Protea scorzonerifolia

Protea scorzonerifolia
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Protea
Species:	P. scorzonerifolia
Binomial name
Protea scorzonerifolia (Salisb. ex Knight) Rycroft

Protea scorzonerifolia, the channel-leaf sugarbush, is a flower-bearing shrub belonging to the genus Protea . ^[2] The plant is endemic to South Africa and occurs in the Du Toit's Kloof, Franschhoek and Groot-Winterhoek mountains. The plant became extinct on the Cape Peninsula.

In Afrikaans it is known as the kanaalblaarsuikerbos.

References

1. Rebelo, A.G.; Mtshali, H.; von Staden, L. (2020). "Protea scorzonerifolia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T113220920A185593528. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T113220920A185593528.en . Retrieved 10 August 2021.
2. 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. S2CID   34637595.

• http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=799-132
• http://www.biodiversityexplorer.info/plants/proteaceae/protea_scorzonerifolia.htm