Protea welwitschii
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Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID64400286ba43d578333789 |
| Scientific name | Protea welwitschii |
| Authority | Engl. |
| First published in | Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891(2): 196 (1892) |
Description Top
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Protea welwitschii is a species of shrub or small tree which belongs to the genus Protea. It is native to the southeastern third of Africa south of the Sahara, and is known by many vernacular names, including cluster-head protea, honey-scented protea, rusty velvet protea, dwarf savanna sugarbush, cluster-head sugarbush, white sugar-bush, isiqalaba, troshofiesuikerbos, kleinsuikerbos, troshofie-suikerbos, welwitsch-se-suikerbos, witsuikerbos, witsuikerboskan, and simply suikerbos. It was first collected in Angola by Friedrich Welwitsch, and was validly described by Adolf Engler in 1892. It is a variable species regarding morphology, and may be confused with the similar P. gaguedi. It is found in bushveld, thornveld, sourveld, wooded slopes, rocky hillsides, miombo and ericaceous fynbos, usually in montane grassland at 1,800 to 2,900 metres in altitude. It blooms in the Summer to Autumn, and is pollinated by
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
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| Protea eickii | Engl. | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 130 (1902) |
| Protea congensis | Engl. | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 129 (1902) |
| Protea swynnertonii | S.Moore | J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 40: 184 (1911) |
| Protea uhehensis | Engl. | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 380 (1900) |
| Protea myrsinifolia | Engl. & Gilg | Kunene-Sambesi Exped. : 223 (1903) |
| Protea kirkii | C.H.Wright | Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1909: 328 (1909) |
| Protea goetzeana | Engl. | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 298 (1901) |
| Scolymocephalus hirtus | Kuntze | Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 581 (1891) |
| Protea hirta | Klotzsch ex Krauss | Flora 28: 76. 1845 |
| Protea hirta subsp. glabrescens | Beard | Bothalia 7: 60 1958 |
| Protea welwitschii subsp. glabrescens | (Beard) Beard | Kirkia 3: 181 1963 |
| Protea welwitschii subsp. hirta | Beard | Kirkia 3: 181 1963 |
| Leucadendron welwitschii | Hiern | Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 918 (1900) |
| Protea melliodora | Engl. & Gilg | Kunene-Sambesi Exped. : 224 (1903) |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
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| English | cluster-head sugarbush |
| English | dwarf savanna sugarbush |
| Afrikaans | kersfeessuikerbos |
| Afrikaans | troshofiesuikerbos |
| Arabic | بروطيا فلفيتشية |
| Persian | شکربوته خوشهبهسر |
Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Name | Authority | First published in |
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| Protea welwitschii subsp. adolphi-friderici | (Engl.) Beard | Kirkia 3: 180 1963 |
| Protea welwitschii subsp. melliodora | (Engl. & Gilg) Beard | Kirkia 3: 179 1963 |
Germination/Propagation Top
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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East Tropical Africa
- Tanzania
- Uganda
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South Tropical Africa
- Angola
- Malawi
- Mozambique
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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Southern Africa
- Kwazulu-Natal
- Lesotho
- Northern Provinces
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West-central Tropical Africa
- Burundi
- Rwanda
- Zaïre
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East Tropical Africa
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
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| World Flora Online | wfo-0000484702 |
| Tropicos | 26500556 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:706250-1 |
| The Plant List | kew-2566891 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 491852 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 273571 |
| IUCN Red List | 113221603 |
| IPNI | 706250-1 |
| iNaturalist | 592547 |
| GBIF | 7287022 |
| Freebase | /m/02rgkzk |
| EOL | 5512917 |
| Wikipedia | Protea_welwitschii |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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Scientific Literature Top
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| Multilocus Sequence Analysis of Nectar Pseudomonads Reveals High Genetic Diversity and Contrasting Recombination Patterns | Álvarez-Pérez S, de Vega C, Herrera CM | PLoS One | 08-Oct-2013 |
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| Ethnopharmacological Survey of Plants Used in the Traditional Treatment of Gastrointestinal Pain, Inflammation and Diarrhea in Africa: Future Perspectives for Integration into Modern Medicine | Stark TD, Mtui DJ, Balemba OB | Animals (Basel) | 04-Mar-2013 |
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| In public collections | 0 |