Protea piscina

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Protea piscina
Protea piscina Middelberg pass from above with old fruit.jpg
Protea piscina on the Middelberg Pass with an old fruit, seen from above
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Protea
Species:
P. piscina
Binomial name
Protea piscina

Protea piscina, also given the vernacular name Visgat sugarbush, [2] is a shrub of the family Proteaceae that is native to South Africa. [2] It is endemic to the southwestern Cape Provinces. [3]

References

  1. Rebelo, A.G.; Mtshali, H.; von Staden, L. (2020). "Protea piscina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T113213154A185565578. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T113213154A185565578.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Rourke, John Patrick (1982). The Proteas of Southern Africa (2, illustrated ed.). Centaur Press. p. 48. ISBN   978-0-908379-10-1.
  3. Protea piscina Rourke. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 25 September 2023.