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Paranomus longicaulis

Paranomus longicaulis
Common names: woolly sceptre, exploding baked apple (Eng.); poppiesbos (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

... flowering branches.  Paranomus is one of 14 genera of the Proteaceae. It comprises of 18 species within the genus. The ... by Richard Salisbury in 1809. He published his work on the Proteaceae soon after the meeting of the Linnaean Society on ... 1809, where Robert Brown delivered his pre-publication on Proteaceae. Robert Brown published his work in 1810 and gave ...

28 / 05 / 2018 | Mashudu Nndanduleni | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Leucospermum gueinzii

Leucospermum gueinzii
Common names: kloof fountain-pincushion, kloof pincushion (Eng.); luisiesbos (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

... for preventative control. Leucospermum is a member of the Proteaceae family, which consists of 14 genera in southern ...

26 / 02 / 2018 | Mashudu Nndanduleni | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Protea roupelliae subsp. hamiltonii

Protea roupelliae subsp. hamiltonii
Common names: dwarf silver sugarbush (Eng.); ranksilwersuikerbos (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

... has been cultivating this subspecies ever since. The Proteaceae family is known for its magnificent flowering ...

07 / 08 / 2017 | Mashudu Nndanduleni | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Diastella divaricata subsp. montana

Diastella divaricata subsp. montana
Common names: mountain silkypuff
Family: Proteaceae

... to its habitat. Diastella is one of 14 genera of the Proteaceae family. The genus Diastella is endemic to the Cape ...

22 / 05 / 2017 | Mashudu Nndanduleni | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Diastella divaricata subsp. divaricata

Diastella divaricata subsp. divaricata
Common names: Peninsula silkypuff
Family: Proteaceae

... habit of the plant. Diastella is one of 14 genera of the Proteaceae family. The genus Diastella is endemic to the Cape ...

01 / 05 / 2017 | Mashudu Nndanduleni | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Protea lacticolor

Protea lacticolor 
Common names: Hottentot’s Holland sugarbush, hottentot sugarbush, hottentot white sugarbush (Eng.), witsuikerbos, hottentotwitsuikerbos (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

... after the mountain range where it grows naturally. The Proteaceae is a family of one magnificent flowering plant ...

24 / 04 / 2017 | Mashudu Nndanduleni | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Protea nana

Protea nana (Marian Oliver)
Common names: mountain rose, mountain-rose sugarbush (Eng.); bergroos, warebergroos, skaamblom, skaamroos, skaamrosie (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

20 / 03 / 2017 | Anthony Hitchcock | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Protea odorata

Protea odorata
Common names: Swartland sugarbush
Family: Proteaceae

... sugarbush, refers to the region where it occurs. The Proteaceae is a family of magnificent flowering plants. It ...

13 / 02 / 2017 | Mashudu Nndanduleni | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Diastella parilis

Diastella parilis
Common names: Worcester silkypuff
Family: Proteaceae

... to other species. Diastella is one of 14 genera of the Proteaceae family and is a small genus of 7 species. ...

06 / 02 / 2017 | Mashudu Nndanduleni | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Protea longifolia

Protea longifolia
Common names: long-leaf sugarbush, long-leaf protea (Eng.); langblaarsuikerbos (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

... forms. Longifolia is Latin and means ‘long-leaf’. The Proteaceae is a family of one magnificent flowering plant ...

12 / 12 / 2016 | Mashudu Nndanduleni | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Protea cryophila

Protea cryophila
Common names: snow protea, snowball protea (Eng.); sneeuprotea, sneeublom (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

24 / 10 / 2016 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Mimetes capitulatus

Mimetes capitulatus (Robbie Thomas)
Common names: conical pagoda (Eng.); skraalstompie (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

... October of that year. In Simonstown, Brown encountered Proteaceae, including Mimetes , and made it the subject of an ...

12 / 09 / 2016 | Karen Wall | Harold Porter NBG
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Protea subvestita

Protea subvestita
Common names: waterlily sugarbush (Eng.); lippeblomsuikerbos (Afr); igwanishe, isiqane (isiXhosa); isiqalaba (isiZulu)
Family: Proteaceae

... clothed or dressed’ referring to the leaf hairs. The Proteaceae is a family of one magnificent flowering plant ...

29 / 08 / 2016 | Mashudu Nndanduleni | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Leucospermum vestitum

Leucospermum vestitum, orange-red flowerheads
Common names: silky-haired pincushion (Eng.); bergluisie (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

16 / 05 / 2016 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Protea grandiceps

Protea grandiceps
Common names: red sugarbush, red protea (Eng.); rooisuikerbos, rooisuikerkan (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

... ‘great or large’ and ceps meaning ‘headed’. The Proteaceae is a family of one magnificent flowering plant ...

08 / 05 / 2016 | Mashudu Nndanduleni | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Orothamnus zeyheri

Orothamnus zeyheri
Common names: marsh rose, mountain rose (Eng.); vleiroos, bergroos (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

02 / 05 / 2016 | Nomama Mei | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Leucadendron chamelaea

Leucadendron chamelaea, female.
Common names: Witsenberg conebush
Family: Proteaceae

22 / 02 / 2016 | Ismail Ebrahim | CREW
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Protea mundii

Protea mundii, flowerhead
Common names: forest sugarbush, white protea (Eng.); witsuikerbos, boswitsuikerbos (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

08 / 02 / 2016 | Megan Blatchford | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Protea aristata

Protea aristata, flowerhead.
Common names: Ladismith sugarbush (Eng.); klein-den-suikerbos (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

... Notten who assisted with the writing of this article. The Proteaceae family comprises of 14 genera and 352 species in ...

25 / 01 / 2016 | Megan Blatchford | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Serruria decipiens

Serruria decipiens
Common names: sandveld spiderhead
Family: Proteaceae

... aemula and S. glomerata ,as well as other members of the Proteaceae such as Protea scolymocephala , P. cynaroides and ... Serruria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, endemic to South Africa and consists of 56 ...

07 / 12 / 2015 | Zitobile Sikova | Kirstenbosch NBG
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