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Leucadendron laureolum (Golden conebush)

Louriertolbos [Afrikaans]

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Order: Proteales > Family: Proteaceae > Genus: Leucadendron

Leucadendron laureolum

A male Leucadendron laureolum flowerhead in winter in the Silvermine Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Leucadendron laureolum

The coloured summer leaves of Leucadendron laureolum growing in fynbos on the Cape Peninsula mountains, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]