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Protea (sugarbushes) Life
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> Family: Proteaceae
About
112 species, found in Africa but mainly in southern Africa where there have been
about 89 species recorded.
Species indigenous to southern Africa
List from Rebelo (1995).
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Section: Hypocephalae (Rodent Sugarbushes) |
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Protea amplexicaulis |
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Protea cordata |
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Protea humiflora |
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Protea decurrens |
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Protea subulifolia |
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| Section: Leiocephalae: Grassland
sugarbushes |
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Protea caffra |
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Protea petiolaris |
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Protea simplex |
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Protea parvula |
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Protea dracomontana |
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Protea nubigena |
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| Section: Leiocephalae: Shaving-brush sugarbushes |
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Protea inopina |
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Protea glabra |
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Protea rupicola |
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Protea nitida |
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| Section: Paludosae (Red
sugarbush) |
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Protea enervis
The only species in this section, found only in the Chimanimani Mountains of
Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
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| Section: Patentiflorae (Mountain
sugarbushes) |
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Protea angolensis |
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Protea madiensis |
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Protea rubropilosa |
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Protea comptonii |
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Protea curvata |
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Protea laetans |
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| Section: Lasiocephalae (Savanna
sugarbushes) |
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Protea welwitschii |
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Protea gaguedi |
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Protea |
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| Section: Cristatae (Moorland
sugarbushes) |
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Protea asymmetrica |
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Protea wentzeliana |
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| Section: Cynaroideae (King
sugarbush) |
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Protea cynaroides
(King sugarbush) |
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| Section: Paracynaroides (Snow
Sugarbushes) |
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Protea scolopendrifolia |
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Protea scabriuscula |
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Protea cryophila |
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Protea pruinosa |
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| Section: Ligulatae (Spoon-bract
Sugarbushes) |
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Protea roupelliae |
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Protea eximia |
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Protea compacta |
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Protea obtusifolia |
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Protea susannae |
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Protea burchellii |
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Protea longifolia |
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Protea
pudens |
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| Section:
Melliferae ('True' Sugarbushes) |
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Protea aristata |
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Protea lanceolata |
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Protea
repens |
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| Section:
Speciosae (Bearded Sugarbushes) |
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Protea laurifolia |
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Protea neriifolia |
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Protea lepidocarpodendron |
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Protea lorifolia |
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Protea coronata |
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Protea speciosa |
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Protea stokoei |
?
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Protea grandiceps |
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Protea magnifica |
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Protea holosericea |
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| Section:
? (Dwarf-tufted sugarbushes) |
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Protea lorea |
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Protea scorzonerifolia |
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Protea aspera |
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Protea scabra |
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Protea piscina |
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Protea restionifolia |
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Protea denticulata |
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| Section:
Exsertae (White Sugarbushes) |
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Protea subvestita |
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Protea lacticolor |
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Protea punctata |
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Protea mundii |
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Protea aurea |
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Protea venusta |
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| Section: Obvallatae (Bishop
Sugarbush) |
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Protea caespitosa |
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| Section: ? (Eastern Ground
Sugarbushes) |
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Protea tenax |
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Protea foliosa |
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Protea vogtsiae |
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Protea intonsa |
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Protea montana |
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| Section: Microgeantae (Western Ground
Sugarbushes) |
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Protea acaulos |
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Protea angustata |
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Protea laevis |
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Protea convexa |
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Protea revoluta |
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| Section: ? (Shale
Sugarbushes) |
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Protea mucronifolia |
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Protea odorata |
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| Section: Pinifoliae (Rose
Sugarbushes) |
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Protea scolymocephala |
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Protea acuminata |
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Protea caniculata |
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Protea nana |
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Protea witzenbergiana |
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Protea pityphylla |
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| Section: ?
(Penduline Sugarbushes) |
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Protea recondita |
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Protea effusa |
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Protea sulphurea |
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Protea namaquana |
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Protea pendula |
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Publications
- Rebelo, T. 1995. Sasol Proteas. A Field Guide to the
Proteas of Southern Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeberg, Cape Town.
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