Leucadendron meyerianum

Leucadendron meyerianum, the Van Rhynsdorp conebush, is a flower-bearing shrub that belongs to the genus Leucadendron and forms part of the fynbos. The plant is native to the Western Cape and Northern Cape, where it occurs in the Bokkeveld escarpment near Nieuwoudtville. The shrub grows 2.0 m tall and bears flowers in August. Two months after the plant has flowered, the fruit appears and the seeds later fall to the ground where they are spread by rodents. The plant grows in level, sandstone sand at altitudes of 800 m. Small beetles do the pollination.

Leucadendron meyerianum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Leucadendron
Species:
L. meyerianum
Binomial name
Leucadendron meyerianum
H.Buek ex E.Phillips & Hutch.

In Afrikaans it known as Vanrhynsdorptolbos.

References

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  1. ^ Rebelo, A.G.; Raimondo, D.; Helme, N.A.; von Staden, L. (2020). "Leucadendron meyerianum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. IUCN: e.T113169076A185568314. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T113169076A185568314.en.
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