Protea scorzonerifolia explained

Protea scorzonerifolia, the channel-leaf sugarbush, is a flower-bearing shrub belonging to the genus Protea.^[1] The plant is endemic to South Africa and occurs in the Du Toit's Kloof, Franschhoek and Groot-Winterhoek mountains. The plant became extinct on the Cape Peninsula.

In Afrikaans it is known as the Afrikaans: kanaalblaarsuikerbos.

References

• http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=799-132
• http://www.biodiversityexplorer.info/plants/proteaceae/protea_scorzonerifolia.htm

Notes and References

1. Lamont . Byron B. . Downes . Katherine S. . 2011-12-01 . Fire-stimulated flowering among resprouters and geophytes in Australia and South Africa . Plant Ecology . en . 212 . 12 . 2111–2125 . 10.1007/s11258-011-9987-y . 34637595 . 1573-5052.