SK 3493 18 May 2022: Location: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK Altitude: 60m. Date: 03 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated Proteaceae – perhaps a Leucospermum? I feel may be some Protea species like Protea mundii
Category: Protea
Protea mundii (Introduced- UK)
Protea mundii Klotzsch, Allg. Gartenzeitung 6: 113 (1838) (syn: Leucadendron penicillatum Kuntze; Protea ovalis H.Buek ex Meisn.; Protea penicillata E.Mey. ex Meisn.; Scolymocephalus penicillatus Kuntze); . S. Cape Prov. as per POWO; . Protea mundii Klotzsch: 7 very high res. images. Location: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK Altitude: 60m. Date: 03 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated . References: POWO Catalogue […]
Protea obtusifolia (Introduced- USA)
Protea obtusifolia Buek ex Meissn., Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles 40(2): 84 1921. (syn: Protea calocephala Meisn.; Scolymocephalus calocephalus (Meisn.) Kuntze; Scolymocephalus obtusifolius Kuntze); . SW. Cape Prov. as per POWO; . Protea obtusifolia from California-GS28042022-4: 4 very high res. images. Another protea with beautiful flowers, Protea obtusifolia, commonly known as Limestone Sugarbush, differs from P. cynaroides in broader short-petioled […]
Protea eximia (Cultivated- USA)
Protea eximia (Knight) Fourc., Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 21: 97 1932. (syn: Erodendrum eximium Knight; Protea auriculata Tausch; Protea latifolia R. Br.; Protea latifolia var. auriculata (Tausch.) O. Kuntze; Protea radiata Andr.; Protea spectabilis Licht. ex Spreng.; Scolymocephalus auriculatus Kuntze; Scolymocephalus eximius (Knight) Kuntze; Scolymocephalus spectabilis (Licht. ex Spreng.) Kuntze); . South Africa (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.) […]
Portea petropolitana var. extensa (Cultivated- Australia)
Portea petropolitana var. extensa L.B.Sm., Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n.s., 1: 113 (1943).; . Brazil Southeast as per Catalogue of Life; . Plants From Australia 2018:: Portea petropolitana var. extensa -NS April 2020-43 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (3) – around 700 kb each. This was again recorded from RBG, Sydney.. Label informed […]
Protea cynaroides (South Africa)
Protea cynaroides (L.) L. (syn: Erodendrum cynaraeflorum Knight; Leucadendron cynaroides L.; Protea cyclophylla Gandoger & Schinz; Protea cynaroides f. cyclophylla Gandoger; Protea cynaroides f. eriolepis Gandoger; Protea eriolepis Gandoger & Schinz; Protea petiolata Buek ex Meissn.; Scolymocephalus cynaroides (L.) Kuntze); . South Africa (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.) as per Catalogue of Life; . Fwd: Photo […]
