Leucadendron tradouwense

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Leucadendron tradouwense
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Leucadendron
Species:
L. tradouwense
Binomial name
Leucadendron tradouwense
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Leucadendron tradouwense, the Tradouw conebush, is a flower-bearing shrub belonging to the genus Leucadendron and forms part of the fynbos. The plant is native to the Western Cape, where it occurs in the Langeberg Range at the Tradouws Pass and Groot Vadersbos. The plant is rare, there are only two known populations.

The shrub grows to 2 m in height and flowers in June. The plant dies in fires but the seeds survive. The seeds are stored in a toll on the female plant and fall out of the toll ground after two months, where they are spread by rodents. The plant is unisexual and there are separate plants with male and female flowers, which are pollinated by small towers. The plant grows mainly on steep, southern slopes in sandstone soil at 160-180 m.

In Afrikaans it known as Tradouwtolbos.

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References

  1. Rebelo, A.G., Raimondo, D. & von Staden, L. 2020. Leucadendron tradouwense. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T113170963A185571061. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T113170963A185571061.en. Downloaded on 08 September 2021.