Protea scorzonerifolia, the channel-leaf sugarbush, is a flower-bearing shrub belonging to the genus Protea.[2] The plant is endemic to South Africa and occurs in the Du Toit's Kloof, Franschhoek and Groot-Winterhoek mountains. The plant became extinct on the Cape Peninsula.
| Protea scorzonerifolia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Protea |
| Species: | P. scorzonerifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Protea scorzonerifolia (Salisb. ex Knight) Rycroft
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In Afrikaans it is known as the kanaalblaarsuikerbos.
References
edit- ^ Rebelo, A.G.; Mtshali, H.; von Staden, L. (2020). "Protea scorzonerifolia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T113220920A185593528. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T113220920A185593528.en. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ Lamont, Byron B.; Downes, Katherine S. (2011-12-01). "Fire-stimulated flowering among resprouters and geophytes in Australia and South Africa". Plant Ecology. 212 (12): 2111–2125. doi:10.1007/s11258-011-9987-y. ISSN 1573-5052. S2CID 34637595.
- http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=799-132
- http://www.biodiversityexplorer.info/plants/proteaceae/protea_scorzonerifolia.htm
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