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(Redirected from Protea angolensis divaricata) Species of flowering plant

Protea angolensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Protea
Species: P. angolensis
Binomial name
Protea angolensis
Welw.
Synonyms
  • Protea chionantha Engl. & Gilg
  • Protea urundinensis Hauman
  • Protea wangenheimii Engl.

Protea angolensis is also known as the Angolan protea, northern protea or northern sugarbush. In Afrikaans it is known as the noordelijke suikerbos. This is a dwarf, multistemmed shrub or small straggling tree occurring in open wooded grassland and miombo.

Description

The leaves are leathery and hairless, green to bluish-green, oval-shaped, and measure 16 cm × 8 cm (6.3 in × 3.1 in) in size. The inflorescences (flowerheads) are solitary and may grow to approximately 10 cm × 12 cm (3.9 in × 4.7 in) in size, sometimes smaller, 8–12 cm (3.1–4.7 in) in diameter. The involucral bracts a pale green to bright pink or red colour. The inner bracts may be either heavily or sparely covered in silvery silky hairs. This difference is often due to the age of the inflorescence, the hairs falling off as the structure becomes older. The fruit is a densely hairy nut.

GBIF recognizes three varieties:

  • var. divaricata: A small tree to 4 m (13 ft) in height. Occurs in miombo. It flowers later than the nominate form, from April to July. The flowers and bracts are bright pink, dark pink to red.
  • var. roseola
  • var. trichanthera

Distribution

This species occurs in northern, central and eastern Zimbabwe, throughout Zambia, western Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, southern and western Tanzania, northern Malawi and to a limited extent in Mozambique (only in Tete). In Zambia it occurs throughout the country, and has been recorded in North-Western Province, Northern Province (Bangweulu Wetlands), Lusaka Province, Southern Province and Western Province.

Ecology

The species is the host plant for the larvae of the butterflies Capys disjunctus and C. connexivus.

References

  1. ^ Hyde, Mark; Wursten, Bart; Ballings, Petra; Coates Palgrave, Meg (2000). "Protea angolensis Welw. var. angolensis". Flora of Mozambique. Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  2. ^ van Wyk, Braam; van Wyk, Piet (1997). Field Guide to trees of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik. pp. 212, 213. ISBN 1-86825-922-6.
  3. ^ Huchzermeyer, Carl (February 2011). "Zambian plants". BangweuluFish. Carl Huchzermeyer. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  4. "Protea angolensis Welw". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  5. Hyde, Mark; Wursten, Bart; Ballings, Petra; Coates Palgrave, Meg (2000). "Protea angolensis Welw. var. angolensis". Flora of Zimbabwe. Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  6. Hyde, Mark; Wursten, Bart; Ballings, Petra; Coates Palgrave, Meg (2000). "Protea angolensis Welw. var. angolensis". Flora of Malawi. Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Flora of Zambia: Species information: Protea angolensis var. angolensis". www.zambiaflora.com. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
Taxon identifiers
Protea angolensis
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