List of Protea species

The following is a list of Protea species.

Table of Protea species

Section	Common name of section	Species name	Common name	Distribution
Craterifolia	penduline protea	Protea effusa^[1]	Scarlet sugarbush	South Africa (Western Cape province)
		Protea namaquana^[2]	Kamiesberg sugarbush	South Africa (Kamiesberg mountains of Namaqualand in the Northern Cape province)
		Protea pendula	Nodding sugarbush	South Africa (Western Cape province)
		Protea recondita	Hidden sugarbush	South Africa (Western Cape province)
		Protea sulphurea	Sulphur sugarbush	South Africa (Western Cape province)
Crinitae	eastern ground protea	Protea foliosa	Leafy sugarbush	South Africa (Eastern Cape province)
		Protea intonsa	Tufted sugarbush	South Africa (Swartberg and Kammanassie Mountains to the Baviaanskloof Mountains.)
		Protea montana	Swartberg sugarbush	South Africa (Swartberg and Kammanassie Mountains.)
		Protea tenax	Tenacious sugarbush	South Africa (Outeniqua, Tsitsikamma, Kouga and Winterhoek Mountains)
		Protea vogtsiae	Kouga sugarbush	South Africa (Western and Eastern Cape)
Cristatae	Moorland protea	Protea asymmetrica	Inyanga sugarbush	Zimbabwe
Cristatae	Moorland protea	Protea wentzeliana	Wentzel's sugarbush	Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, southern Tanzania and central Angola.
Exsertae	White protea	Protea aurea aurea	Common shuttlecock protea	South Africa (Western Cape province)
		Protea aurea potbergensis	Potberg sugarbush	South Africa (Potberg near Cape Infanta.)
		Protea lacticolor	Hottentot sugarbush	South Africa (the Slanghoek to the Hottentots Holland Mountains and also the Groenlandberg.)
		Protea mundii	Forest sugarbush	South Africa (Western Cape province)
		Protea punctata	Water sugarbush	South Africa (Eastern and Western Cape province)
		Protea subvestita	Waterlily sugarbush	South Africa (Eastern Cape province)
		Protea venusta	Cascade sugarbush	South Africa (Clanwilliam to Grahamstown)
Hypocephalae	Rodent protea	Protea amplexicaulis	Claspingleaf sugarbush	South Africa (Western Cape province)
		Protea cordata	Heartleaf sugarbush	South Africa (Western Cape province)
		Protea decurrens	Linearleaf sugarbush	South Africa (Western Cape province)
		Protea humiflora	Patentleaf sugarbush	South Africa (Western Cape province)
		Protea subulifolia	Awl-leaf sugarbush	South Africa (Western Cape province)
Lasiocephalae	savanna protea	Protea gaguedi	African sugarbush	Sudan (including South Sudan), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Eswatini and South Africa.
Lasiocephalae	savanna protea	Protea welwitschii	Dwarf savanna sugarbush	Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Angola, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Lesotho, and South Africa.
Leiocephalea	grassveld protea	Protea caffra caffra	Highveld sugerbush	South Africa (Gauteng, Kwazulu-Natal, Northern Province, Mpumalanga, the Eastern Cape as far south as the Katberg mountains) and Lesotho
		Protea caffra gazensis	Manica sugarbush	Mozambique and Zimbabwe, including the Nyanga Mountains and Chimanimani Mountains, and on Mount Gorongosa in Mozambique.
		Protea caffra kilimandscharica	Kilimanjaro sugarbush	Mt Kenya
		Protea caffra nyasea	Malawi sugarbush	Malawi
		Protea dracomontana	Drakensberg sugarbush	South Africa (Eastern Cape, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal and Free State)
		Protea nubigena	Cloud sugarbush	South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
		Protea parvula	Dainty sugarbush	Mpumalanga
		Protea petiolaris elegans	Sickle-leaf sugarbush	Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
		Protea petiolaris petiolaris	Sickle-leaf sugarbush	Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
		Protea simplex	Dwarf grassveld sugarbush	South Africa (Eswatini and Mpumalanga)
	shaving-brush protea	Protea caffra kilimandscharica	Kilimanjaro sugarbush	DRC, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
		Protea caffra mafingensis	Mafingo sugarbush	Malawi and Zambia
		Protea rupicola	Krantz sugarbush	South Africa (Western and Eastern Cape)
		Protea glabra	Clanwilliam sugarbush	South Africa (Western cape)
		Protea inopina	Largenut sugarbush	Paleisheuwel
		Protea nitida	Wagon tree	South Africa (Eastern Cape)
Ligulatae	spoon-bract protea	Protea burchellii	Burchell's sugarbush	South Africa (Southwestern Cape)
		Protea compacta	Bot river sugarbush	Kleinmond to Bredasdorp Mountains South Africa
		Protea eximia	Broadleaf sugarbush	South Africa (Western Cape)
		Protea longifolia	Longleaf sugarbush	South Africa (Western Cape)
		Protea obtusifolia	Limestone sugarbush	South Africa (Western Cape)
		Protea pudens	Bashful sugarbush	South Africa (Western Cape)
		Protea roupelliae hamiltonii	Dwarf silver sugarbush	South Africa (Western Cape), Zimbabwe
		Protea roupelliae roupelliae	Silver sugarbush	Clanwilliam to Grahamstown, South Africa.
		Protea susannae	Stinkleaf sugarbush	South Africa (Western Cape)
Melliferae	sugerbushes	Protea aristata	Ladismith sugarbush	South Africa (Western Cape)
		Protea lanceolata	Lanceleaf sugarbush	South Africa
		Protea repens	Common sugarbush	South Africa
