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Leucospermum cordifolium

Leucospermum cordifolium 'Vlam'
Common names: Pincushion, Common Pincushion (Eng.); Speldekussing, Bobbejaanklou, Luisiesboom, Luisiesbos (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

11 / 09 / 2000 | Hanneke Jamieson | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Leucadendron argenteum

Leucadendron argenteum growing wild on the Kirstenbosch Estate.
Common names: silver tree (Eng.), witteboom, silwerboom (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

02 / 10 / 2000 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Leucospermum oleifolium

Leucospermum oleifolium
Common names: Overberg pincushion, tufted pincushion (Eng.); overbergse-speldekussing (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

... planted in the foreground of a planting with taller Proteaceae like  Leucospermum cordifolium, Leucadendron ...

23 / 10 / 2000 | Hanneke Jamieson | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Leucospermum tottum

Leucospermum tottum
Common names: ribbon pincushion, elegant pincushion (Eng.); oranjerooi-speldekussing, vuurhoutjies (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

27 / 11 / 2000 | Hanneke Jamieson | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Leucadendron salignum

L.salignum
Common names: common sunshine conebush (Eng.); geelbos (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

... Africa, New Zealand, Australia and other countries growing Proteaceae. At Kirstenbosch only a few of the hybrids are ... salignum  is the most widespread species of the family Proteaceae, occurring in a large part of South Africa.  ...

11 / 12 / 2000 | Hanneke Jamieson | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Protea caffra

Protea caffra
Common names: sugar bush (English); gewone suikerbos (Afrikaans); isiQalaba (Zulu, Xhosa)
Family: Proteaceae

05 / 02 / 2001 | Alice Aubrey | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Protea cynaroides

Protea cynaroides
Common names: King Protea, Giant Protea (Eng.), Reuse Protea, Koningprotea, Grootsuikerroos, Grootsuikerkan, Bergsuikerkan (Afr.), isiQwane esincinci (isiZhosa)
Family: Proteaceae

...  has one of the widest distribution ranges of all the Proteaceae and occurs from the Cedarberg in the northwest to ... cynaroides  is part of an ancient plant family, the Proteaceae, which had already divided into two subfamilies ... subspecies and varieties. Other well-known genera of the Proteaceae are the  Leucospermum  with the brightly ...

09 / 07 / 2001 | Hanneke Jamieson | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Protea neriifolia

Protea neriifolia
Common names: oleander-leaf protea, narrow-leaf protea (Eng.), baardsuikerbos, baardsuikerkan, blousuikerkan (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

... Proteas of Southern Africa by J.P. Rourke. South Africa's Proteaceae by Marie Vogts. Sasol Proteas, a field guide to ... neriifolia  is part of an ancient plant family, the Proteaceae, which had already divided into two subfamilies ... subspecies and varieties. Other well-known genera of the Proteaceae are:  Leucospermum , known as pincushions because ...

30 / 07 / 2001 | Hanneke Jamieson | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Leucadendron laxum

Leucadendron laxum
Common names: Bredasdorp conebush (Eng.); vleirosie (Afr.).
Family: Proteaceae

... damp situation or needs to be watered regularly. Like all Proteaceae, it needs full sun and good air circulation. ... laxum  is part of an ancient plant family, the Proteaceae, which had already divided into two subfamilies, ... the genus  Leucadendron . Other well-known genera of the Proteaceae are Leucospermum with brightly coloured pincushion ...

01 / 10 / 2001 | Hanneke Jamieson | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Aulax umbellata

Female inflorescences
Common names: Broad-leaf Featherbush (Eng.), Veerkanariebos (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

... soil once the plant has settled and is growing. Like all Proteaceae, it needs full sun and free air circulation. ... Aulax umbellata  is part of an ancient plant family, the Proteaceae, which had already divided into two subfamilies, ... change his shape at will. Other well-known genera of the Proteaceae are  Leucospermum  with brightly coloured ...

03 / 12 / 2001 | Hanneke Jamieson | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Mimetes chrysanthus

Mimetes chrysanthus: Photo: Cape Nature Conservation
Common names: golden pagoda, golden mimetes, gouestompie
Family: Proteaceae

29 / 04 / 2002 | Anthony Hitchcock | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Protea repens

Protea repens
Common names: sugarbush, common sugarbush, real sugarbush, honey protea (Eng.), suikerbos, stroopbos, opregtesuikerbos (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

03 / 06 / 2002 | Hanneke Jamieson | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Diastella proteoides

Diastella proteoides: Photo Nigel Foreshaw
Common names: Flats' Silkypuff
Family: Proteaceae

17 / 06 / 2002 | Anthony Hitchcock | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Leucadendron macowanii

Leucadendron macowanii, male flowerheads.
Common names: acacia-leaf conebush, wattle-leaf conebush
Family: Proteaceae

... The genus  Leucadendron  has the only 10 species in the Proteaceae family in southern Africa that are exclusively ... not suffer from many disfiguring diseases. Like all other Proteaceae, the most harmful and destructive diseases are ...

16 / 09 / 2002 | Hanneke Jamieson | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Serruria aemula

Serruria aemula
Common names: strawberry spiderhead
Family: Proteaceae

11 / 11 / 2002 | Trevor Adams | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Mimetes hottentoticus

Flowerhead of Mimetes hottentoticus
Common names: silver pagoda, Hottentotstompie (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

... to germinate. Mimetes Mimetes hottentoticus , like most Proteaceae is relatively short-lived. The plant's life span ...  Mimetes  can be easily distinguished from all other Proteaceae. The beauty and brilliance of their flowerheads, ...

16 / 12 / 2002 | Anthony Hitchcock | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Leucospermum saxosum

Flowerheads
Common names: escarpment pincushion
Family: Proteaceae

... can spread up to 1,5m in width. As with all plants of the Proteaceae family; do not disturb the roots, as these plants ...

06 / 01 / 2003 | K Behr | Pretoria NBG
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Serruria cyanoides

Serruria cynaroides.Photo Protea Atlas
Common names: Wynberg spiderhead (Eng.); spinnekopbossie (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

... and is in fact one of the largest of the African genera of Proteaceae. S. cyanoides was once common on the Cape Flats ...

14 / 07 / 2003 | Trevor Adams | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Leucadendron levisanus

Leucadendron levisanus male in flower
Common names: Cape Flats conebush, spatula-leaf protea (Eng.); sandknoppiesbos (Afr.) Status: Endangered
Family: Proteaceae

25 / 08 / 2003 | Trevor Adams | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Brabejum stellatifolium

Flowers of the wild almond
Common names: bitteramandel, wild almond, wilde-amandel, ghoeboontjie, ghoekoffie
Family: Proteaceae

08 / 09 / 2003 | Christien Malan | Kirstenbosch NBG
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