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Protea cynaroides
Sign in to saveAlso known as King protea, Giant protea, Mountain rose, King protea flower
species of plant
Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderProteales
- FamilyProteaceae
El protea rey (Protea cynaroides) es una especie botánica de fanerógamas. Su cabeza floral es la más grande en el género Protea: la especie también es conocida como Protea gigante. Está muy ampliamente distribuida en el sudoeste y sur de Sudáfrica en la región fynbos.
via GBIF · IUCN · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 101
- With media
- 93
- Family
- Proteaceae
- Collections
- LA, OBI, A, NY, SD, SBBG
- Recorded in
- United States, South Africa
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Encyclopedic overview
Protea cynaroides, also called the king protea (from Afrikaans: koningsprotea, Xhosa: isiQwane sobukumkani), 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. It is widely distributed in the fynbos region of South Africa, that is, in the southwestern and southern parts of Western Cape. The king protea is the national flower of South Africa.
Protea cynaroides is adapted to survive wildfires by its thick underground stem, which contains many dormant buds; these will produce the new growth after the fire.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Protea cynaroides” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.