Knowledge

written on Jan 01, 2017 and last revised on Jan 01, 2019

At first encounter the Karoo may seem arid, desolate and unforgiving, but to those who know it, it is a land of secret beauty and infinite variety.

Eve Palmer. Plains of Camdeboo: The Classic Book of the Karoo. 1966.

Distribution

Haworthias (the species of the genera Haworthia, Haworthiopsis, and Tulista) are near-endemic to South Africa, with a few species have presences in neighboring ...
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History

When European settled in southern Africa in the latter half of the 17th century, the Age of Enlightenment has already spread its wings, exciting and ...
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Contributors

The genus Haworthia now has a literature which goes back in time ~300 years. This is vast in its content and interesting for its demonstration of botanical ...
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