Cape Floristic Province, South Africa (12 images)
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African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus) .Boulders...
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Waves at False Bay. Cape Floristic Province....
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Lesser Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris...
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Cape Eagle-owl (Bubo capensis) at Kirstencbosch...
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Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) at...
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Cape of Good Hope National Park
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Blue crane (Grus paradisea).De Hoop Nature...
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Common Eland (Taurotragus oryx) at De Hoop...
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Wildflowers at De Hoop Nature Reserve. Eastern...
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Evergreen fire-dependent shrublands characterize the landscape of the Cape Floristic Region, one of the world's five Mediterranean hotspots. Home to the greatest non-tropical concentration of higher plant species in the world, the region is the only hotspot that encompasses an entire floral kingdom, and holds five of South Africa's 12 endemic plant families and 160 endemic genera.
