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Leucadendron is a genus of about 80 species of flowering plant
Flowering plant

The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of Embryophytes. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms are the only extant groups of Spermatophyte....
s in the family Proteaceae
Proteaceae

Proteaceae is a family of flowering plants. Mainly restricted to the Southern Hemisphere, it is a fairly large family, with around 80 genus but fewer than 2000 species....
, endemic
Endemic (ecology)

Endemism is the ecological state of being unique to a particular geographic location, such as a specific island, Habitat type, nation, or other defined zone....
 to South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
, where they are a prominent part of the fynbos
Fynbos

Fynbos is the natural shrubland or Heath vegetation occurring in a small belt of the Western Cape of South Africa, mainly in winter rainfall coastal and mountainous areas with a Mediterranean climate....
 vegetation.

They are evergreen
Evergreen

In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant having leaf all year round. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which completely lose their foliage for part of the year....
 shrub
Shrub

A shrub or bush is a horticulture rather than strictly Botany category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5-6 m tall....
s or small tree
TREE

TREE was a Boston hardcore punk band formed in the summer of 1990. They were active in the Boston music scene until disbanding in 2002....
s growing up to 1-16 m tall. The leaves
Leaf

In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant Organ specialized for photosynthesis. For this purpose, a leaf is typically flat and thin, to expose the cells containing chloroplast to light over a broad area, and to allow light to penetrate fully into the tissues....
 are spirally arranged, simple, entire, and usually green, often covered with a waxy bloom, and in the case of the Silvertree, with a distinct silvery tone produced by dense silky hairs.






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Leucadendron is a genus of about 80 species of flowering plant
Flowering plant

The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of Embryophytes. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms are the only extant groups of Spermatophyte....
s in the family Proteaceae
Proteaceae

Proteaceae is a family of flowering plants. Mainly restricted to the Southern Hemisphere, it is a fairly large family, with around 80 genus but fewer than 2000 species....
, endemic
Endemic (ecology)

Endemism is the ecological state of being unique to a particular geographic location, such as a specific island, Habitat type, nation, or other defined zone....
 to South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
, where they are a prominent part of the fynbos
Fynbos

Fynbos is the natural shrubland or Heath vegetation occurring in a small belt of the Western Cape of South Africa, mainly in winter rainfall coastal and mountainous areas with a Mediterranean climate....
 vegetation.

They are evergreen
Evergreen

In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant having leaf all year round. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which completely lose their foliage for part of the year....
 shrub
Shrub

A shrub or bush is a horticulture rather than strictly Botany category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5-6 m tall....
s or small tree
TREE

TREE was a Boston hardcore punk band formed in the summer of 1990. They were active in the Boston music scene until disbanding in 2002....
s growing up to 1-16 m tall. The leaves
Leaf

In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant Organ specialized for photosynthesis. For this purpose, a leaf is typically flat and thin, to expose the cells containing chloroplast to light over a broad area, and to allow light to penetrate fully into the tissues....
 are spirally arranged, simple, entire, and usually green, often covered with a waxy bloom, and in the case of the Silvertree, with a distinct silvery tone produced by dense silky hairs. The flower
Flower

A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproduction structure found in flowering plants . The biological function of a flower is to mediate the union of male sperm with female ovum in order to produce seeds....
s are produced in dense inflorescence
Inflorescence

An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a Plant stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches....
s; they are dioecious
Plant sexuality

Plant sexuality covers the wide variety of sexual reproduction systems found across the plant kingdom. This article describes Morphology aspects of sexual reproduction of plants....
, with separate male and female plants. The seed head is a woody cone-like structure, containing numerous seed
Seed

A seed is a small Plant embryogenesis plant enclosed in a covering called the seed coat, usually with some Food storage. It is the product of the ripened ovule of gymnosperm and angiosperm plants which occurs after fertilization and some growth within the mother plant....
s; the seed morphology is varied and reflects subgeneric groupings within the genus. A few such as the Silvertree have a silky-haired parachute, enabling the large round nut to be dispersed by wind. A few are rodent dispersed, cached by rats, and a few have elaiosomes and are dispersed by ants. About half the species store the seeds in fire-proof cones and only release them after a fire has killed the plants. Almost all species only recruit naturally after fires.

Selected species
  • Leucadendron album
  • Leucadendron arcuatum
  • Leucadendron argenteum
    Leucadendron argenteum

    Leucadendron argenteum is an endangered species in the family Proteaceae, endemic to a small area of the Cape Peninsula, Stellenbosch, and Paarl in South Africa, notably the Lion's Head area and the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden....
  • Leucadendron barkerae
  • Leucadendron bonum
  • Leucadendron brunioides
  • Leucadendron burchellii
  • Leucadendron cadens
  • Leucadendron chamelaea
  • Leucadendron cinereum
  • Leucadendron comosum
  • Leucadendron concavum
  • Leucadendron conicum
  • Leucadendron coniferum
  • Leucadendron cordatum
  • Leucadendron coriaceum
  • Leucadendron corymbosum
  • Leucadendron cryptocephalum
  • Leucadendron daphnoides
  • Leucadendron diemontianum
  • