List of Protea species

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The following is a list of Protea species.

Table of Protea species

SectionCommon name of sectionSpecies nameCommon nameImageDistribution
Craterifoliapenduline protea Protea effusa [1] Scarlet sugarbush Protea effusa 15464304.jpg South Africa (Western Cape province)
Protea namaquana [2] Kamiesberg sugarbush Protea namaquana mr fab iNat37427456b.jpg South Africa (Kamiesberg mountains of Namaqualand in the Northern Cape province)
Protea pendula Nodding sugarbush Protea pendula tonyrebelo inat10874384a.jpg South Africa (Western Cape province)
Protea recondita Hidden sugarbush Protea recondita vynbos iNat16257464b.jpg South Africa (Western Cape province)
Protea sulphurea Sulphur sugarbush Protea sulphurea linkie iNat11243659.jpg South Africa (Western Cape province)
Crinitaeeastern ground protea Protea foliosa Leafy sugarbush Protea foliosa 15387225.jpg South Africa (Eastern Cape province)
Protea intonsa Tufted sugarbush Protea intonsa 15680824.jpg South Africa (Swartberg and Kammanassie Mountains to the Baviaanskloof Mountains.)
Protea montana Swartberg sugarbush Protea montana rebeccaryen iNat 39755299a.jpg South Africa (Swartberg and Kammanassie Mountains.)
Protea tenax Tenacious sugarbush Protea tenax mr fab iNat10957356.jpg South Africa (Outeniqua, Tsitsikamma, Kouga and Winterhoek Mountains)
Protea vogtsiae Kouga sugarbush Protea vogtsiae 106202532.jpg South Africa (Western and Eastern Cape)
CristataeMoorland protea Protea asymmetrica Inyanga sugarbush Zimbabwe
Protea wentzeliana Wentzel's sugarbush Protea wentzeliana 1 (4337134568).jpg Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, southern Tanzania and central Angola.
ExsertaeWhite protea Protea aurea aurea Common shuttlecock proteaSouth Africa (Western Cape province)
Protea aurea potbergensis Potberg sugarbush Protea aurea subsp. potbergensis.jpg South Africa (Potberg near Cape Infanta.)
Protea lacticolor Hottentot sugarbush Protea lacticolor 64121171.jpg South Africa (the Slanghoek to the Hottentots Holland Mountains and also the Groenlandberg.)
Protea mundii Forest sugarbush Protea mundii flower.jpg South Africa (Western Cape province)
Protea punctata Water sugarbush Protea punctata01.jpg South Africa (Eastern and Western Cape province)
Protea subvestita Waterlily sugarbush Protea subvestita 15432447.jpg South Africa (Eastern Cape province)
Protea venusta Cascade sugarbush Protea venusta (red sugarbush) from the winter rain Karoo (5329544004).jpg South Africa (Clanwilliam to Grahamstown)
HypocephalaeRodent protea Protea amplexicaulis Claspingleaf sugarbush Protea amplexicaulis 1DS-II 3-8347.jpg South Africa (Western Cape province)
Protea cordata Heartleaf sugarbush Protea cordata 1DS-II 1-8164.jpg South Africa (Western Cape province)
Protea decurrens Linearleaf sugarbush Protea decurrens 27297764.jpg South Africa (Western Cape province)
Protea humiflora Patentleaf sugarbush Protea humiflora 45530536.jpg South Africa (Western Cape province)
Protea subulifolia Awl-leaf sugarbush Protea subulifolia 47445986.jpg South Africa (Western Cape province)
Lasiocephalaesavanna protea Protea gaguedi African sugarbush Protea gaguedi (26805851611).jpg Sudan (including South Sudan), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Eswatini and South Africa.
Protea welwitschii Dwarf savanna sugarbush Protea welwitschii00.jpg Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Angola, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Lesotho, and South Africa.
Leiocephaleagrassveld protea Protea afra subsp. afra Highveld sugerbush Protea caffra, oop blomhoof, Voortrekkermonument-NR, b.jpg South Africa (Gauteng, Kwazulu-Natal, Northern Province, Mpumalanga, the Eastern Cape as far south as the Katberg mountains) and Lesotho
Protea afra subsp. gazensis Manica sugarbushMozambique and Zimbabwe, including the Nyanga Mountains and Chimanimani Mountains, and on Mount Gorongosa in Mozambique.
