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Protea imbricata

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Identification
Protea imbricata Not on sheet. [family PROTEACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Sorocephalus imbricatus
  • Protea imbricata

Flora

Entry for LEUCADENDRON imbricatum 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 imbricatum R. Br. [family PROTEACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 55;—Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 214, excl. spec. Ludwig, var. dregeanum and part of var. canaliculatum.
LEUCADENDRON buxifolium R. Br. [family PROTEACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 55; Meisn. l.c. 215, excl. vars.
LEUCADENDRON canaliculatum E. Meyer [family PROTEACEAE], in Drege, Zwei Pfl. Documente, 198, partly, as to Drege ♂ et ♀ a.
LEUCADENDRON angustatum E. Meyer [family PROTEACEAE], l.c. 113, 198, not of R. Br.
LEUCADENDRON? læve Meisn. [family ], l.c. 227.
Protea lævis Thunb. [family PROTEACEAE], Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 133.
Protea (Leucadendron imbricatum) Poir. [family PROTEACEAE], Encycl. Suppl. iv. 557.
Protea imbricata Poir. [family PROTEACEAE], ex Ind. Kew. ii. 632.
Protea Wendlandi Poir. [family PROTEACEAE], Encycl. Suppl. iv. 556.
Protea imbricata Wendl. [family PROTEACEAE], Hort. Herrenhaus. t. 14, excl. syn., fide Meisn. l.c. 215.
Protea polygaloides Willd. Herb., ex Meisn. [family PROTEACEAE], l.c.
Protea cinerea Willd. Herb. ex Meisn. [family PROTEACEAE], l.c. (not Willd. Sp. Pl.).
Protea levisana Linn. Herb. ex Meisn. [family PROTEACEAE], l.c., not Linn. Syst.
Information
branchlets terete, glabrous or finely puberulous; leaves of the male smaller than those of the female, the former 3–4 lin. long, 1–1 1/4 lin. broad, narrowly lanceolate, the latter 1/2– 3/4 lin. long, 1 1/4–2 lin. broad, narrowly oblong, all obtuse or subacute, very thick and coriaceous, glabrous, wrinkled when dry; male inflorescences crowded, nearly 1/2 in. in diam., transversely ellipsoid or obovoid; bracts 1 1/2 lin. long, lanceolate, subobtuse, villous, ciliate; perianth-tube 1 lin. long, minutely pubescent; segments 2 1/2 lin. long, pubescent; limb 2/3 lin. long, oblong, subacute; anthers 1/2 lin. long, linear; style 3 1/2 lin. long, very densely hairy on the lowermost third, filiform above; stigma 1/3 lin. long, clavate-cylindric, obtuse; hypogynous scales 1 lin. long, linear; female inflorescences about 5 lin. in diam., subglobose; bracts 2 lin. long, 4 lin. broad, tomentose, very minutely ciliate; perianth-tube 1 1/2 lin. long, compressed, curved, pubescent above, glabrous below; segments 1 1/4 lin. long, pubescent; limb 1/3 lin. long, oblong, subacute, pubescent; staminodes 1/3 lin. long, linear; hypogynous scales 1/2 lin. long, linear, acuminate, acute; style 2 1/2 lin. long, cylindric, furrowed above, glabrous; stigma 1/4 lin. long, subclavate; ovary 1 1/3 lin. long, ovoid, covered with long white hairs. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Clanwilliam Div.; Vogelfontein, Schlechter, 8519! 8520! Piquetberg Div.; near Piquetberg Road. Tyson, 2292! Malmesbury Div.; Zwartland, Zeyher! Pappe! between Groene Kloof and Saldanaha Bay, Drège! Tulbagh Div.; Saron, Schlechter, 10635! 10636! Vogelvalley, Pappe! Worcester Div.; by the Doorn River, near Mordkuil, Boschjesveld Range, Drège! Cape Div.; between Paarde Berg and Tiger Berg, Ludwig! Swellendam Div.; Pappe!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Thunberg! Masson! Niven in Herb. Stockholm!
Notes
The specimen in Herb. Stuttgart collected by Ludwig at Kars River and quoted by Meisner under this species is L. tortum, R. Br.

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