Protea madiensis
madiensis
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Slopes below Namuli Peak, Zambezia, Mozambique
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Slopes below Namuli Peak, Zambezia, Mozambique
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Slopes below Namuli Peak, Zambezia, Mozambique
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| Synonyms: |
Protea bequaertii De Wild. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Large shrub or small tree. Leaves narrowly to broadly elliptic, ovate or obovate, up to 21 × 11 cm, hairless except when very young. Flower heads terminal, 10-17 cm in diameter. Bracts pale creamy-white to brown, often with a pink tip, covered with soft appressed hairs, flowers creamy-white; perianth base and claw hairy, limb hairless. |
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Uganda |
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| Worldwide distribution: | From southern Nigeria and Ethiopia to Angola, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia. |
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| Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 76 - 77. (Includes a picture). Beard, J.S. (1963). The genus Protea in Tropical Africa Kirkia 3 Pages 156 - 160. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 230. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 104. (Includes a picture). Chisumpa, S.M., Brummitt, R.K. & Marner, S. (2006). Proteaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(3) Pages 62 - 64. (Includes a picture). Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 215. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 156. Troupin, G. (1978). Proteaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume I Page 171. as var. madiensis and var. elliottii |
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