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Leucadendron nitidum (Bokkeveld conebush)

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 nitidum Leucadendron nitidum

Leucadendron nitidum male (left) and female (right) flowering in spring in arid fynbos near the Katbakkies Pass in the Kouebokkeveld, Western Cape, South Africa. [photos Colin Paterson-Jones ©]