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Leafy Sugarbush

Protea foliosa Rourke
Leafy Sugarbush
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Protea foliosa, known as leafy sugarbush, is a flowering plant in the Proteaceae family and is native to the Cape Region of South Africa. It was first described in 1975 by Rourke.

Description

Protea foliosa is a member of the Proteaceae family and is part of the Protea genus. It is endemic to the Cape Provinces and is known in Afrikaans as ruie-suikerbos. The species was published in 1975 by Rourke.

Other common names

Leafy Sugarbush

Distribution

Global · Cape Provinces

Synonyms

Protea tenax var. latifolia

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