Protea lorifolia

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Protea lorifolia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Protea
Species:
P. lorifolia
Binomial name
Protea lorifolia
Synonyms [3]
  • Erodendrum lorifoliumSalisb. ex. Knight
  • Protea macrophylla R.Br.
  • Scolymocephalus macrophyllus(R.Br.) Kuntze

Protea lorifolia, in English called the strap-leaved sugarbush, [4] strap-leaved protea [4] or strap-leaf sugarbush [5] [6] is a flowering shrub which belongs to the genus Protea . [6]

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In Afrikaans this species is known by the vernacular name of riemblaar-suikerbos. [4]

The tree's national number is 91. [7]

Taxonomy

Protea lorifolia was first described as Erodendrum lorifolium by Richard Anthony Salisbury in the 1809 work ostensibly authored by the gardener Joseph Knight titled On the cultivation of the plants belonging to the natural order of Proteeae . [2] [8] It was moved to the genus Protea by Henry Georges Fourcade in 1932. [2]

Description

The compact, round-shaped shrub grows up to three metres in height, and blooms from April to October. The plant is monoecious with both sexes in each flower. [6]

Distribution

The plant is endemic to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. [4] [3] Its distribution covers a wide area, from the Koue Bokkeveld Mountains through the Swartberg, Riviersonderend and Langeberg Mountains, to the Baviaanskloofberge and Kouga Mountains. It can be seen near the towns of Makhanda and Riebeek East, and on the Boschberg mountain in Somerset East. [6]

Ecology

Potential wildfires destroy the adult plants, but the seeds can survive such events, being safely stored in a cap. The seeds are eventually dispersed by means of the wind. Pollination occurs through the action of birds. The plant grows on dry slopes in sandstone-derived soils, and is found at altitudes of 450 to 1,400 metres. [6]

Conservation

It is not threatened. [6]

Protea lorifolia with dried inflorescences in August Protea lorifolia 47362715.jpg
Protea lorifolia with dried inflorescences in August

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

Protea dracomontana, the Nyanga protea or the Drakensberg sugarbush, is a flowering plant that belongs within the genus Protea. The plant is found in the Eastern Cape, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal and the escarpment of the Free State, as well as eastern Zimbabwe. In Zimbabwe this species is only known from a disjunct subpopulation confined to the summit of Mount Nyangani.

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

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

Protea speciosa, also known as the brown-beard sugarbush, is a flowering shrub which is classified as within the genus Protea.

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

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

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

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

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References

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