List of Protea species

The following is a list of Protea species.

Table of Protea species

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Section Common name of section Species name Common name Image Distribution
Craterifolia penduline protea Protea effusa[1] Scarlet sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province)
Protea namaquana[2] Kamiesberg sugarbush South Africa (Kamiesberg mountains of Namaqualand in the Northern Cape province)
Protea pendula Nodding sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province)
Protea recondita Hidden sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province)
Protea sulphurea Sulphur sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province)
Crinitae eastern ground protea Protea foliosa Leafy sugarbush South Africa (Eastern Cape province)
Protea intonsa Tufted sugarbush South Africa (Swartberg and Kammanassie Mountains to the Baviaanskloof Mountains.)
Protea montana Swartberg sugarbush South Africa (Swartberg and Kammanassie Mountains.)
Protea tenax Tenacious sugarbush South Africa (Outeniqua, Tsitsikamma, Kouga and Winterhoek Mountains)
Protea vogtsiae Kouga sugarbush South Africa (Western and Eastern Cape)
Cristatae Moorland protea Protea asymmetrica Inyanga sugarbush Zimbabwe
Protea wentzeliana Wentzel's sugarbush Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, southern Tanzania and central Angola.
Exsertae White protea Protea aurea aurea Common shuttlecock protea South Africa (Western Cape province)
Protea aurea potbergensis Potberg sugarbush South Africa (Potberg near Cape Infanta.)
Protea lacticolor Hottentot sugarbush South Africa (the Slanghoek to the Hottentots Holland Mountains and also the Groenlandberg.)
Protea mundii Forest sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province)
Protea punctata Water sugarbush South Africa (Eastern and Western Cape province)
Protea subvestita Waterlily sugarbush South Africa (Eastern Cape province)
Protea venusta Cascade sugarbush South Africa (Clanwilliam to Grahamstown)
Hypocephalae Rodent protea Protea amplexicaulis Claspingleaf sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province)
Protea cordata Heartleaf sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province)
Protea decurrens Linearleaf sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province)
Protea humiflora Patentleaf sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province)
Protea subulifolia Awl-leaf sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province)
Lasiocephalae savanna protea Protea gaguedi African sugarbush Sudan (including South Sudan), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Eswatini and South Africa.
Protea welwitschii Dwarf savanna sugarbush Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Angola, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Lesotho, and South Africa.
Leiocephalea grassveld protea Protea afra subsp. afra Highveld sugerbush South Africa (Gauteng, Kwazulu-Natal, Northern Province, Mpumalanga, the Eastern Cape as far south as the Katberg mountains) and Lesotho
Protea afra subsp. gazensis Manica sugarbush Mozambique and Zimbabwe, including the Nyanga Mountains and Chimanimani Mountains, and on Mount Gorongosa in Mozambique.
Protea afra subsp. kilimandscharica Kilimanjaro sugarbush Mt Kenya
Protea afra subsp. nyasea Malawi sugarbush Malawi
Protea dracomontana Drakensberg sugarbush South Africa (Eastern Cape, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal and Free State)
Protea nubigena Cloud sugarbush South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
Protea parvula Dainty sugarbush Mpumalanga
Protea petiolaris elegans Sickle-leaf sugarbush Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Protea petiolaris petiolaris Sickle-leaf sugarbush Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Protea simplex Dwarf grassveld sugarbush South Africa (Eswatini and Mpumalanga)
shaving-brush protea Protea caffra kilimandscharica Kilimanjaro sugarbush DRC, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
Protea caffra mafingensis Mafingo sugarbush Malawi and Zambia
Protea rupicola Krantz sugarbush South Africa (Western and Eastern Cape)
Protea glabra Clanwilliam sugarbush South Africa (Western cape)
Protea inopina Largenut sugarbush Protea inopina 19247831 Paleisheuwel
Protea nitida Wagon tree South Africa (Eastern Cape)
Ligulatae spoon-bract protea Protea burchellii Burchell's sugarbush South Africa (Southwestern Cape)
Protea compacta Bot river sugarbush Kleinmond to Bredasdorp Mountains South Africa
Protea eximia Broadleaf sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape)
Protea longifolia Longleaf sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape)
Protea obtusifolia Limestone sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape)
Protea pudens Bashful sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape)
Protea roupelliae hamiltonii Dwarf silver sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape), Zimbabwe
Protea roupelliae roupelliae Silver sugarbush Clanwilliam to Grahamstown, South Africa.
Protea susannae Stinkleaf sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape)
Melliferae sugerbushes Protea aristata Ladismith sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape)
Protea lanceolata Lanceleaf sugarbush South Africa
Protea repens Common sugarbush South Africa
Microgeantae western ground protea Protea acaulos Common ground sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape)
Protea convexa Largeleaf sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape)
Protea laevis Smoothleaf sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape)
Protea revoluta Rolledleaf sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape)
Protea angustata Wide laef sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape)
Obvallatae bishop protea Protea caespitosa Bishop sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province)
Paludosae rooi protea Protea enervis Chimanimani sugarbush Zimbabwe and Mozambique
Paracynaroides sneeu protea Protea cryophila Snowball protea South Africa (Cederberg)
Protea pruinosa Frosted sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province)
Protea scabriuscula Hoary sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province)
Protea scolopendriifolia Hart's tonguefern sugarbush South Africa (Western and Eastern Cape province)
Parviflorae shale protea Protea mucronifolia Daggerleaf sugarbush South Africa
Protea odorata Swartland sugarbush South Africa
Patentiflorae mountain protea Protea angolensis angolensis Dwarf northernwoodland sugarbush northern, central and eastern Zimbabwe
Protea angolensis divaricata Northern woodland sugarbush Zambia, western Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, southern and western Tanzania, northern Malawi, and to a limited extent in Mozambique (Tete)
Protea comptonii Saddleback sugarbush South Africa (Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal)
Protea curvata Barberton sugarbush South Africa
Protea laetans Blyde sugarbush South Africa (Mpumalanga)
Protea madiensis Tall woodland sugarbush Senegal to Ethiopia in the north, to Angola, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia, Guinea to Mali in the north, south to Sierra Leone, Benin and Cameroon.
Protea rubropilosa Transvaal sugarbush South Africa (Mpumalanga and Limpopo)
Protea rupestris Rocket sugarbush Malawi, Mozambique, Angola and Tanzania
Pinifolia rose protea Protea acuminata Blackrim sugarbush South Africa
Protea canaliculata Grooveleaf sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province)
Protea nana Mountainrose sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province)
Protea pityphylla Ceres sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province)
Protea scolymocephala Thistle sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province)
Protea witzenbergiana Swan sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province)
Protea king protea Protea cynaroides King protea South Africa
Speciosae bearded sugerbush Protea coronata Green sugarbush South Africa (Western and Eastern Cape)
Protea grandiceps Red sugarbush South Africa (Cape Peninsula, Hottentots-Holland Mountains, Riviersonderend Mountains, Langeberg, Outeniqua Mountains, Winterhoek Mountains and Kamanassie Mountains)
Protea holosericea Sawedge sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape)
Protea laurifolia Greyleaf sugarbush South Africa (Northern and Western Cape)
Protea lepidocarpodendron Blackbeard sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape)
Protea lorifolia Strapleaf sugarbush South Africa (Swartberg, Riviersonderend and Langeberg Mountains, to the Baviaanskloofberge and Kouga Mountains.)
Protea magnifica[3] Queen protea South Africa (Western Cape)
Protea neriifolia Narrowleaf sugarbush South Africa (Eastern and Western Cape)
Protea speciosa Brownbeard sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape)
Protea stokoei Pink sugarbush South Africa (Kogelberg and Greenland Mountains)
Subacaules dwarf-tufted protea Protea aspera Roughleaf sugarbush South Africa (Kleinrivier Mountains, Bredasdorpberg and Garcia's Pass.)
Protea denticulata Toothleaf sugarbush South Africa
Protea lorea Thongleaf sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape)
Protea piscina Visgat sugarbush South Africa
Protea restionifolia[4] Reedleaf sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province)
Protea scabra[5] Sandpaperleaf sugarbush South Africa (Hottentots Holland Mountains across the Riviersonderend Mountains, the Kleinrivier Mountains and around the town of Caledon to the Swartberg Mountains)
Protea scorzonerifolia[6] Channelleaf sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape)

References

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  1. ^ "Protea effusa (Scarlet sugarbush)". Biodiversity Explorer. Iziko - Museums of South Africa. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  2. ^ Rebelo, A.G.; Mtshali, H.; von Staden, L. (1 September 2006). "Kamiesberg Sugarbush". Red List of South African Plants. version 2020.1. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  3. ^ Wiersema, John H.; León, Blanca (1999). World Economic Plants: A Standard Reference (illustrated ed.). CRC Press. p. 693. ISBN 9780849321191.
  4. ^ Tony Rebelo (25 January 2008). Protea Atlas (PDF) (Report). South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch, Cape Town. p. 20-22. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  5. ^ Tony Rebelo (25 January 2008). Protea Atlas, part 4 (PDF) (Report). South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch, Cape Town. p. 23-24. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  6. ^ Lamont, Byron B.; Downes, Katherine S. (2011-12-01). "Fire-stimulated flowering among resprouters and geophytes in Australia and South Africa". Plant Ecology. 212 (12): 2111–2125. doi:10.1007/s11258-011-9987-y. ISSN 1573-5052.
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