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Leucadendron uliginosum

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Identification
Leucadendron uliginosum R.Br. [family PROTEACEAE ] Leucadendron xanthoconus (Kuntze) K.Schum. [family PROTEACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Williams,
Related name
  • Leucadendron salignum
  • Leucadendron floridum
  • Leucadendron xanthoconus
  • Protea saligna
  • Protea uliginosa
  • Protea argentea
  • Leucadendron uliginosum

Flora

Entry for LEUCADENDRON uliginosum R. Br. [family PROTEACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, page 502, (1912) Author: By J. HUTCHINSON, E. P. PHILLIPS and O. STAPF.
Names
LEUCADENDRON uliginosum R. Br. [family PROTEACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 63;—Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 223.
LEUCADENDRON floridum R. Br. [family PROTEACEAE], l.c.; Meisn. l.c.
LEUCADENDRON cuspidatum Klotzsch ex Meisn. [family PROTEACEAE], l.c.?.
LEUCADENDRON salignum Meisn. var. linearifolium [family PROTEACEAE], l.c.?.
LEUCADENDRON? coniferum Meisn. [family ], l.c. 227, partly.
Protea saligna Andr. [family PROTEACEAE], Bot. Rep. t. 572.
Protea conifera Thunb. [family PROTEACEAE], Diss. Prot. 53 (excl. specimens α, β, γ and δ of Herb.); Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 135 (excl. spec. α, β, γ and δ of Herb.).
Protea saligna Thunb. [family PROTEACEAE], Diss. Prot. 39; Linn. Syst. Veg. ed. xiv. 140; Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 136.
Protea concinna Salisb. [family PROTEACEAE], Prodr. 50.
Frutex æthiopicus conifer, etc. Breyn. [family ], Cent. 21, t. 9.
Information
a straight erect shrub 6–7 ft. high; branchlets adpressed silky-pubescent; leaves 1/2–1 1/2 in. long, 1 1/2–3 lin. broad, oblong-linear or lanceolate-linear, acute or sharply mucronate, rigidly but rather thinly coriaceous, densely adpressed silky-pubescent or tomentose; male inflorescence conic or ellipsoid, 1/3– 3/4 in. long, scarcely 1/2 in. in diam., surrounded by several leaves about 3/4 in. long, the latter often rusty-pubescent; floral bracts 1/4 lin. long, oblong, subacute, pilose; perianth-tube 3/4 lin. long, somewhat compressed, pilose; segments 1 lin. long, spathulate-linear, pilose; limb 1/4 lin. long, elliptic, subobtuse, pilose; anthers sessile, 1/4 lin. long, oblong; style 1 1/2 lin. long, filiform, glabrous; stigma 1/4 lin. long, ellipsoid; hypogynous scales 1/2 lin. long, linear; young female head 1/2 in. long, oblong-cylindric; bracts 1 lin. long, 2 lin. broad, transversely oblong, tomentose; perianth-tube 1 lin. long, compressed, pilose; segments 1/2 lin. long, linear, pilose; limb 1/6 lin. long, oblong, pilose; staminodes 1/8 lin. long, linear; style 3/4 lin. long, linear, broadening above, glabrous; stigma truncate; ovary 1/2 lin. long, compressed, oblong, pilose; hypogynous scales 2/3 lin. long, linear; mature head ellipsoid, 1–1 1/4 in. long, scarcely 1 in. in diam.; bracts tomentose outside; fruits compressed, wrinkled, elliptic, glabrous, about 2 lin. long. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Cape Div.; Claremont Flats, Dümmer, 503! Kenilworth Racecourse, Dümmer, 1776! Cape Flats near Rondebosch, Burchell, 210! between Hout Bay and Wynberg, Drège! near Wynberg, Oldenburgh! Roxburgh! Wallich! Brown! Bolus, 3846! 3847! Stellenbosch Div.; between Stellenbosch and Cape Flats, Burchell, 8365! Riversdale Div.; near Milkwoodfontein, Galpin, 4443! 4444! Mossel Bay Div.; Robinson Pass, Bolus, 12263! 2447! Oudtshoorn Div.; near the Oliphants River, Gill! George Div.; near the Touw River, Burchell, 5740! 5752! on mountains, Bowie! Post Berg, near George, Bowie!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Krauss, 1043, 1045, Thom, 181! Sieber, 7! Zeyher! Ecklon! Mund! Bergius! Labillardière! Grey! Thunberg! Brown!

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