Protea myrsinifoliaEngl. & Gilg [family PROTEACEAE ] Verified by Beard, J., Protea welwitschiiEngl. [family PROTEACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
Protea gaguedi
Protea welwitschii
Protea hirta
Protea myrsinifolia
Flora
Entry for PROTEA myrsinifolia Engl. & Gilg [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.)
A shrub 6–10 ft. high. Branches greyish pilose when young, at length quite glabrous. Leaves rather far apart, lanceolate, rounded at the apex, 5–7 in. long, about 1 in. wide, loosely silky pilose near the base (especially on the under surface) when young, almost glabrous when mature, coriaceous, shining on both surfaces; nerves numerous, equally prominent and reticulated on both surfaces, marginal none. Heads terminal on the branches, 3 in. in diam.; bracts very numerous, outside very densely long yellow or golden silky tomentose, inside glabrous; outer ovate, acute, 4 lin. long, 2 lin. wide; innermost oblong, rounded at the apex, 1 1/2 in. long, 9 lin. wide. Perianth 1 1/3 in. long, whitish, long and densely yellowish tomentose. Style after flowering about 1 3/4 in. long.
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea on hills not far from the River Kubango, near Menemprenp, 4740 ft., Baum, 903!
