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Nivenia spicata

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Name

Identification
Nivenia spicata R.Br. [family PROTEACEAE ] Paranomus spicatus (P.J.Bergius) Kuntze [family PROTEACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Protea spicata
  • Nivenia spicata
  • Leucadendron spicatum
  • Paranomus spicatus

Flora

Entry for NIVENIA spicata R. Br. [family ]
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
NIVENIA spicata R. Br. [family ], in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 136, excl. syn. Thunb.;—Roem. & Schultes, Syst. Veg. iii. 386; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 301.
NIVENIA media R. Br. [family ], l.c. 137; E. Meyer in Drège, Zwei Pfl. Documente, 72, 73, 204
NIVENIA media Gandog. forma Zeyheri [family ], in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlviii. p. xcvi.
NIVENIA intermedia Steud. [family ], Nomencl. ed. 2, ii. 196, name only.
NIVENIA laxa Schlechter [family ], in Journ. Bot. 1897, 282?
Leucadendron spicatum Berg. [family PROTEACEAE], in Vet. Acad. Handl. Stockh. 1766, 327; Berg. Descr. Pl. Cap. 25.
Protea spicata Linn. [family PROTEACEAE], Mant. alt. 187; Willd. Sp. Pl. i. 511, excl. syn. Thunb.; Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 234.
Paranomus bracteolaris Knight [family PROTEACEAE], Prot. 68.
Paranomus medius O. Kuntze [family PROTEACEAE], Rev. Gen. Pl. ii. 580.
Paranomus spicatus O. Kuntze [family PROTEACEAE], Rev. Gen. Pl. ii. 580.
Information
branches tomentellous or puberulous; leaves all alike, about 2 in. long, bipinnately divided in the upper half, puberulous when young, soon becoming quite glabrous, ultimate segments up to 3/4 in. long, terete except for a narrow groove on the upper surface, obtuse; heads 4-flowered, spicate; spikes terminal, solitary or subsolitary, up to 3 1/2 in. long, lax, pedunculate; peduncle mostly about 1 in. long, densely yellow-tomentose, bearing a few subulate very acute shortly pubescent bracts 4–5 lin. long; bract subtending each partial head about 2 lin. long, subulate-lanceolate, acute, shortly tomentose outside; floral bracts about 2 lin. long and broad, broadly ovate, caudate-acuminate, coriaceous, shortly and softly tomentose or tomentellous outside, glabrous within; perianth-tube about 1 1/4 lin. long, glabrous at the base, shortly pubescent above; segments about 1/2 in. long: claws shortly and softly tomentose, recurved or coiled in the open flower; limb 1 lin. long, lanceolate-elliptic, subobtuse, villous outside; anthers 3/4 lin. long, linear-oblong; hypogynous scales 1/2 lin. long, linear; ovary surrounded by a ring of long hairs; style 7 lin. long, sparingly pilose in the lower half; stigma gradually passing into the style, about 3/4 lin. long, clavate, subobtuse. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Ceres Div.; Witzen Berg and Scurfde Berg, Zeyher, 1479!COAST REGION Clanwilliam Div.; Blau Berg, Honig Valley and Koude Berg, Drège, a! Pakhuis Pass, Bolus, 9082! and without precise locality, Mader, 95! Piquetberg Div.; Pikeniers Kloof, MacOwan, 1947! Schlechter, 10770! Tulbagh Div.; New Kloof, Drège! Worcester Div.; Matroosberg, Marloth, 2248. Caledon Div.; Babylons Tower Mountains, Zeyher, 3716! Zwart Berg, MacOwan, 770! Galpin, 4484! near Caledon, Bolus, 9917! 9927! Bredasdorp Div.; near Elim, Bolus, 7863! Swellendam Div.; on mountains, Niven! Riversdale Div.; near Garcias Pass, Galpin, 4483!

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