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Protea caffra

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Genome
Scientific Literature
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Internal ID UUID64404c3a1f742145950031
Scientific name Protea caffra
Authority Meisn.
First published in Prodr. 14: 237 (1856)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Protea baurii E.Phillips Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1910: 232 (1910)
Protea stipitata E.Phillips Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1934: 104 (1934)
Protea natalensis E.Phillips Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1910: 231 (1910)
Protea peglerae E.Phillips Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1910: 230 (1910)
Protea bolusii E.Phillips Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1910: 231 (1910)
Protea multibracteata E.Phillips Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1910: 230 (1910)
Protea rhodantha Hook.f. Bot. Mag. 119: t. 7331 (1893)
Scolymocephalus caffer Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 581 (1891)
Protea caffra subsp. falcata (Beard) Lötter Trees & Shrubs Mpumalanga & Kruger Nation. Park : 676 (2002)

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Language Common/alternative name
English sugarbush
English common protea
English p. afra
English common sugarbush
English highveld protea
Afrikaans gewone suikerbos
Afrikaans gewone protea
Arabic بروطيا جنوب أفريقية
Persian شکربوته معمولی
Shona mubonda

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Protea caffra subsp. gazensis (Beard) Chisumpa & Brummitt Kew Bull. 42: 830 (1987)
Protea caffra subsp. kilimandscharica (Engl.) Chisumpa & Brummitt Kew Bull. 42: 830 (1987)
Protea caffra subsp. nyasae (Rendle) Chisumpa & Brummitt Kew Bull. 42: 830 (1987)

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Free State
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Lesotho
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001106739
Tropicos 26500422
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:705664-1
The Plant List tro-26500422
Open Tree Of Life 491849
NCBI Taxonomy 273572
IUCN Red List 113208842
IPNI 705664-1
iNaturalist 129721
GBIF 7287625
Freebase /m/02rgk42
EOL 5512754
Wikipedia Protea_afra

