Leucadendron conicum

Leucadendron conicum,^[3][4] the garden route conebush, is a flower-bearing shrub that belongs to the genus Leucadendron and is part of the fynbos form.^[5] The plant is native to the Western Cape and the Eastern Cape, where it occurs in the Langeberg, Outeniqua Mountains, Tsitsikamma Mountains, Elandsberg and Garden Route plain.The shrub grows to be 6 m and bears flowers from October to November.^[6]

Leucadendron conicum
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Leucadendron
Species:	L. conicum
Binomial name
Leucadendron conicum (Lam.) I.Williams
Synonyms[2]
Leucadendron ramosissimum H.Buek ex Meisn. Protea conica Lam. Protea ramosissima Kuntze

In Afrikaans it is known as vaaltolbos. The tree is number 78.1 on the National List of Indigenous Trees in South Africa.^[7]

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