Protea wentzeliana Engl.

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Protea wentzeliana

Photo: Ton Rulkens
Mt Tchinyamwea, Chimanimani Mts

Protea wentzeliana

Photo: Ton Rulkens
Mt Tchinyamwea, Chimanimani Mts

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Synonyms: Protea crinita Beard
Protea neocrinita Beard
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Status: Native
Description:
Small shrub with many, mostly unbranched stems to to 1.5 m tall. Leaves up to 12 cm long, dull green, leathery, covered in shaggy appressed hairs when young, becoming hairless when older. Flower heads mostly 7-9 cm in diameter, bracts usually brownish with a pink tip, brownish to greyish hairy when young, usually remaining strongly ciliate at the margins. Flowers 3.5-5.5 cm long, white, sometimes pink-tinged at the apex.
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Habitat: Occurring in montane grassland.
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Worldwide distribution: Central Angola, southern Tanzania, Malawi and the Chimanimani Mts of Mozambique and Zimbabwe
Mozambique distribution: MS
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Content last updated: Tuesday 9 February 2010

Other sources of information about Protea wentzeliana:

Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Protea wentzeliana
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Protea wentzeliana
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Protea wentzeliana
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Protea wentzeliana
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Protea wentzeliana
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Protea wentzeliana
West African Plants database: Protea wentzeliana


Copyright: Mark Hyde and Bart Wursten, 2007-10

Hyde, M.A. & Wursten, B. (2010). Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Protea wentzeliana.
http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=120820, retrieved 6 September 2010

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