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Succulents & Cacti
The question is often asked, why do we talk about succulents and not cacti? The answer is really simple, cacti is a group (family) of plants, mostly from the Americas which are (virtually) all succulents, in other words, all cacti are succulents, but not all succulents are cacti, very far from it in fact, for example, while southern Africa harbours more succulents than any other similar region in the world, none of them (with one exception) are cacti. |
Objectives
Succulents.net strives to deliver comprehensive information on the indigenous plant world of Southern Africa with emphasis on succulents (official homepage of "The Succulent Society of South Africa"), as well as to facilitate the web presence of businesses, e.g. Euclea Books (botanical publications and antiquarian books), Umdaus Press (specialises in the publication of fine books on natural history of Southern Africa and environs with emphasis on succulent plants), Gariep Travel & Plants (specialises in tours to the succulent rich areas of Southern Africa, as well as in the sales of succulents from South Africa & Madagascar).
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