Protea petiolaris (Hiern) Baker
subsp. petiolaris

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Protea petiolaris subsp. petiolaris

Photo: Mike Bingham
Malawi, Chikangawa

Protea petiolaris subsp. petiolaris

Photo: Jos Stevens
Ferme Randu, southwest Katanga Province, DRC

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Status: Native
Description:
Small straggling tree to 10 m tall. Leaves petiolate or subpetiolate, 1-3(4) cm broad.
Key to subspecies petiolaris: Limb of perianth (10)12-14(15) mm long; heads c. 5 cm long; claw densely hairy inside lower half.
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Flowering time:Mar - Jul
Worldwide distribution: Zambia and Malawi; elsewhere Angola, D.R. Congo
Malawi distribution: N
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Literature:

Beard, J.S. (1963). The genus Protea in Tropical Africa Kirkia 3 Pages 187 - 189. (Includes a picture).

Beard, J.S. (1992). The Proteas of Tropical Africa Kangaroo Press Pages 76 - 77. Illustrated by Lura Ripley (Includes a picture).

Chisumpa, S.M., Brummitt, R.K. & Marner, S. (2006). Proteaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(3) Pages 70 - 71.

Other sources of information about Protea petiolaris subsp. petiolaris:

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Flora of Zambia: Protea petiolaris subsp. petiolaris

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Protea petiolaris
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Protea petiolaris
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Protea petiolaris
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Protea petiolaris
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Protea petiolaris
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Protea petiolaris
JSTOR Plant Science: Protea petiolaris
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Protea petiolaris
Plants of the World Online: Protea petiolaris
Tropicos: Protea petiolaris
Wikipedia: Protea petiolaris


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Malawi: Species information: Protea petiolaris subsp. petiolaris.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=190530, retrieved 29 March 2024

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