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Schotia brachypetalaObservador
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IMGP5445 Schotia brachypetala (Fabaceae) Timbavati NR
Small, evergreen tree with paripinnate leaves and ramiflorous, branched inflorescences of deep red flowers.
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Observador
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IMGP5243 Cassia abbreviata (Fabaceae) Timbavati NR
Small deciduous tree.
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IMGP5659 Bolusanthus speciosus (Fabaceae) Timbavati NR
Small, deciduous tree with pinnate leaves and Wisteria-like pendulous inflorescences of beautiful mauve flowers.
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Observador
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C28, Namib-Naukluft National Park: Shallow valley, devoid of vegetation except for scattered tufts of grass and Welwitschia plants. (Google, OSM)Descrição
Welwitschia mirabilis, Swarkop River valley
Dioecious, woody plant with flat, bowl-shaped stem and two leathery leaves with shredded tips, older plants looking like an unmade bed. Male cones dead, persistent. Female cones mature, with seeds and attached cone scales falling off.
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Género HelichrysumObservador
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IMGP2880 Helichrysum gariepinum (Asteraceae) Solitaire - Sesriem
Decumbent herb, c. 0.2 m tall.
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Kissenia capensisObservador
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IMGP2876 Kissenia capensis (Loasaceae) Solitaire - Sesriem
Rounded shrub c. 1 m tall, with lobed, dentate leaves, prominent green calyces.
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Smilax ancepsObservador
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IMGP5848 Smilax (Smilacaceae) Burkes Luck Potholes
Scrambling vine.
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Helichrysum kraussiiObservador
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IMGP5861 Metalasia (Asteraceae) Burkes Luck Potholes
Shrub, c. 1 m tall.
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Erythrina lysistemonObservador
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IMGP5823 Erythrina lysistemon (Fabacaeae) Burkes Luck Potholes
Small tree growing out of crack in gorge^s northern cliff line.
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Tribo GnaphalieaeObservador
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IMGP5852 unidentified (Asteraceae) Burkes Luck Potholes
Prostrate shrublet.
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Observador
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IMGP5819 Brachylaena rotundata (Asteraceae) Burkes Luck Potholes
Shrub c, 2.5 m tall.
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Cotyledon orbiculataObservador
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IMGP5805 Cotyledon orbiculata (Crassulaceae) Burkes Luck Potholes
Succulent shrublet < 0.6 m tall.
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Searsia pyroidesObservador
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IMGP5815 Rhus pyroides (Anarcardiaceae) Burke^s Luck Potholes
Rounded shrub c. 1 m tall.
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Faurea salignaObservador
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IMGP5807 Faurea saligna (Proteaceae) Burkes Luck Potholes
Tree c. 5 m tall, with reticulately fissured bark. Resprouting after fire from epicormic buds.
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Morella piluliferaObservador
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Gods Window, Motlatse Canyon Provincial Nature Reserve: Shrubby scrub on forest margin. (Google, OSM)Descrição
IMGP5798 Myrica pilulifera (Myricaceae)Gods Window
Shrub c. 2 m tall.
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Observador
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Gods Window, Motlatse Canyon Provincial Nature Reserve: Shrubby scrub on forest margin. (Google, OSM)Descrição
IMGP5796 unidentified (Rubiaceae) Gods Window
Shrub c. 2 m tall.
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Observador
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Gods Window, Motlatse Canyon Provincial Nature Reserve: Shrubby scrub on forest margin. (Google, OSM)Descrição
IMGP5795 unidentified (Cyperaceae) Gods Window
Tufted monocot < 1m tall.
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Observador
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IMGP5786 Cassine eucliiformis (Celastraceae) Gods Window
Erect, woody plant.
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Tamujo (Myrsine africana)Observador
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IMGP5782 Myrsine africana (Myrsinaceae) Gods Window
Dense shrub c. 2 m tall.
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IMGP5737 Huperzia (Lycopodiaceae) Gods Window
Pendulous epiphytic herb.
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Observador
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IMGP5711 Cyrtorchis arcuata (Orchidaceae) Gods Window
Epiphytic seedling.
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Observador
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IMGP5710 Polystachya (Orchidaceae) Gods Window
Sympodial, epiphytic herb.
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Género SearsiaObservador
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Gods Window, Motlatse Canyon Provincial Nature Reserve: Shrubby scrub on forest margin. (Google, OSM)Descrição
IMGP5706 Rhus lucida (Anarcardiaceae) Gods Window
Shrub with trifoliolate leaves and terminal to subterminal panicles of small green flowers and brownish fruits.
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Aloe arborescensObservador
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Gods Window, Motlatse Canyon Provincial Nature Reserve: Afromontane forest (where sometimes epiphytic as the seedling shown here) and shrubby scrub on forest margin. (Google, OSM)Descrição
IMGP5705 Aloe arborescens (Asphodelaceae) Gods Window
Arborescent, succulent monocot with toothed leaf margins.
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Greyia radlkoferiObservador
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sunbird feeding on Greyia radlkoferi
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Cinnyris chalybeusObservador
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IMGP5755 Sunbird on Greyia radlkoferi, Gods Window
Small bird with hooked, needle-like beak, with predominantly grey plumage.
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Greyia radlkoferiObservador
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IMGP5767 Greyia radlkoferi (Melianthaceae) Gods Window
Small deciduous tree c. 6m tall.
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Licopódio-Dos-Cervunais (Lycopodium clavatum)Observador
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Gods Window, Motlatse Canyon Provincial Nature Reserve: Shrubby vegetation on forest margin. (Google, OSM)Descrição
IMGP5727 Lycopodium (Lycopodiaceae) Gods Window
Decumbent herb.
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Drimia elataObservador
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Gods Window, Motlatse Canyon Provincial Nature Reserve: Forest near escarpment edge. (Google, OSM)Descrição
IMGP5780
Erect, apparently leafless raceme emerging from the ground.
