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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.
Species such as the New South Wales waratah (Telopea speciosissima), king protea (Protea cynaroides), and various species of Banksia, Grevillea, and Leucadendron are popular cut flowers. The nuts of Macadamia integrifolia are widely grown commercially and consumed, as are those of Gevuina avellana on a smaller scale.
The leaves of Protea recondita curve over the flower heads of the plant as they mature, completely covering it -the photographer is holding them away in this photograph. This is thought to be an evolutionary adaption to hide the flowers from birds and insects; the preferred pollinators, rodents, do not use sight to find the flowers, but smell. [14]
This is a popular local market cut flower in South Africa, where it is known by the common name of the Bot River protea.Its natural habitat is a narrow region of the south western Cape Province, and it occurs at altitudes less than 100m above sea level, in poor, sandy, generally highly leached acidic soils.
Protea cynaroides, also called the king protea (from Afrikaans: koningsprotea, Xhosa: isiQwane sobukumkani [3]), is a flowering plant. It is a distinctive member of Protea, having the largest flower head in the genus. The species is also known as giant protea, honeypot or king sugar bush.
The anthophytes are a grouping of plant taxa bearing flower-like reproductive structures. They were formerly thought to be a clade comprising plants bearing flower-like structures. The group contained the angiosperms – the extant flowering plants, such as roses and grasses – as well as the Gnetales and the extinct Bennettitales .
Protea welwitschii is a species of shrub or small tree which belongs to the genus Protea, [5] [7] [8] ... The flower heads are terminal at the end of branches, ...
Protea repens is a dense shrub growing between 1 and 4 metres (3 ft 3 in and 13 ft 1 in) in height. The inflorescences , ranging in colour from deep red to a creamy white, are borne at the end of the branch, often nestled between two growing branchlets.