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Species Cards

Clivia miniata

C. miniata is a hardy plant endemic to southern Africa and is popular in horticulture worldwide. It is commonly grown as a potted garden plant and has medicinal properties.

Bush Lily

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Scelotes caffer

The Cape dwarf burrowing skink is an important model for studying vertebrate genomic evolution due to its intermediate stage of limb development.

Cape Dwarf Burrowing Skink

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Pseudaspis cana

The mole snake is an iconic South African snake that is widely distributed and frequently encountered by people.

Mole snake

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Scelotes gronovii

Gronovi's dwarf burrowing skink is an important model for studying vertebrate genomic evolution due to its intermediate stage of limb development.

Gronovi’s Dwarf Burrowing
Skink

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Scelotes montispectus

Bloubergstrand Dwarf Burrowing Skink is an important model for studying vertebrate genomic evolution due to its intermediate stage of limb development.

Bloubergstrand Dwarf
Burrowing Skink

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Scelotes fitzsimonsi

As the only fully limbless Scelotes species, Fitzsimons' Dwarf Burrowing Skink provides a model for studying vertebrate limb regression and genomic evolution.

Fitzsimons' Dwarf Burrowing Skink

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Sceletium tortuosum

Sceletium (Mesembryanthemum) tortuosum has a long history of traditional use for relieving thirst, hunger and fatigue, as well as for social and spiritual purposes.

Kougoed

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Mesembryanthemum
emarcidum

Mesembryanthemum emarcidum is a South African endemic, medicinally recognised succulent of the Succulent Karoo with understudied wild populations.

Kougoed

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Mesembryanthemum
varians

Mesembryanthemum varians is a Cape endemic, medicinally recognised succulent of the Succulent Karoo with wild populations.

Soutvygie

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Mesembryanthemum
expansum

Mesembryanthemum expansum is a South African endemic, medicinally recognised succulent of the Succulent Karoo whose understudied wild populations, combined with a complete absence of cytogenetic or genomic data, make it a highly valuable candidate for foundational genetic, ecological, and conservation research into southern-African mesemb biodiversity.

Kougoed

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Mesembryanthemum
crassicaule

Mesembryanthemum crassicaule is a Cape endemic, medicinally recognised succulent of the Succulent Karoo whose stable yet understudied wild populations, combined with a complete absence of cytogenetic or genomic data, make it a highly valuable candidate for foundational genetic, ecological, and conservation research into southern-African mesemb biodiversity.

Kougoed

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Homopus femoralis

The greater padloper tortoise is endemic to South Africa and contributes to ecosystem stability in the Karoo.

Greater Padloper tortoise

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