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Protea kilimandscharica

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Identification
Protea kilimandscharica Engl. [family PROTEACEAE ]
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  • Protea kilimandscharica

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Entry for PROTEA kilimandscharica Engl. [family PROTEACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 6, Part 1, page 193, (1913) Author: (By J. G. Baker, with additions by C. H. Wright.)
Names
PROTEA kilimandscharica Engl. [family PROTEACEAE], Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 195. —Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 299; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. A. 135, 138, C. 165.
Information
A shrub. Branches glabrous, terete. Leaves oblanceolate, subacute, 4 in. long, 1 in. wide, coriaceous, glabrous, with a distinct cartilaginous sometimes undulate border; veins loosely reticulate, obvious on both surfaces. Heads about 2 in. in diam.; outer bracts ovate, 3 lin. long, ciliate on the margin, otherwise glabrous, uppermost linear-oblong, 2 1/2 in. long, 4 lin. wide, rusty pilose at the apex. Perianth about as long as the innermost bracts, densely silky above. Anthers linear. Style about as long as the perianth, angular below, subulate above.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Kilimanjaro, Kifinika Volcano, 9000 ft., Volkens, 929! 9000 to 13,000 ft., Johnston, 156! last zone of vegetation below perpetual snow, New! Meyer, 121, 264, Höhnel, 170; Rungwe Stock, 9480 ft., Goetze, 1152.
Notes
Native name ” segera ” (Goetze).

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