Protea afra subsp. kilimandscharica Kilimanjaro sugarbushMt Kenya
Protea afra subsp. nyasea Malawi sugarbushMalawi
Protea dracomontana Drakensberg sugarbush Protea dracomontana 30312614.jpg South Africa (Eastern Cape, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal and Free State)
Protea nubigena Cloud sugarbushSouth Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
Protea parvula Dainty sugarbush Protea parvula 15885811.jpg Mpumalanga
Protea petiolaris elegans Sickle-leaf sugarbushAngola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Protea petiolaris petiolaris Sickle-leaf sugarbushMalawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Protea simplex Dwarf grassveld sugarbush Protea simplex 15818123.jpg South Africa (Eswatini and Mpumalanga)
shaving-brush protea Protea caffra kilimandscharica Kilimanjaro sugarbush Protea kilimandscharica mtkenya 2.jpg DRC, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
Protea caffra mafingensis Mafingo sugarbushMalawi and Zambia
Protea rupicola Krantz sugarbush Protea rupicola 67073991.jpg South Africa (Western and Eastern Cape)
Protea glabra Clanwilliam sugarbush Protea glabra 5Dsr 0431.jpg South Africa (Western cape)
Protea inopina Largenut sugarbush Protea inopina 19247831.jpg Paleisheuwel
Protea nitida Wagon tree Protea nitida flowers.jpg South Africa (Eastern Cape)
Ligulataespoon-bract protea Protea burchellii Burchell's sugarbush Protea burchellii 1DS-II 3-5540.jpg South Africa (Southwestern Cape)
Protea compacta Bot river sugarbush Protea compacta Bot river sugarbush - Flickr - Ragnhild & Neil Crawford.jpg Kleinmond to Bredasdorp Mountains South Africa
Protea eximia Broadleaf sugarbush Protea eximia MS 9177.jpg South Africa (Western Cape)
Protea longifolia Longleaf sugarbush Protea longifolia flower.JPG South Africa (Western Cape)
Protea obtusifolia Limestone sugarbush Protea obtusifolia Holiday Red 2.jpg South Africa (Western Cape)
Protea pudens Bashful sugarbush Protea pudens 15314941.jpg South Africa (Western Cape)
Protea roupelliae hamiltonii Dwarf silver sugarbush Protea roupelliae hamiltonii 15789645.jpg South Africa (Western Cape), Zimbabwe
Protea roupelliae roupelliae Silver sugarbush Protea roupelliae flower2.JPG Clanwilliam to Grahamstown, South Africa.
Protea susannae Stinkleaf sugarbush Protea susannae02.jpg South Africa (Western Cape)
Melliferaesugerbushes Protea aristata Ladismith sugarbush ProteaAristata.jpg South Africa (Western Cape)
Protea lanceolata Lanceleaf sugarbush Protea lanceolata flower 2.JPG South Africa
Protea repens Common sugarbush Protea repens 1DS-II 4124.jpg South Africa
Microgeantaewestern ground protea Protea acaulos Common ground sugarbush Protea acaulos 5Dsr 8388.jpg South Africa (Western Cape)
Protea convexa Largeleaf sugarbushSouth Africa (Western Cape)
Protea laevis Smoothleaf sugarbush Protea laevis 15087779.jpg South Africa (Western Cape)
Protea revoluta Rolledleaf sugarbush Protea revoluta 15629147.jpg South Africa (Western Cape)
Protea angustata Wide laef sugarbush Protea angustata 1DS-II 1-8243.jpg South Africa (Western Cape)
Obvallataebishop protea Protea caespitosa Bishop sugarbush Protea caespitosa 15828865.jpg South Africa (Western Cape province)
Paludosaerooi protea Protea enervis Chimanimani sugarbush Protea enervis 12184384.jpg Zimbabwe and Mozambique
Paracynaroidessneeu protea Protea cryophila Snowball protea Protea cryophila 15087665.jpg South Africa (Cederberg)
Protea pruinosa Frosted sugarbush Protea pruinosa 15662902.jpg South Africa (Western Cape province)
Protea scabriuscula Hoary sugarbush Protea scabriuscula 12158273.jpg South Africa (Western Cape province)
Protea scolopendriifolia Hart's tonguefern sugarbush Protea scolopendriifolia 15598088.jpg South Africa (Western and Eastern Cape province)
Parvifloraeshale protea Protea mucronifolia Daggerleaf sugarbush Protea mucronifolia 1DS-II 1-C5644.jpg South Africa
Protea odorata Swartland sugarbush Protea odorata 15627760.jpg South Africa
