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Protea angolensis
angolensis
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Dry upper edges of dambo in Kalahari sand
Muchana dambo, Mwinilunga Distr
Jan 2019
Photo: Nick Wightman
Dry upper edges of dambo in Kalahari sand
Muchana dambo, Mwinilunga Distr
Jan 2019
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: |
Protea chionantha Engl. & Gilg Protea urundinensis Hauman Protea wangenheimii Engl. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Dwarf shrub, up to 60 cm, dying back each year after winter frosts or fires. Heads (6)8–12 cm diameter. Bracts silvery velvety when young but often becoming hairless over most of the surface. Flowers white. Perianth claw with long whitish hairs inside and occasionally outside. |
| Type location: |
Angola |
| Notes: | Var. divaricata (Engl. & Gilg) Beard is a much stouter shrub or small tree, occurring mainly in Brachystegia woodland. It tends to flower later, between April and July. |
| Derivation of specific name: | angolensis: of Angola |
| Habitat: | It is mainly found in open grassland and on the margins of vleis and woodland. |
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| Flowering time: | Jan - Mar |
| Worldwide distribution: | Western Angola, southern DRC, Burundi, southern and western Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | B,N,W,C,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,N,Lk,S,W |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Thursday 10 October 2019 |
| Literature: |
Beard, J.S. (1963). The genus Protea in Tropical Africa Kirkia 3 Pages 151 - 154. (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). Chisumpa, S.M., Brummitt, R.K. & Marner, S. (2006). Proteaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(3) Pages 64 - 66. Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 166. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 69. Plowes, D.C.H. & Drummond, R.B. (1990). Wild Flowers of Zimbabwe. Revised edition. Longman, Zimbabwe. No. 37, plate 57 Smith, P. & Allen, Q. (2004). Field Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of the Miombo Woodlands Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ISBN 1 84246 073 0 Pages 74 - 75. as Protea angolensis (Includes a picture). |
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