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Fungal Planet description sheets: 1550–1613 Crous PW, Costa MM, Kandemir H, Vermaas M, Vu D, Zhao L, Arumugam E, Flakus A, Jurjević Ž, Kaliyaperumal M, Mahadevakumar S, Murugadoss R, Shivas RG, Tan YP, Wingfield MJ, Abell SE, Marney TS, Danteswari C, Darmostuk V, Denchev CM, Denchev TT, Etayo J, Gené J, Gunaseelan S, Hubka V, Illescas T, Jansen GM, Kezo K, Kumar S, Larsson E, Mufeeda KT, Piątek M, Rodriguez-Flakus P, Sarma PV, Stryjak-Bogacka M, Torres-Garcia D, Vauras J, Acal DA, Akulov A, Alhudaib K, Asif M, Balashov S, Baral HO, Baturo-Cieśniewska A, Begerow D, Beja-Pereira A, Bianchinotti MV, Bilański P, Chandranayaka S, Chellappan N, Cowan DA, Custódio FA, Czachura P, Delgado G, De Silva NI, Dijksterhuis J, Dueñas M, Eisvand P, Fachada V, Fournier J, Fritsche Y, Fuljer F, Ganga KG, Guerra MP, Hansen K, Hywel-Jones N, Ismail AM, Jacobs CR, Jankowiak R, Karich A, Kemler M, Kisło K, Klofac W, Krisai-Greilhuber I, Latha KP, Lebeuf R, Lopes ME, Lumyong S, Maciá-Vicente JG, Maggs-Kölling G, Magistà D, Manimohan P, Martín MP, Mazur E, Mehrabi-Koushki M, Miller AN, Mombert A, Ossowska EA, Patejuk K, Pereira OL, Piskorski S, Plaza M, Podile AR, Polhorský A, Pusz W, Raza M, Ruszkiewicz-Michalska M, Saba M, Sánchez RM, Singh R, Śliwa L, Smith ME, Stefenon VM, Strasiftáková D, Suwannarach N, Szczepańska K, Telleria MT, Tennakoon DS, Thines M, Thorn RG, Urbaniak J, van der Vegte M, Vasan V, Vila-Viçosa C, Voglmayr H, Wrzosek M, Zappelini J, Groenewald JZ Persoonia 30-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC11041897
doi:10.3767/persoonia.2023.51.08
PMID:38665977
A Review of Phytochemicals and Bioactive Properties in the Proteaceae Family: A Promising Source of Functional Food Zhang J, Netzel ME, Pengelly A, Sivakumar D, Sultanbawa Y Antioxidants (Basel) 01-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10669417
doi:10.3390/antiox12111952
PMID:38001805
Identifying potential measures of stress and disturbance during a captive to wild African elephant reintegration Pretorius Y, Eggeling T, Ganswindt A PLoS One 03-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10547182
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0291293
PMID:37788241
Nature’s Most Fruitful Threesome: The Relationship between Yeasts, Insects, and Angiosperms Fenner ED, Scapini T, da Costa Diniz M, Giehl A, Treichel H, Álvarez-Pérez S, Alves SL Jr J Fungi (Basel) 20-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9605484
doi:10.3390/jof8100984
PMID:36294549
Long-read PacBio genome sequencing of four environmental saprophytic Sporothrix species spanning the pathogenic clade Du W, Giosa D, Wei J, Giuffrè L, Shi G, El Aamri L, D’Alessandro E, Hafidi M, de Hoog S, Romeo O, Huang H BMC Genomics 12-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9281073
doi:10.1186/s12864-022-08736-w
PMID:35831806
Genera of phytopathogenic fungi: GOPHY 4 Chen Q, Bakhshi M, Balci Y, Broders KD, Cheewangkoon R, Chen SF, Fan XL, Gramaje D, Halleen F, Jung MH, Jiang N, Jung T, Májek T, Marincowitz S, Milenković I, Mostert L, Nakashima C, Nurul Faziha I, Pan M, Raza M, Scanu B, Spies CF, Suhaizan L, Suzuki H, Tian CM, Tomšovský M, Úrbez-Torres JR, Wang W, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Yang Q, Yang X, Zare R, Zhao P, Groenewald JZ, Cai L, Crous PW Stud Mycol 02-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9365048
doi:10.3114/sim.2022.101.06
PMID:36059898
Ceratocystiopsis quercina sp. nov. Associated with Platypus cylindrus on Declining Quercus suber in Portugal Inácio ML, Marcelino J, Lima A, Sousa E, Nóbrega F Biology (Basel) 13-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9139077
doi:10.3390/biology11050750
PMID:35625478
Generic boundaries in the Ophiostomatales reconsidered and revised de Beer ZW, Procter M, Wingfield MJ, Marincowitz S, Duong TA Stud Mycol 30-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC9365045
doi:10.3114/sim.2022.101.02
PMID:36059894
Synergistic Dose Permutation of Isolated Alkaloid and Sterol for Anticancer Effect on Young Swiss Albino Mice Aljarba NH, Ali H, Alkahtani S Drug Des Devel Ther 23-Sep-2021
PMCID:PMC8476085
doi:10.2147/DDDT.S322769
PMID:34588765
Bioactive Compounds as Potential Agents for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Management: A Review to Explore Molecular Mechanisms of Action Sharifi-Rad J, Quispe C, Rahavian A, Pereira Carneiro JN, Rocha JE, Alves Borges Leal AL, Bezerra Morais Braga MF, Melo Coutinho HD, Ansari Djafari A, Alarcón-Zapata P, Martorell M, Antika G, Tumer TB, Cruz-Martins N, Helon P, Paprocka P, Koch W, Docea AO, Calina D Front Pharmacol 24-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8421529
doi:10.3389/fphar.2021.674682
PMID:34504422
Soil Moisture Levels Affect the Anatomy and Mechanical Properties of Basil Stems (Ocimum basilicum L.) Driesen E, De Proft M, Saeys W Plants (Basel) 28-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8309113
doi:10.3390/plants10071320
PMID:34203566
Antibacterial, Mutagenic Properties and Chemical Characterisation of Sugar Bush (Protea caffra Meisn.): A South African Native Shrub Species Vambe M, Aremu AO, Chukwujekwu JC, Gruz J, Luterová A, Finnie JF, Van Staden J Plants (Basel) 09-Oct-2020
PMCID:PMC7600625
doi:10.3390/plants9101331
PMID:33050284
Species richness and phylogenetic diversity of seed plants across vegetation zones of Mount Kenya, East Africa Zhou Y, Chen S, Hu G, Mwachala G, Yan X, Wang Q Ecol Evol 13-Aug-2018
PMCID:PMC6157669
doi:10.1002/ece3.4428
PMID:30271556
Plants Used by Bapedi Traditional Healers to Treat Asthma and Related Symptoms in Limpopo Province, South Africa Semenya SS, Maroyi A Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 19-Jul-2018
PMCID:PMC6077574
doi:10.1155/2018/2183705
PMID:30108649
Population diversity and relatedness in Sugarbirds (Promeropidae: Promerops spp.) Haworth ES, Cunningham MJ, Calf Tjorve KM PeerJ 13-Jun-2018
PMCID:PMC6004301
doi:10.7717/peerj.5000
PMID:29915704

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