Patentifloraemountain protea Protea angolensis angolensis Dwarf northernwoodland sugarbushnorthern, central and eastern Zimbabwe
Protea angolensis divaricata Northern woodland sugarbushZambia, western Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, southern and western Tanzania, northern Malawi, and to a limited extent in Mozambique (Tete)
Protea comptonii Saddleback sugarbush Protea comptonii (8373025765).jpg South Africa (Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal)
Protea curvata Barberton sugarbush Protea curvata (8373026233).jpg South Africa
Protea laetans Blyde sugarbush Protea laetans 0314.jpg South Africa (Mpumalanga)
Protea madiensis Tall woodland sugarbush Protea madiensis MS 3792.jpg Senegal to Ethiopia in the north, to Angola, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia, Guinea to Mali in the north, south to Sierra Leone, Benin and Cameroon.
Protea rubropilosa Transvaal sugarbush Protea rubropilosa 51146035.jpg South Africa (Mpumalanga and Limpopo)
Protea rupestris Rocket sugarbushMalawi, Mozambique, Angola and Tanzania
Pinifoliarose protea Protea acuminata Blackrim sugarbush Protea acuminata 1DS-II 1-9801.jpg South Africa
Protea canaliculata Grooveleaf sugarbushSouth Africa (Western Cape province)
Protea nana Mountainrose sugarbush Protea nana 1DS-II 1-9808.jpg South Africa (Western Cape province)
Protea pityphylla Ceres sugarbush Protea pityphylla 1DS-II 3-5561.jpg South Africa (Western Cape province)
Protea scolymocephala Thistle sugarbush Protea scolymocephala flower1.JPG South Africa (Western Cape province)
Protea witzenbergiana Swan sugarbush Protea witzenbergiana 94973312.jpg South Africa (Western Cape province)
Proteaking protea Protea cynaroides King protea King protea, Protea cinnaroides, at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden (4827922320).jpg South Africa
Speciosaebearded sugerbush Protea coronata Green sugarbush Protea coronata 1-9818.jpg South Africa (Western and Eastern Cape)
Protea grandiceps Red sugarbush Protea grandiceps 1DS-II 3-5554.jpg South Africa (Cape Peninsula, Hottentots-Holland Mountains, Riviersonderend Mountains, Langeberg, Outeniqua Mountains, Winterhoek Mountains and Kamanassie Mountains)
Protea holosericea Sawedge sugarbush Protea holosericea S-0125 415.jpg South Africa (Western Cape)
Protea laurifolia Greyleaf sugarbush Protea laurifolia 5Dsr 8365.jpg South Africa (Northern and Western Cape)
Protea lepidocarpodendron Blackbeard sugarbush Protea lepidocarpodendron, the Black-bearded Sugar Bush (10699764063).jpg South Africa (Western Cape)
Protea lorifolia Strapleaf sugarbush Protea lorifolia 18870385.jpg South Africa (Swartberg, Riviersonderend and Langeberg Mountains, to the Baviaanskloofberge and Kouga Mountains.)
Protea magnifica [3] Queen protea Protea - Jardin exotique de Roscoff 2.JPG South Africa (Western Cape)
Protea neriifolia Narrowleaf sugarbush Protea neriifolia RBG.jpg South Africa (Eastern and Western Cape)
Protea speciosa Brownbeard sugarbush Protea speciosa (2).JPG South Africa (Western Cape)
Protea stokoei Pink sugarbush Protea stokoei 1DS-II 3-5557.jpg South Africa (Kogelberg and Greenland Mountains)
Subacaulesdwarf-tufted protea Protea aspera Roughleaf sugarbush Protea aspera 54777283.jpg South Africa (Kleinrivier Mountains, Bredasdorpberg and Garcia's Pass.)
Protea denticulata Toothleaf sugarbush Protea denticulata Potberg 01.jpg South Africa
Protea lorea Thongleaf sugarbush Protea lorea 15802016.jpg South Africa (Western Cape)
Protea piscina Visgat sugarbush Protea piscina Middelberg pass from above with old fruit.jpg South Africa
Protea restionifolia [4] Reedleaf sugarbushSouth Africa (Western Cape province)
Protea scabra [5] Sandpaperleaf sugarbush Protea scabra 90087824.jpg South Africa (Hottentots Holland Mountains across the Riviersonderend Mountains, the Kleinrivier Mountains and around the town of Caledon to the Swartberg Mountains)
Protea scorzonerifolia [6] Channelleaf sugarbush Protea scorzonerifolia 108506037.jpg South Africa (Western Cape)

