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Nine biomes have been described in South Africa: Fynbos, Succulent Karoo, desert, Nama Karoo, grassland, savanna, Albany thickets, the Indian Ocean coastal belt, and forests. [7] The 2018 South African National Biodiversity Institute 's National Biodiversity Assessment plant checklist lists 35,130 taxa in the phyla Anthocerotophyta (hornworts ...
Protea ( / ˈproʊtiːə / [2]) is a genus of South African flowering plants, also called sugarbushes ( Afrikaans: suikerbos ). It is the type genus of the Proteaceae family. [3] About 92% of the species occur only in the Cape Floristic Region, a narrow belt of mountainous coastal land from Clanwilliam to Grahamstown, South Africa.
Strelitzia reginae. Banks [1] [2] Strelitzia reginae, commonly known as the crane flower, bird of paradise, or isigude in Nguni, [3] is a species of flowering plant native to the Cape Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. An evergreen perennial, it is widely cultivated for its dramatic flowers. In temperate areas it is a popular houseplant.
P. cynaroides is a woody shrub with thick stems and large dark green, glossy leaves. Most plants are one metre in height when mature, but may vary according to locality and habitat from 0.35 to 2 metres (1 ft 2 in to 6 ft 7 in) in height. The "flowers" of P. cynaroides are actually composite flower heads (termed an inflorescence) with a ...
List of Euphorbiaceae of South Africa. Euphorbiaceae, the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants (anthophytes) in the order Malpighiales. In common English, they are sometimes called euphorbias, [1] which is also the name of a genus in the family. Most spurges are herbs, but some, especially in the tropics, are shrubs or trees.
Gazania. Guizotia. Gymnanthemum. Gymnodiscus. List of Asteraceae of South Africa. Appearance. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Asteraceae or Compositae is a family of flowering plants (anthophytes) in the order Asterales. Asteraceae (commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, [1] or sunflower family ), is a very large and ...
Strelitzia. Strelitzia / strɛˈlɪtsiə / [3] is a genus of five species of perennial plants, native to South Africa. It belongs to the plant family Strelitziaceae. [4] A common name of the genus is bird of paradise flower/plant, because of a resemblance of its flowers to birds-of-paradise. In South Africa, it is commonly known as a crane flower .
Amaryllis belladonna, [2] the Jersey lily, [3] belladonna-lily, naked-lady-lily, [4] or March lily, [5] is a plant species native to Cape Province in South Africa but widely cultivated as an ornamental. It is reportedly naturalized in many places: Corsica, Portugal, the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands, the Scilly Isles of Great Britain, the ...