Protea pendula, the Glossary
Protea pendula, also known as the nodding sugarbush or arid sugarbush, is a flowering plant of the genus Protea, in the family Proteaceae, which is only found growing in the wild in the Cape Region of South Africa.[1]
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52 relations: Afrikaans, Cape Floristic Region, Cederberg, Christian Friedrich Ecklon, Endemism, Family (biology), Francis Masson, Fynbos, Glabrousness, Glaucous, Glossary of leaf morphology, Habitat, Herbarium, Holotype, Indumentum, Inflorescence, International Plant Names Index, Karl Ludwig Philipp Zeyher, Kouebokkeveld Mountains, Leaf, Least-concern species, Monoecy, On the natural order of plants called Proteaceae, Otto Kuntze, Ovary (botany), Perianth, Petal, Plant senescence, Plants of the World Online, Pollination, Protea, Protea effusa, Protea sulphurea, Protea witzenbergiana, Proteaceae, Pseudanthium, Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773), Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Sepal, Sessility (botany), Shrub, South Africa, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Species description, Stamen, Stigma (botany), Style (botany), Trichome, Tulbagh, Western Cape, ... Expand index (2 more) »
Afrikaans
Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken in South Africa, Namibia and (to a lesser extent) Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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Cape Floristic Region
The Cape Floral Region is a floristic region located near the southern tip of South Africa.
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Cederberg
The Cederberg mountains are located near Clanwilliam, approximately 300 km north of Cape Town, South Africa at about.
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Christian Friedrich Ecklon
Christian Friedrich Ecklon (17 December 1795 – 1 December 1868) was a Danish botanical collector and apothecary.
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Endemism
Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.
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Family (biology)
Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.
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Francis Masson
Francis Masson (August 1741 – 23 December 1805) was a Scottish botanist and gardener, and Kew Gardens’ first plant hunter.
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Fynbos
Fynbos is a small belt of natural shrubland or heathland vegetation located in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa.
Glabrousness
Glabrousness (from the Latin glaber meaning "bald", "hairless", "shaved", "smooth") is the technical term for a lack of hair, down, setae, trichomes or other such covering.
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Glaucous
Glaucous is used to describe the pale grey or bluish-green appearance of the surfaces of some plants, as well as in the names of birds, such as the glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus), glaucous-winged gull (Larus glaucescens), glaucous macaw (Anodorhynchus glaucus), and glaucous tanager (Thraupis glaucocolpa).
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Glossary of leaf morphology
The following terms are used to describe leaf morphology in the description and taxonomy of plants.
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Habitat
In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species.
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Herbarium
A herbarium (plural: herbaria) is a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study.
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Holotype
A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described.
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Indumentum
In biology, an indumentum (Latin, literally: "garment") is a covering of trichomes (fine "hairs") on a plant or of bristles (rarely scales) of an insect.
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Inflorescence
An inflorescence, in a flowering plant, is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches.
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International Plant Names Index
The International Plant Names Index (IPNI) describes itself as "a database of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of seed plants, ferns and lycophytes." Coverage of plant names is best at the rank of species and genus.
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Karl Ludwig Philipp Zeyher
Karl Ludwig Philipp Zeyher (2 August 1799 Dillenburg, Hessen, Holy Roman Empire – 13 December 1858 Cape Town), was a botanical and insect collector who collected extensively in Cape Colony.
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Kouebokkeveld Mountains
The Koue Bokkeveld, meaning "Cold Buck Shrubland" in Afrikaans, is a mountain range in the Western Cape Province, South Africa.
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Leaf
A leaf (leaves) is a principal appendage of the stem of a vascular plant, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis.
Least-concern species
A least-concern species is a species that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as evaluated as not being a focus of wildlife conservation because the specific species is still plentiful in the wild.
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Monoecy
Monoecy (adj. monoecious) is a sexual system in seed plants where separate male and female cones or flowers are present on the same plant.
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On the natural order of plants called Proteaceae
On the natural order of plants called Proteaceae, also published as "On the Proteaceae of Jussieu", was a paper written by Robert Brown on the taxonomy of the plant family Proteaceae.
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Otto Kuntze
Carl Ernst Otto Kuntze (23 June 1843 – 27 January 1907) was a German botanist.
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Ovary (botany)
In the flowering plants, an ovary is a part of the female reproductive organ of the flower or gynoecium.
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Perianth
The perianth (perigonium, perigon or perigone in monocots) is the non-reproductive part of the flower, and structure that forms an envelope surrounding the sexual organs, consisting of the calyx (sepals) and the corolla (petals) or tepals when called a perigone.
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Petal
Petals are modified leaves that surround the reproductive parts of flowers.
Plant senescence
Plant senescence is the process of aging in plants.
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Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Pollination
Pollination is the transfer of pollen from an anther of a plant to the stigma of a plant, later enabling fertilisation and the production of seeds.
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Protea
Protea is a genus of South African flowering plants, also called sugarbushes (Afrikaans: suikerbos).
Protea effusa
Protea effusa, sometimes known as the scarlet sugarbush, is a flowering plant which belongs to the genus Protea. Protea pendula and Protea effusa are Protea.
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Protea sulphurea
Protea sulphurea, also known as the sulphur sugarbush, is a flowering plant of the genus Protea in the family Proteaceae, which is only known to grow in the wild in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Protea pendula and Protea sulphurea are endemic flora of the Cape Provinces and Protea.
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Protea witzenbergiana
Protea witzenbergiana, or Swan sugarbush, is a flowering shrub of the genus Protea. Protea pendula and Protea witzenbergiana are endemic flora of the Cape Provinces and Protea.
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Proteaceae
The Proteaceae form a family of flowering plants predominantly distributed in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Pseudanthium
A pseudanthium (false flower;: pseudanthia) is an inflorescence that resembles a flower.
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Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)
Robert Brown (21 December 1773 – 10 June 1858) was a Scottish botanist and paleobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope.
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
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Sepal
A sepal is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants).
Sessility (botany)
In botany, sessility (meaning "sitting", in the sense of "resting on the surface") is a characteristic of plant organs such as flowers or leaves that have no stalk.
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Shrub
A shrub or bush is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant.
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.
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South African National Biodiversity Institute
The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) is an organisation tasked with research and dissemination of information on biodiversity, and legally mandated to contribute to the management of the country's biodiversity resources.
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Species description
A species description is a formal scientific description of a newly encountered species, typically articulated through a scientific publication.
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Stamen
The stamen (stamina or stamens) is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower.
Stigma (botany)
The stigma (stigmas or stigmata) is the receptive tip of a carpel, or of several fused carpels, in the gynoecium of a flower.
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Style (botany)
In botany, the style of an angiosperm flower is an organ of variable length that connects the ovary to the stigma.
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Trichome
Trichomes are fine outgrowths or appendages on plants, algae, lichens, and certain protists.
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Tulbagh
Tulbagh, previously named Roodezand, later named after Dutch Cape Colony Governor Ryk Tulbagh, is a town located in the "Land van Waveren" mountain basin (also known as the Tulbagh basin), in the Winelands of the Western Cape, South Africa.
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Western Cape
The Western Cape (Wes-Kaap; iNtshona-Koloni) is a province of South Africa, situated on the south-western coast of the country.
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Wildfire
A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned, uncontrolled and unpredictable fire in an area of combustible vegetation.
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William Forsyth (horticulturist)
William Forsyth (1737 – 25 July 1804) was a Scottish botanist.
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