Protea namaquana
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| Protea namaquana | |
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| Protea namaquana flowering in the winter, in August | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Protea |
| Species: | P. namaquana |
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| Protea namaquana | |
Protea namaquana, also known as the Kamiesberg sugarbush,[3][4][5] is a flowering plant which belongs to the genus Protea.[3][4] The plant is endemic to the southwestern Cape Region of South Africa,[3][6] in particular the Kamiesberg mountains of Namaqualand in the Northern Cape province.[3][5] The species has a worldwide distribution of only 18 km2. It is regarded as critically endangered.[3] In the Afrikaans language it has the vernacular name is Kamiesbergsuikerbos.
