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Protea wentzeliana
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Photo: Ton Rulkens
Mt Tchinyamwea, Chimanimani Mts
Photo: Ton Rulkens
Mt Tchinyamwea, Chimanimani Mts
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| Synonyms: |
Protea crinita Beard Protea neocrinita Beard |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small shrub with many, mostly unbranched stems to to 1.5 m tall. Leaves up to 12 cm long, dull green, leathery, covered in shaggy appressed hairs when young, becoming hairless when older. Flower heads mostly 7-9 cm in diameter, bracts usually brownish with a pink tip, brownish to greyish hairy when young, usually remaining strongly ciliate at the margins. Flowers 3.5-5.5 cm long, white, sometimes pink-tinged at the apex. |
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| Habitat: | Occurring in montane grassland. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1300 - 2400 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Central Angola, southern Tanzania, Malawi and the Chimanimani Mts of Mozambique and Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
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| Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
| Red data list status: | Vulnerable |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Tuesday 9 February 2010 |
| Literature: |
Beard, J.S. (1963). The genus Protea in Tropical Africa Kirkia 3 Page 197. as Protea crinita (Includes a picture). Chisumpa, S.M., Brummitt, R.K. & Marner, S. (2006). Proteaceae FZ 9(3) Pages 77 - 78. |
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Flora of Mozambique: Protea wentzelianaAfrican Plant Database: Protea wentzeliana
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Protea wentzeliana
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Protea wentzeliana
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Protea wentzeliana
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Protea wentzeliana
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Protea wentzeliana
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Protea wentzeliana
JSTOR Plant Science: Protea wentzeliana
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Protea wentzeliana
Tropicos: Protea wentzeliana
West African Plants database: Protea wentzeliana
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