Close up of a male Welwitschia Mirabilis plant, native to Namibia and named after the Austrian botanist and doctor Friedrich Welwitsch, with its large

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Close up of a male Welwitschia Mirabilis plant, native to Namibia and named after the Austrian botanist and doctor Friedrich Welwitsch, with its large leaves and cones in the bleak landscape of Namib Naukluft National Park.

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Photo credit: © Rosaline Napier / Alamy / Afripics
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