2035.000 Protea
Description of the genus
Erect or prostrate suffrutices, shrubs or trees, up to 8 m. Leaves alternate or clustered near the ends of the branches simple, entire. Flowers in dense heads, surrounded by a conspicuous many-seriate involucre of bracts; bracts spirally arranged, very small in the outer series to as large as the flowers in the inner, sometimes brightly coloured. Style terminated by a linear pollen-presenter. Fruit an obconic achene, with the long straight brown hairs persistent. Derivation of name: after Proteus, son of Poseidon, who was able to take on many different forms; referring to the great variability of the genus. Worldwide: c. 100 species in the tropics and South Africa. Burundi: 6 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | Content | |
| angolensis Welw.[Agg] | ||
| gaguedi J.F. Gmel. | Description, Image | |
| madiensis Oliv.[Agg] | ||
| madiensis Oliv. subsp. madiensis | Description, Image | |
| micans Welw. subsp. suffruticosa (Beard) Chisumpa & Brummitt | ||
| welwitschii Engl. | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Protea:
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Flora of Botswana: ProteaFlora of Caprivi: Protea
Flora of the DRC: Protea
Flora of Malawi: Protea
Flora of Mozambique: Protea
Flora of Rwanda: Protea
Flora of Zambia: Protea
Flora of Zimbabwe: Protea
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Protea
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): ProteaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Protea
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Protea
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Protea
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Protea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Protea
JSTOR Plant Science: Protea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Protea
Plants of the World Online: Protea
Tropicos: Protea
Wikipedia: Protea