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Protea petiolata H.Buek ex Meisn. Protea woodwardii Endl. 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.
Protea ( / ˈproʊtiːə / [ 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.
Nine biomes have been described in South Africa: Fynbos, Succulent Karoo, desert, Nama Karoo, grassland, savanna, Albany thickets, the Indian Ocean coastal belt, and forests. [ 7] The 2018 South African National Biodiversity Institute 's National Biodiversity Assessment plant checklist lists 35,130 taxa in the phyla Anthocerotophyta (hornworts ...
Protea aristata is a compact shrub with beautiful flowers which is endemic to the southwestern part of the Cape Region of South Africa. [4] [5] P. aristata has become one of South Africa's most famous proteas in spite of its relatively late discovery, [6] [7] and re-discovery in 1953. [7] The leaves are soft, dense and needle-like and the ...
Strelitzia reginae, commonly known as the crane flower, bird of paradise, or isigude in Nguni, [ 3] is a species of flowering plant native to the Cape Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. An evergreen perennial, it is widely cultivated for its dramatic flowers. In temperate areas it is a popular houseplant.
This category contains the native flora of South Africa . The World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) does not recognize South Africa as a whole, instead dividing it into four regions: Taxa of the lowest rank are always included; taxa of higher ranks (e.g. genus) are only included if monotypic or endemic. Include ...
Strelitzia / strɛˈlɪtsiə / [ 3] is a genus of five species of perennial plants, native to South Africa. It belongs to the plant family Strelitziaceae. [ 4] A common name of the genus is bird of paradise flower/plant, because of a resemblance of its flowers to birds-of-paradise. In South Africa, it is commonly known as a crane flower .
Amaryllis (/ ˌ æ m ə ˈ r ɪ l ɪ s /) [1] is the only genus in the subtribe Amaryllidinae (tribe Amaryllideae).It is a small genus of flowering bulbs, with two species.The better known of the two, Amaryllis belladonna, is a native of the Western Cape region of South Africa, particularly the rocky southwest area between the Olifants River Valley and Knysna.
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