Protea foliosa
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Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID64404c3b51b79697804169 |
| Scientific name | Protea foliosa |
| Authority | Rourke |
| First published in | J. S. African Bot. 41: 54 (1975) |
Description Top
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Protea foliosa, also known as the leafy sugarbush, is a flowering plant endemic to the Cape Region of South Africa. It belongs to the genus Protea in the family Proteaceae and is commonly known as ruie-suikerbos in Afrikaans. It was first described by botanist John Patrick Rourke in 1975, although it had been known since the early 19th century. The species has been collected and studied by various botanists, but has been classified under different names, resulting in confusion. It is a prostrate shrub that can reach up to 1.5 meters in height and has thick stems that rarely branch. Its leaves are lanceolate to broadly elliptic in shape and its flowers are surrounded by greenish-cream bracts with white or beige-colored beards of hair. The species is monoecious, meaning both sexes occur in each flower, and blooms in the autumn. Its leaves wrap over the inflorescence, possibly as an evolutionary adaptation to protect it from predators. P. foliosa is found in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, mostly in fynbos habitat, and is able to resprout after wildfires. It is thought to be pollinated by rodents,
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
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| English | leafy sugarbush |
| Afrikaans | ruie-suikerbos |
| Dutch | ruie-suikerbos |
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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Southern Africa
- Cape Provinces
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Southern Africa
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
|---|---|
| World Flora Online | wfo-0001106765 |
| Tropicos | 26500450 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:705803-1 |
| The Plant List | tro-26500450 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 390952 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 273532 |
| IUCN Red List | 113209843 |
| IPNI | 705803-1 |
| iNaturalist | 592513 |
| GBIF | 5637708 |
| Wikipedia | Protea_foliosa |
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| In public collections | 0 |