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Protea curvata (Barberton sugarbush)

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: Protea

Protea curvata (Barberton sugarbush)
Protea curvata (Barberton sugarbush) Protea curvata (Barberton sugarbush)

The rare local endemic Protea curvata flowering in winter near Barberton, Mpumalanga, South Africa. [photos Colin Paterson-Jones ©]