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Taxon

Protea scolymocephala (L.) Reichard

Protologue Syst. Pl. i. 271.IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
EDGE • Vulnerable
Protea scolymocephala, 232.74--So. Africa. Cape Province. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 20 Nov 02. 079.jpg

Protea scolymocephala, 232.74--So. Africa. Cape Province. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 20 Nov 02. 079.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Protea scolymocephala, 232.74--So. Africa. Cape Province. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 20 Nov 02. 080.jpg

Protea scolymocephala, 232.74--So. Africa. Cape Province. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 20 Nov 02. 080.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Protea scolymocephala, 232.74--So. Africa. Cape Province. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 20 Nov 02. 081.jpg

Protea scolymocephala, 232.74--So. Africa. Cape Province. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 20 Nov 02. 081.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Protea scolymocephala, 232.74--So. Africa. Cape Province. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 20 Nov 02. 082.jpg

Protea scolymocephala, 232.74--So. Africa. Cape Province. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 20 Nov 02. 082.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Endemic to Cape Provinces (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

232.74

November 20, 2002

Location

South Africa, Mpumalanga, Ehlanzeni (Thaba Chweu, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden | Lydenburg)

-25.315833, 30.495278

Location Remarks

Rhodes Dr., Newlands, Cape Town

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Proteales

Family

Proteaceae

Genus

Protea

Specific Epithet

scolymocephala

Authorship

(L.) Reichard

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 4.7

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

EDGE List

Threat status

Vulnerable

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

1.0

Global rank

#40,357 of 335,497

Top 13%

Extinction probability

23%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →