Biology:Protea namaquana

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Short description: Species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae

Protea namaquana
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Protea namaquana flowering in the winter, in August
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Protea
Species:
P. namaquana
Binomial name
Protea namaquana
Rourke[2]

Protea namaquana, also known as the Kamiesberg sugarbush,[3][4][5] is a flowering plant which belongs to the genus Protea.[3][4] The plant is endemic to the southwestern Cape Region of South Africa ,[3][6] in particular the Kamiesberg mountains of Namaqualand in the Northern Cape province.[3][5] The species has a worldwide distribution of only 18 km2. It is regarded as critically endangered.[3] In the Afrikaans language it has the vernacular name is Kamiesbergsuikerbos.

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Wikidata ☰ Q18079546 entry