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Protea magnifica
Also called Bearded Sugarbush, Queen Protea, Queen Sugarbush, Barbi, Barbigera, Giant Woolly Beard Sugarbush, Magnificent Erodendrum
Protea magnifica, commonly known as the queen protea, is a shrub, which belongs to the genus Protea within the family Proteaceae, and which is native to South Africa.
The species is also called queen sugarbush, bearded sugarbush or woolly beard. In the Afrikaans language the vernacular names baardprotea, baardsuikerbos, baard-suikerbos, koninginprotea, suikerbosprotea, wolbaardsuikerbos and wolbaard-suikerbos have all been recorded for the plant.
This plant is endemic to the Cape Region of South Africa, where it only occurs in the Western Cape province. It occurs in the Koue Bokkeveld to Hottentots Holland, Klein Swartberg, Riviersonderend, Franschhoek and central Langeberg mountain ranges. It is spatially distributed as isolated stands.
This the most prized cut flower in the trade. In 1998, the best flower heads were still said come from the wild, and were often harvested for this purpose.
Common Ground Sugarbush · Black Rim Sugarbush · Clasping Leaf Sugarbush · Angolan Protea · Kleinmond Sugarbush · Ladismith Sugarbush · Rough Leaf Sugarbush · Inyanga Sugarbush · Potberg Sugarbush · Shuttlecock sugarbush · Burchell's Sugarbush · Bishop Sugarbush
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Protea magnifica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
