The following is a list of Protea species.
Table of Protea species Section Common name of section Species name Common name Image Distribution Craterifolia penduline protea Protea effusa Scarlet sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province) Protea namaquana Kamiesberg sugarbush South Africa (Kamiesberg mountains of Namaqualand in the Northern Cape province) Protea pendula Nodding sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province) Protea recondita Hidden sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province) Protea sulphurea Sulphur sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province) Crinitaeeastern ground protea Protea foliosa Leafy sugarbush South Africa (Eastern Cape province) Protea intonsa Tufted sugarbush South Africa (Swartberg and Kammanassie Mountains to the Baviaanskloof Mountains.) Protea montana Swartberg sugarbush South Africa (Swartberg and Kammanassie Mountains.) Protea tenax Tenacious sugarbush South Africa (Outeniqua, Tsitsikamma, Kouga and Winterhoek Mountains) Protea vogtsiae Kouga sugarbush South Africa (Western and Eastern Cape) Cristatae Moorland proteaProtea asymmetrica Inyanga sugarbush ZimbabweProtea wentzeliana Wentzel's sugarbush Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, southern Tanzania and central Angola. Exsertae White protea Protea aurea aurea Common shuttlecock protea South Africa (Western Cape province) Protea aurea potbergensis Potberg sugarbush South Africa (Potberg near Cape Infanta.) Protea lacticolor Hottentot sugarbush South Africa (the Slanghoek to the Hottentots Holland Mountains and also the Groenlandberg.) Protea mundii Forest sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province) Protea punctata Water sugarbush South Africa (Eastern and Western Cape province)Protea subvestita Waterlily sugarbushSouth Africa (Eastern Cape province) Protea venusta Cascade sugarbush South Africa (Clanwilliam to Grahamstown) Hypocephalae Rodent protea Protea amplexicaulis Claspingleaf sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province) Protea cordata Heartleaf sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province) Protea decurrens Linearleaf sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province) Protea humiflora Patentleaf sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province) Protea subulifolia Awl-leaf sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province) Lasiocephalaesavanna protea Protea gaguedi African sugarbush Sudan (including South Sudan), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Eswatini and South Africa. Protea welwitschii Dwarf savanna sugarbush Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Angola, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Lesotho, and South Africa.Leiocephaleagrassveld protea Protea afra subsp. afra Highveld sugerbush South Africa (Gauteng, Kwazulu-Natal, Northern Province, Mpumalanga, the Eastern Cape as far south as the Katberg mountains) and LesothoProtea afra subsp. gazensis Manica sugarbush Mozambique and Zimbabwe, including the Nyanga Mountains and Chimanimani Mountains, and on Mount Gorongosa in Mozambique. Protea afra subsp. kilimandscharica Kilimanjaro sugarbush Mt Kenya Protea afra subsp. nyasea Malawi sugarbush Malawi Protea dracomontana Drakensberg sugarbush South Africa (Eastern Cape, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal and Free State) Protea nubigena Cloud sugarbush South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) Protea parvula Dainty sugarbush Mpumalanga Protea petiolaris elegans Sickle-leaf sugarbush Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Protea petiolaris petiolaris Sickle-leaf sugarbush Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Protea simplex Dwarf grassveld sugarbushSouth Africa (Eswatini and Mpumalanga)shaving-brush protea Protea caffra kilimandscharica Kilimanjaro sugarbushDRC, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda Protea caffra mafingensis Mafingo sugarbush Malawi and Zambia Protea rupicola Krantz sugarbush South Africa (Western and Eastern Cape) Protea glabra Clanwilliam sugarbushSouth Africa (Western cape) Protea inopina Largenut sugarbushPaleisheuwel Protea nitida Wagon treeSouth Africa (Eastern Cape)Ligulataespoon-bract protea Protea burchellii Burchell's sugarbushSouth Africa (Southwestern Cape) Protea compacta Bot river sugarbushKleinmond to Bredasdorp Mountains South AfricaProtea eximia Broadleaf sugarbushSouth Africa (Western Cape) Protea longifolia Longleaf sugarbushSouth Africa (Western Cape) Protea obtusifolia Limestone sugarbushSouth Africa (Western Cape) Protea pudens Bashful sugarbushSouth Africa (Western Cape) Protea roupelliae hamiltonii Dwarf silver sugarbushSouth Africa (Western Cape), Zimbabwe Protea roupelliae roupelliae Silver sugarbush Clanwilliam to Grahamstown, South Africa. Protea susannae Stinkleaf sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape)Melliferaesugerbushes Protea aristata Ladismith sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape) Protea lanceolata Lanceleaf sugarbush South Africa Protea repens Common sugarbush South Africa Microgeantaewestern ground proteaProtea acaulos Common ground sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape) Protea convexa Largeleaf sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape) Protea laevis Smoothleaf sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape) Protea revoluta Rolledleaf sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape) Protea angustata Wide laef sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape)Obvallataebishop protea Protea caespitosa Bishop sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province)Paludosaerooi protea Protea enervis Chimanimani sugarbush Zimbabwe and MozambiqueParacynaroidessneeu protea Protea cryophila Snowball protea South Africa (Cederberg) Protea pruinosa Frosted sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province)Protea scabriuscula Hoary sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province) Protea scolopendriifolia Hart's tonguefern sugarbush South Africa (Western and Eastern Cape province)Parvifloraeshale protea Protea mucronifolia Daggerleaf sugarbush South Africa Protea odorata Swartland sugarbush South AfricaPatentiflorae mountain protea Protea angolensis angolensis Dwarf northernwoodland sugarbush northern, central and eastern ZimbabweProtea angolensis divaricata Northern woodland sugarbush Zambia, western Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, southern and western Tanzania, northern Malawi, and to a limited extent in Mozambique (Tete) Protea comptonii Saddleback sugarbushSouth Africa (Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal)Protea curvata Barberton sugarbushSouth Africa Protea laetans Blyde sugarbush South Africa (Mpumalanga) Protea madiensis Tall woodland sugarbush Senegal to Ethiopia in the north, to Angola, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia, Guinea to Mali in the north, south to Sierra Leone, Benin and Cameroon. Protea rubropilosa Transvaal sugarbush South Africa (Mpumalanga and Limpopo) Protea rupestris Rocket sugarbush Malawi, Mozambique, Angola and TanzaniaPinifoliarose protea Protea acuminata Blackrim sugarbush South Africa Protea canaliculata Grooveleaf sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province) Protea nana Mountainrose sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province) Protea pityphylla Ceres sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province) Protea scolymocephala Thistle sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province) Protea witzenbergiana Swan sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province)Proteaking protea Protea cynaroides King protea South AfricaSpeciosaebearded sugerbush Protea coronata Green sugarbush South Africa (Western and Eastern Cape) Protea grandiceps Red sugarbush South Africa (Cape Peninsula, Hottentots-Holland Mountains, Riviersonderend Mountains, Langeberg, Outeniqua Mountains, Winterhoek Mountains and Kamanassie Mountains) Protea holosericea Sawedge sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape) Protea laurifolia Greyleaf sugarbush South Africa (Northern and Western Cape) Protea lepidocarpodendron Blackbeard sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape) Protea lorifolia Strapleaf sugarbush South Africa (Swartberg, Riviersonderend and Langeberg Mountains, to the Baviaanskloofberge and Kouga Mountains.) Protea magnifica Queen protea South Africa (Western Cape) Protea neriifolia Narrowleaf sugarbush South Africa (Eastern and Western Cape) Protea speciosa Brownbeard sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape) Protea stokoei Pink sugarbush South Africa (Kogelberg and Greenland Mountains)Subacaulesdwarf-tufted protea Protea aspera Roughleaf sugarbush South Africa (Kleinrivier Mountains, Bredasdorpberg and Garcia's Pass.) Protea denticulata Toothleaf sugarbush South Africa Protea lorea Thongleaf sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape) Protea piscina Visgat sugarbush South Africa Protea restionifolia Reedleaf sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape province) Protea scabra Sandpaperleaf sugarbush South Africa (Hottentots Holland Mountains across the Riviersonderend Mountains, the Kleinrivier Mountains and around the town of Caledon to the Swartberg Mountains) Protea scorzonerifolia Channelleaf sugarbush South Africa (Western Cape)
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