share- Succulent Karoo | CEPFThe Succulent Karoo boasts the world’s richest succulent flora, as well as high reptile and invertebrate diversity. About 40 percent of the hotspot's 6,356 plant species are found nowhere else. More than 900 are threatened with extinction.
- Karoo - WikipediaThe succulent Karoo biome is dominated by dwarf, leafy-succulent shrubs, and annuals, predominantly Asteraceae, popularly known as Namaqualand daisies, which put on spectacular flower displays covering vast stretches of the landscape in the southern spring-time (August–September) after good rains in the winter. Grasses are uncommon, making ...
- What is Succulent Karoo? An Introduction - The Botanical Society of ...Famous the world over for its extraordinary biodiversity, the Succulent Karoo biome is home to the richest succulent flora on earth. The area spans from Luderitz in Namibia in the north, through the Richtersveld, Namaqualand, Hantam, Tanqua, Roggeveld and eastwards into the Little Karoo.
- Succulent Karoo biome, South Africa (GL)Succulent Karoo is a unique South African biome known for its wildflower extravaganza in spring. The vegetation is primarily made up of dwarf succulent shrubs. You won’t find as many plant species – mostly succulents – in other similarly sized arid areas in the world.
- Succulent Karoo Biome | PlantZAfrica - SANBIThe Succulent Karoo Biome forms part of the Greater Cape Floristic Region.The Succulent Karoo Biome has an equal status to the other biomes in South Africa - it is not a subtype of "a Karoo Biome." Most of the biome covers a flat to gently undulating plain, with some hilly and "broken".
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