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The king protea is the national flower [4] of South Africa. It also is the flagship of the Protea Atlas Project, run by the South African National Botanical Institute. The king protea has several colour forms and horticulturists have recognized 81 garden varieties, some of which have injudiciously been planted in its natural range.
Protea (/ ˈ p r oʊ t iː ə / [2]) is a genus of South African flowering plants, also called sugarbushes (Afrikaans: suikerbos).It is the type genus of the Proteaceae family. [3]About 92% of the species occur only in the Cape Floristic Region, a narrow belt of mountainous coastal land from Clanwilliam to Grahamstown, South Africa.
The protea is an emblem of the beauty of our land and the flowering of our potential as a nation in pursuit of the African Renaissance. The protea symbolises the holistic integration of forces that grow from the Earth and are nurtured from above. The most popular colours of Africa have been assigned to the protea – green, gold, red and black.
The name Proteaceae was adapted by Robert Brown from the name Proteae coined in 1789 for the family by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, based on the genus Protea, which in 1767, Carl Linnaeus derived from the name of the Greek god Proteus, a deity who was able to change between many forms.
The lawyer of a woman who filed a civil suit against Sean "Diddy" Combs' youngest son, Christian “King” Combs, has spoken out against the rapper’s arrest via a statement from her lawyer.
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Protea vogtsiae: Kouga sugarbush: South Africa (Western and Eastern Cape) Cristatae Moorland protea Protea asymmetrica: Inyanga sugarbush: Zimbabwe: Protea wentzeliana: Wentzel's sugarbush: Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, southern Tanzania and central Angola. Exsertae White protea Protea aurea aurea: Common shuttlecock protea: South Africa ...
King Charles III went all out for his coronation ceremony, and the cross that led the procession yesterday morning is quite the historic symbol. In fact, some believe that this artifact contains ...