Protea angolensis | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Proteales |
Family: | Proteaceae |
Genus: | Protea |
Species: | P. angolensis
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Binomial name | |
Protea angolensis | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Protea angolensis is also known as the Angolan protea, [1] northern protea [1] or northern sugarbush. [2] In Afrikaans it is known as the noordelijke suikerbos. [2] This is a dwarf, multistemmed shrub or small straggling tree occurring in open wooded grassland and miombo. [2] [3]
The leaves are leathery and hairless, green to bluish-green, oval-shaped, and measure 16 cm × 8 cm (6.3 in × 3.1 in) in size. The inflorescences (flowerheads) are solitary and may grow to approximately 10 cm × 12 cm (3.9 in × 4.7 in) in size, [2] sometimes smaller, 8–12 cm (3.1–4.7 in) in diameter. [1] The involucral bracts a pale green to bright pink or red colour. The inner bracts may be either heavily or sparely covered in silvery silky hairs. [2] This difference is often due to the age of the inflorescence, the hairs falling off as the structure becomes older. [1] The fruit is a densely hairy nut. [2]
GBIF recognizes three varieties: [4]
This species occurs in northern, central and eastern Zimbabwe, [2] [5] throughout Zambia, western Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, southern and western Tanzania, [1] northern Malawi [6] and to a limited extent in Mozambique [2] (only in Tete). [1] In Zambia it occurs throughout the country, and has been recorded in North-Western Province, Northern Province [7] ( Bangweulu Wetlands), [3] Lusaka Province, Southern Province and Western Province. [7]
The species is the host plant for the larvae of the butterflies Capys disjunctus and C. connexivus. [2]
Protea angolensis | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Proteales |
Family: | Proteaceae |
Genus: | Protea |
Species: | P. angolensis
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Binomial name | |
Protea angolensis | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Protea angolensis is also known as the Angolan protea, [1] northern protea [1] or northern sugarbush. [2] In Afrikaans it is known as the noordelijke suikerbos. [2] This is a dwarf, multistemmed shrub or small straggling tree occurring in open wooded grassland and miombo. [2] [3]
The leaves are leathery and hairless, green to bluish-green, oval-shaped, and measure 16 cm × 8 cm (6.3 in × 3.1 in) in size. The inflorescences (flowerheads) are solitary and may grow to approximately 10 cm × 12 cm (3.9 in × 4.7 in) in size, [2] sometimes smaller, 8–12 cm (3.1–4.7 in) in diameter. [1] The involucral bracts a pale green to bright pink or red colour. The inner bracts may be either heavily or sparely covered in silvery silky hairs. [2] This difference is often due to the age of the inflorescence, the hairs falling off as the structure becomes older. [1] The fruit is a densely hairy nut. [2]
GBIF recognizes three varieties: [4]
This species occurs in northern, central and eastern Zimbabwe, [2] [5] throughout Zambia, western Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, southern and western Tanzania, [1] northern Malawi [6] and to a limited extent in Mozambique [2] (only in Tete). [1] In Zambia it occurs throughout the country, and has been recorded in North-Western Province, Northern Province [7] ( Bangweulu Wetlands), [3] Lusaka Province, Southern Province and Western Province. [7]
The species is the host plant for the larvae of the butterflies Capys disjunctus and C. connexivus. [2]