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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

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

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

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

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

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

Protea nana

Common names: mountain rose, mountain-rose sugarbush (Eng.); bergroos, warebergroos, skaamblom, skaamroos, skaamrosie (Afr.)

Family: Proteaceae

20 / 03 / 2017 | Anthony Hitchcock | Kirstenbosch NBG

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

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

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

Protea cryophila

Common names: snow protea, snowball protea (Eng.); sneeuprotea, sneeublom (Afr.)

Family: Proteaceae

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

Mimetes capitulatus

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

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

Leucospermum vestitum

Common names: silky-haired pincushion (Eng.); bergluisie (Afr.)

Family: Proteaceae

16 / 05 / 2016 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG

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

Orothamnus zeyheri

Common names: marsh rose, mountain rose (Eng.); vleiroos, bergroos (Afr.)

Family: Proteaceae

02 / 05 / 2016 | Nomama Mei | Kirstenbosch NBG

Leucadendron chamelaea

Common names: Witsenberg conebush

Family: Proteaceae

22 / 02 / 2016 | Ismail Ebrahim | CREW

Protea mundii

Common names: forest sugarbush, white protea (Eng.); witsuikerbos, boswitsuikerbos (Afr.)

Family: Proteaceae

08 / 02 / 2016 | Megan Blatchford | Kirstenbosch NBG

Protea aristata

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

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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