Related Research Articles

<i>Protea neriifolia</i> Species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae

Protea neriifolia, also known as the narrow-leaf sugarbush, oleander-leaved sugarbush, blue sugarbush, or the oleanderleaf protea, is a flowering plant in the genus Protea, which is endemic to South Africa.

<i>Protea laurifolia</i> Species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae

Protea laurifolia, also known as the grey-leaf sugarbush, is a shrub from South Africa. It is native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.

<i>Protea scolymocephala</i> Species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae

Protea scolymocephala, also known as the thistle protea or thistle sugarbush, is a flowering plant from the genus Protea native to South Africa.

<i>Protea namaquana</i> Species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae

Protea namaquana, also known as the Kamiesberg sugarbush, is a flowering plant which belongs to the genus Protea. The plant is endemic to the southwestern Cape Region of South Africa, in particular the Kamiesberg mountains of Namaqualand in the Northern Cape province. The species has a worldwide distribution of only 18 km2. It is regarded as critically endangered. In the Afrikaans language it has the vernacular name is Kamiesbergsuikerbos.

<i>Protea intonsa</i> Species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae

Protea intonsa, also known as the tufted sugarbush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae, endemic to South Africa, where it is distributed from the eastern Swartberg and Kammanassie Mountains to the Baviaanskloof mountains. In Afrikaans, it is known as klossie-suikerbos.

<i>Protea vogtsiae</i> Species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae

Protea vogtsiae, also known as the Kouga sugarbush, is a small flowering shrub of the genus Protea within the family Proteaceae, which is only found growing in the wild in the southern Cape Region of South Africa.

<i>Protea rubropilosa</i> Flowering tree

Protea rubropilosa, also known as the Transvaal sugarbush, escarpment sugarbush or Transvaal mountain sugarbush, is a flowering tree, that belongs to the genus Protea in the family Proteaceae. The plant only occurs in South Africa.

<i>Protea rupicola</i> Species of flowering shrub

Protea rupicola, also known as the krantz sugarbush, is a flowering shrub belonging to the genus Protea. It has a highly branched trunk and grows up to 2m high.

<i>Protea susannae</i> Species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae

Protea susannae, also known as stink-leaf sugarbush, is a flower-bearing shrub of the genus Protea. The plant is endemic to the southwestern Cape Region of South Africa.

<i>Protea glabra</i> Species of flowering shrub

Protea glabra, also called the Clanwilliam sugarbush, is a flowering shrub belonging to the genus Protea.

