2035.000 Protea
Description of the genus
Erect or prostrate suffrutices, shrubs or trees, up to 8 m. Leaves alternate or clustered near the ends of the branches simple, entire. Flowers in dense heads, surrounded by a conspicuous many-seriate involucre of bracts; bracts spirally arranged, very small in the outer series to as large as the flowers in the inner, sometimes brightly coloured. Style terminated by a linear pollen-presenter. Fruit an obconic achene, with the long straight brown hairs persistent. Derivation of name: after Proteus, son of Poseidon, who was able to take on many different forms; referring to the great variability of the genus. Worldwide: c. 100 species in the tropics and South Africa. Mozambique: 12 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| angolensis Welw. var. angolensis | T | Description, Image |
| angolensis Welw. var. divaricata (Engl. & Gilg) Beard | N,MS | Description, Image |
| caffra Meisn. subsp. caffra | M | Description, Image |
| caffra Meisn. subsp. gazensis (Beard) Chisumpa & Brummitt [NrEnd] | MS | Description, Image |
| enervis Wild [NrEnd] | MS | Description, Image |
| gaguedi J.F. Gmel. | N,MS | Description, Image |
| madiensis Oliv. subsp. madiensis | N,Z,T | Description, Image |
| micans Welw. subsp. micans | Description, Image | |
| petiolaris (Engl. ex Hiern) Baker & C.H. Wright subsp. elegans Chisumpa & Brummitt | N,MS | Description, Image |
| rupestris R.E. Fr. | N | Description, Image |
| welwitschii Engl. | N,Z,MS | Description, Image |
| wentzeliana Engl. | MS | Description, Image |
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Flora of Botswana: ProteaFlora of Burundi: Protea
Flora of Caprivi: Protea
Flora of the DRC: Protea
Flora of Malawi: Protea
Flora of Rwanda: Protea
Flora of Zambia: Protea
Flora of Zimbabwe: Protea
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Protea
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): ProteaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Protea
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Protea
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Protea
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iNaturalist: Protea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Protea
JSTOR Plant Science: Protea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Protea
Plants of the World Online: Protea
Tropicos: Protea
Wikipedia: Protea