Microgeantae	western ground protea	Protea acaulos	Common ground sugarbush	South Africa (Western Cape)
		Protea convexa	Largeleaf sugarbush	South Africa (Western Cape)
		Protea laevis	Smoothleaf sugarbush	South Africa (Western Cape)
		Protea revoluta	Rolledleaf sugarbush	South Africa (Western Cape)
		Protea angustata	Wide laef sugarbush	South Africa (Western Cape)
Obvallatae	bishop protea	Protea caespitosa	Bishop sugarbush	South Africa (Western Cape province)
Paludosae	rooi protea	Protea enervis	Chimanimani sugarbush	Zimbabwe and Mozambique
Paracynaroides	sneeu protea	Protea cryophila	Snowball protea	South Africa (Cederberg)
		Protea pruinosa	Frosted sugarbush	South Africa (Western Cape province)
		Protea scabriuscula	Hoary sugarbush	South Africa (Western Cape province)
		Protea scolopendriifolia	Hart's tonguefern sugarbush	South Africa (Western and Eastern Cape province)
Parviflorae	shale protea	Protea mucronifolia	Daggerleaf sugarbush	South Africa
Parviflorae	shale protea	Protea odorata	Swartland sugarbush	South Africa
Patentiflorae	mountain protea	Protea angolensis angolensis	Dwarf northernwoodland sugarbush	northern, central and eastern Zimbabwe
		Protea angolensis divaricata	Northern woodland sugarbush	Zambia, western Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, southern and western Tanzania, northern Malawi, and to a limited extent in Mozambique (Tete)
		Protea comptonii	Saddleback sugarbush	South Africa (Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal)
		Protea curvata	Barberton sugarbush	South Africa
		Protea laetans	Blyde sugarbush	South Africa (Mpumalanga)
		Protea madiensis	Tall woodland sugarbush	Senegal to Ethiopia in the north, to Angola, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia, Guinea to Mali in the north, south to Sierra Leone, Benin and Cameroon.
		Protea rubropilosa	Transvaal sugarbush	South Africa (Mpumalanga and Limpopo)
		Protea rupestris	Rocket sugarbush	Malawi, Mozambique, Angola and Tanzania
Pinifolia	rose protea	Protea acuminata	Blackrim sugarbush	South Africa
		Protea canaliculata	Grooveleaf sugarbush	South Africa (Western Cape province)
		Protea nana	Mountainrose sugarbush	South Africa (Western Cape province)
		Protea pityphylla	Ceres sugarbush	South Africa (Western Cape province)
		Protea scolymocephala	Thistle sugarbush	South Africa (Western Cape province)
		Protea witzenbergiana	Swan sugarbush	South Africa (Western Cape province)
Protea	king protea	Protea cynaroides	King protea	South Africa
Speciosae	bearded sugerbush	Protea coronata	Green sugarbush	South Africa (Western and Eastern Cape)
		Protea grandiceps	Red sugarbush	South Africa (Cape Peninsula, Hottentots-Holland Mountains, Riviersonderend Mountains, Langeberg, Outeniqua Mountains, Winterhoek Mountains and Kamanassie Mountains)
		Protea holosericea	Sawedge sugarbush	South Africa (Western Cape)
		Protea laurifolia	Greyleaf sugarbush	South Africa (Northern and Western Cape)
		Protea lepidocarpodendron	Blackbeard sugarbush	South Africa (Western Cape)
		Protea lorifolia	Strapleaf sugarbush	South Africa (Swartberg, Riviersonderend and Langeberg Mountains, to the Baviaanskloofberge and Kouga Mountains.)
		Protea magnifica^[3]	Queen protea	South Africa (Western Cape)
		Protea neriifolia	Narrowleaf sugarbush	South Africa (Eastern and Western Cape)
		Protea speciosa	Brownbeard sugarbush	South Africa (Western Cape)
		Protea stokoei	Pink sugarbush	South Africa (Kogelberg and Greenland Mountains)
Subacaules	dwarf-tufted protea	Protea aspera	Roughleaf sugarbush	South Africa (Kleinrivier Mountains, Bredasdorpberg and Garcia's Pass.)
		Protea denticulata	Toothleaf sugarbush	South Africa
		Protea lorea	Thongleaf sugarbush	South Africa (Western Cape)
		Protea piscina	Visgat sugarbush	South Africa
		Protea restionifolia^[4]	Reedleaf sugarbush	South Africa (Western Cape province)
		Protea scabra^[5]	Sandpaperleaf sugarbush	South Africa (Hottentots Holland Mountains across the Riviersonderend Mountains, the Kleinrivier Mountains and around the town of Caledon to the Swartberg Mountains)
		Protea scorzonerifolia^[6]	Channelleaf sugarbush	South Africa (Western Cape)

References

^ "Protea effusa (Scarlet sugarbush)". Biodiversity Explorer. Iziko - Museums of South Africa. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
^ Rebelo, A.G.; Mtshali, H.; von Staden, L. (1 September 2006). "Kamiesberg Sugarbush". Red List of South African Plants. version 2020.1. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
^ Wiersema, John H.; León, Blanca (1999). World Economic Plants: A Standard Reference (illustrated ed.). CRC Press. p. 693. ISBN 9780849321191.
^ Tony Rebelo (25 January 2008). Protea Atlas (PDF) (Report). South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch, Cape Town. p. 20-22. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
^ Tony Rebelo (25 January 2008). Protea Atlas, part 4 (PDF) (Report). South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch, Cape Town. p. 23-24. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
^ 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.

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