Protea
Sign in to saveProtea () is a genus of South African flowering plants, also called sugarbushes (Afrikaans: suikerbos). It is the type genus of the Proteaceae family.
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Protea is a genus within the family Proteaceae, belonging to the order Proteales and the class Magnoliopsida. It is part of the phylum Tracheophyta in the kingdom Plantae. The type species for this taxon is Protea cynaroides. Common names for the genus include protea, 帝王花属, and 多变花属.
One species within the genus, Protea cryophila, is a Near Threatened shrub native to the Cape Provinces, commonly known as the snowball protea. Records of Protea species have been documented in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Australia, and Malawi. These records are held by institutions including RSA, MEL, ANSP, LSU, and NY.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderProteales
- FamilyProteaceae
海神花屬是山龍眼科的一個屬，大約有115個種，原產於非洲熱帶地區，包括南非、肯亞、坦尚尼亞、烏干達、辛巴威及衣索匹亞等地。屬名Protea是以希臘神話中海神普羅透斯（Proteus）的名字命名的，海神普羅透斯具有可以隨意變換外形的神力，用來形容海神花屬植物多變的外觀。也有人根據屬名Protea的發音，將屬名翻譯為普洛提亞。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 534
- With media
- 390
- Family
- Proteaceae
- Collections
- RSA, MEL, ANSP, LSU, NY, CM
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Australia, Malawi, Zambia, United States
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Taxonomy
- Description
- Genetics
- Botanical history
- Cultivation
- Classification
- Species
- References
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Protea () is a genus of South African flowering plants, also called sugarbushes (Afrikaans: suikerbos). It is the type genus of the Proteaceae family.
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. Most protea species are found south of the Limpopo River. Protea madiensis grows in Afromontane enclaves across tropical Africa, from Guinea to Sudan, Mozambique, and Angola. Protea afra ranges from the Cape region to Uganda and Kenya, including in the chaparral zone of Mount Kenya National Park. The extraordinary richness and diversity of species characteristic of the Cape flora are thought to be caused in part by the diverse landscape, where populations can become isolated from each other and in time develop into separate species.
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