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Genus:
Leucadendron (conebushes)
Life
> eukaryotes >
Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
>
Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Eudicotyledons > Order: Proteales
> Family: Proteaceae
There
are 83 species, found mainly in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape but extending as far north as
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Species (all indigenous to southern Africa)
List from Rourke (2003).
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Leucadendron album |
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Leucadendron arcuatum |
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Leucadendron argenteum |
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Leucadendron barkerae |
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Leucadendron bonum |
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Leucadendron brunioides |
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Leucadendron burchellii |
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Leucadendron cadens |
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Leucadendron chamelaea |
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Leucadendron cinereum |
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Leucadendron comosum |
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Leucadendron concavum |
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Leucadendron conicum |
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Leucadendron coniferum |
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Leucadendron cordatum |
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Leucadendron coriaceum |
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Leucadendron corymbosum |
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Leucadendron cryptocephalum |
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Leucadendron daphnoides |
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Leucadendron diemontianum |
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Leucadendron discolor |
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Leucadendron dregei |
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Leucadendron dubium |
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Leucadendron elimense |
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Leucadendron ericifolium |
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Leucadendron eucalyptifolium |
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Leucadendron flexuosum |
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Leucadendron floridum |
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Leucadendron foedum |
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Leucadendron galpinii |
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Leucadendron gandogeri |
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Leucadendron glaberrimum |
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Leucadendron globosum |
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Leucadendron grandiflorum |
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Leucadendron gydoense |
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Leucadendron immoderatum |
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Leucadendron lanigerum |
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Leucadendron laureolum |
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Leucadendron laxum |
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Leucadendron levisanus |
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Leucadendron linifolium |
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Leucadendron loeriense |
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Leucadendron loranthifolium |
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Leucadendron macowanii |
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Leucadendron meridianum |
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Leucadendron meyerianum |
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Leucadendron microcephalum |
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Leucadendron modestum |
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Leucadendron muirii |
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Leucadendron nervosum |
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Leucadendron nitidum |
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Leucadendron nobile |
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Leucadendron olens |
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Leucadendron orientale |
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Leucadendron osbornei |
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Leucadendron platyspermum |
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Leucadendron pondoense |
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Leucadendron procerum |
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Leucadendron pubescens
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Leucadendron pubibracteolatum |
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Leucadendron radiatum |
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Leucadendron remotum |
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Leucadendron roodii |
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Leucadendron rourkei |
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Leucadendron rubrum |
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Leucadendron salicifolium |
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Leucadendron salignum |
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Leucadendron sericeum |
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Leucadendron
sessile Winter rainfall karoo. |
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Leucadendron sheilae |
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Leucadendron singulare |
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Leucadendron sorocephalodes |
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Leucadendron spirale |
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Leucadendron spissifolium |
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Leucadendron stellare |
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Leucadendron stelligerum |
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Leucadendron strobilinum |
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Leucadendron teretifolium |
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Leucadendron thymifolium |
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Leucadendron
tinctum (Mountain rose)
Mountain fynbos. |
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Leucadendron tradouwense |
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Leucadendron uliginosum |
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Leucadendron verticillatum |
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Leucadendron xanthoconus |
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Leucadendron sp.
(Kleinmond, Western Cape, South Africa) |
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Publications
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Rourke, J.P. 2003. Proteaceae. In
Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds), Plants of southern Africa: an
annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 795-809. National Botanical
Institute, Pretoria.
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