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Protea welwitschii

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Name

Identification
Protea welwitschii Engl. [family PROTEACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Protea ferruginea
  • Protea welwitschii engl. subsp. mocoensis
  • Protea hirta
  • Protea kirkii
  • Protea abyssinica
  • Protea eickii
  • Leucadendron leucoblepharum
  • Protea gaguedi
  • Protea leucoblepharis
  • Protea welwitschii
  • Protea melliodora
  • Leucadendron welwitschii
  • Protea congensis
  • Protea myrsinifolia

Flora

Entry for PROTEA Welwitschii 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 Welwitschii Engl. [family PROTEACEAE], Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 196.
Leucadendron Welwitschii Hiern. [family PROTEACEAE], in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 918.
Information
A tree 12–25 ft. high. Trunk nearly 1 ft. in diam. at the base; branches spreading, naked below, leafy towards the apex, pilose when young. Leaves dense, linear-oblong, tapering downwards, obtuse, 5 in. long, 1 in. wide, pilose, slightly glabrescent. Heads solitary, terminal, 2–3 in. in diam.; bracts with rusty silky hairs outside, becoming glabrous at the margins; outer ovate, 1 lin. long, 2 lin. wide; inner oblong, 1–1 1/2 in. long, 6 lin. wide. Perianth 1 3/4 in. long, pilose with white hairs throughout, rusty when dried. Anthers linear, 4 lin. long, apiculate. Style about 2 in. long, glabrous, slightly furrowed; stigma slender, clavate at the apex.
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea Huilla; in the more open mixed forests at No Monino, near Lopollo, and at Quilengues, Welwitsch, 1600! 1602! between Lopollo and Monino, Welwitsch, 1604! Benguella; Bailundo District, 5000 ft., Wellman!

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