Accession Data
Protea venusta
Common Name: Cascade Sugarbush
Family: Proteaceae
Country of Origin: South Africa - Western Cape
Description: While not evaluated by the IUCN Redlist, this species is listed on the RedList of South African Plants and thus we have marked it as an endangered species.5
Accession Data
Accession #: 200800183
Accession Date: 2008-10-10 00:00:00
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 2112
Quantity: 1
Source: Kent Holsinger - UConn/EEB
Provenance:
Seed collected by Jane Carlson, Ann Marie Gawel 22-MAR-2008 South Africa, Western Cape, Swartberg Reserve
Population is on steep southern slope of Blesberg, intermixed with Protea punctata. 2037m. Stand height 1m S 33.41856; E 22.68702
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
SubFamily: Proteoideae
Tribe: Proteeae
References
- Protea Atlas Project. Last accessed on Thursday, 10 October, 2019.
- Evolutionary radiations in South African Proteaceae
- Photo Credits: Jane Carlson - Post-Doctoral Researcher - Holsinger Lab
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, 10 October, 2019.
- Red List of South African Plants. Last accessed on Thursday, 10 October, 2019.
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