Protea laurifolia
Species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Protea laurifolia, also known as the grey-leaf sugarbush,[3][5][6] is a shrub from South Africa.[6][7] It is native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.[8]
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Protea laurifolia | |
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Cederberg, South Africa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Proteales |
Family: | Proteaceae |
Genus: | Protea |
Species: | P. laurifolia |
Binomial name | |
Protea laurifolia | |
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Another vernacular name for this species is laurel sugarbush. In Afrikaans this species is known by the common names of louriersuikerbos, lourier-suikerbos, suikerbos and suikerkan.[3]
Protea laurifolia was first described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1806.[2]