<i>Protea witzenbergiana</i> Species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae

Protea witzenbergiana, or Swan sugarbush, is a flowering shrub of the genus Protea.

<i>Protea lorifolia</i> Species of shrub

Protea lorifolia, in English called the strap-leaved sugarbush, strap-leaved protea or strap-leaf sugarbush is a flowering shrub which belongs to the genus Protea.

Protea restionifolia, which is also known as the Reed-leaf sugarbush, is a flowering shrub endemic to the Western Cape province of South Africa where it is found from the upper part of the Breede River Valley through the Bot River Valley to Wolseley and the Koue Bokkeveld Mountains.

<i>Protea scabra</i> Species of flowering shrub

Protea scabra, also known as the sandpaper-leaf sugarbush, is a flowering groundcover that belongs to the genus Protea. The plant is endemic to South Africa and is found from the Hottentots Holland Mountains across the Riviersonderend Mountains, the Kleinrivier Mountains and around the town of Caledon to the Swartberg mountains.

<i>Protea revoluta</i> Species of flowering plant

Protea revoluta, also known as the roll-leaved sugarbush or rolled-leaf sugarbush, is a species of plant which is classified in the genus Protea. P. revoluta is only found growing in the wild in South Africa, where plants can be found growing between the Cederberg inland on the Atlantic coast and the Witteberg area to the north.

<i>Protea scabriuscula</i> Species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae

Protea scabriuscula, also known as the hoary sugarbush or gray sugarbush, is a flowering shrub, endemic to the southwestern Cape Region of South Africa.

<i>Protea caespitosa</i> Species of plant

Protea caespitosa, also known as hottentot bishop sugarbush or bishop sugarbush, is a flowering shrub belonging to the genus Protea which is only found growing in the wild in South Africa.

<i>Protea punctata</i> Species of flowering plant

Protea punctata, also known as the water sugarbush or water white sugarbush, is a shrub belonging to the genus Protea which is found growing in the wild in South Africa.

<i>Protea scolopendriifolia</i> Species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae

Protea scolopendriifolia, also known as the harts-tongue-fern sugarbush or hart's-tongue-fern sugarbush, is a flowering shrub endemic to South Africa, where it occurs in both the Western and Eastern Cape. It is found from the Cederberg, through the Kogelberg, Riviersonderend Mountains and Swartberg, to the Kouga Mountains. It blooms in Spring, from September to December.

Leucadendron sheilae, the Lokenberg conebush, is a flower-bearing shrub that belongs to the genus Leucadendron and forms part of the fynbos, a South African biogeographical region. The plant is native to the Western and Northern Capes, where it occurs at Lokenberg in the Bokkeveld Mountains. The plant grows mainly in hard sandstone sand on level crests at altitudes of 600 to 900 metres (2,000–3,000 ft). In Afrikaans it is known as Lokenberg-tolbos.

References

  1. "Protea effusa (Scarlet sugarbush)". Biodiversity Explorer. Iziko - Museums of South Africa. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  2. Rebelo, A.G.; Mtshali, H.; von Staden, L. (1 September 2006). "Kamiesberg Sugarbush". Red List of South African Plants. version 2020.1. South African National Biodiversity Institute . Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  3. Wiersema, John H.; León, Blanca (1999). World Economic Plants: A Standard Reference (illustrated ed.). CRC Press. p. 693. ISBN   9780849321191.
  4. Tony Rebelo (25 January 2008). Protea Atlas (PDF) (Report). South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch, Cape Town. p. 20-22. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  5. Tony Rebelo (25 January 2008). Protea Atlas, part 4 (PDF) (Report). South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch, Cape Town. p. 23-24. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  6. Lamont, Byron B.; Downes, Katherine S. (2011-12-01). "Fire-stimulated flowering among resprouters and geophytes in Australia and South Africa". Plant Ecology. 212 (12): 2111–2125. doi:10.1007/s11258-011-9987-y. ISSN   1573-5052.