Protea recondita
Protea recondita, also known as the hidden sugarbush[1] or shy sugarbush, is a flowering plant of the family Proteaceae which is endemic to South Africa and distributed from the Piketberg and Cederberg to the Groot Winterhoek mountains. In Afrikaans it is known as gesigtoehouprotea or skaamroos.[2]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Proteales |
Family: | Proteaceae |
Genus: | Protea |
Species: | P. recondita |
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Protea recondita H.Buek ex Meisn. | |
Description
A sprawling shrub up to 3 m across and 1m tall. Both sexes occur in each flower, which are produced mostly in May to July, extending to September.[2]
Distribution
Range is from Piketberg and Cederberg to the Groot Winterhoek Mountains.[2]
Ecology
The plant is killed by wildfires, but the seeds survive. The flowers are pollinated by birds, and the fruit is retained for a few years. Seeds are dispersed by the wind from seedheads on the plant.[2]
Habitat
Mostly on rocky slopes between 1000 and 2000 m altitude. The plants are rare and scattered in rocky habitats, but in open habitat may form isolated but locally dominant dense clumps.[2]
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See also
- List of Protea species – Wikipedia list article
References
- Rebelo, A.G.; Helme, N.A.; Holmes, P.M.; Forshaw, C.N.; Richardson, S.H.; Raimondo, D.; Euston-Brown, D.I.W.; Victor, J.E.; Foden, W.; Ebrahim, I.; Bomhard, B.; Oliver, E.G.H.; Johns, A.; van der Venter, J.; van der Walt, R.; von Witt, C.; Low, A.B.; Paterson-Jones, C.; Rourke, J.P.; Hitchcock, A.N.; Potter, L.; Vlok, J.H.; Pillay, D. (2005). "Hidden Sugarbush". Red List of South African Plants. 2017.1. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- "Penduline Sugarbushes - Proteas". Retrieved 27 April 2020.
External links
Media related to Protea recondita at Wikimedia Commons- http://biodiversityexplorer.info/plants/proteaceae/protea_recondita.htm
- http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=799-116
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