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Protea xanthoconus

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Identification
Isotype of Protea xanthoconus Kuntze [family PROTEACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Leucadendron xanthoconus (Kuntze) K.Schum. [family PROTEACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Leucadendron xanthoconus
  • Protea xanthoconus

Flora

Entry for Leucadendron xanthoconus K. Schum. [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 xanthoconus K. Schum. [family PROTEACEAE], in Just, Jahresb. xxvi. i. 364
Protea xanthoconus O. Kuntze [family PROTEACEAE], Rev. Gen. Pl. iii. 278.
Information
a shrub 2 ft. high; branches erect, like the young leaves white silky-pubescent; leaves about 2 in. long, 2 lin. broad, linear-oblanceolate, long-attenuated to the base, with a short spiny apex, those surrounding the head exceeding it and more or less ovate; bracts close, ascending, tomentellous on the lower half outside, glabrous on the upper part, about 1/2 in. long and 1/4 in. broad; flowers not known; fruits compressed, cordate at the base, winged, black, glabrous, punctate, 2 lin. long, 3 lin. broad. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Caledon Div.; near Caledon, Kuntze.
Notes
This is probably either L. uliginosum or L. salignum, R. Br.

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