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Protea scorzonerifolia

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Protea scorzonerifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Protea
Species:
P. scorzonerifolia
Binomial name
Protea scorzonerifolia
(Salisb. ex Knight) Rycroft

Protea scorzonerifolia, the channel-leaf sugarbush, is a flower-bearing shrub belonging to the genus Protea.[2] The plant is endemic to South Africa and occurs in the Du Toit's Kloof, Franschhoek and Groot-Winterhoek mountains. The plant became extinct on the Cape Peninsula.

In Afrikaans it is known as the kanaalblaarsuikerbos.

References

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  1. ^ Rebelo, A.G.; Mtshali, H.; von Staden, L. (2020). "Protea scorzonerifolia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T113220920A185593528. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T113220920A185593528.en. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  2. ^ 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. S2CID 34637595.