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Species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae
| Cloud sugarbush | |
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| File:Protea nubigena.jpg | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Protea |
| Species: | P. nubigena |
| Binomial name | |
| Protea nubigena Rourke | |
Protea nubigena, commonly known as cloud sugarbush, is a very rare species of protea that is endemic to KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is found in the uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland within the Royal Natal National Park, near Mont-Aux-Sources, at an altitude of about 2.25 kilometres (1.40 mi) in well-drained, humus-rich soil on shaded slopes.
The plant is erect, grows 70 cm (28 in) high, and blooms from March to April. It is a long-lived species, and survives fires by resprouting from underground boles or rootstocks. The plant is unisexual; the wind-dispersed seeds are not stored on the plant and are released immediately after ripening. It is pollinated by birds.
It is listed as critically threatened on the SANBI red list, as the population of mature individual plants within the one known location are in decline, mostly due to poor fire management.
References
1.( and ) protea atlas sugar11
2.( and ) protea atlas p12prn
3.https://www.tropicos.org/Name/26500496
4.( and ) Protea nubigena Distribution Map
Sources
- Pooley, Elsa (2003). Mountain flowers : a field guide to the flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho. Durban South Africa: Flora Publications Trust, c/o Natal Herbarium. ISBN 978-0-620-30221-0. OCLC 53281866.
- ^ "SANBI Red List of South African Plants". Threatened Species Programme. 1 September 2006. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ "Protea nubigena Rourke - African plant database - Detail". Ville de Genève. Retrieved 13 July 2020.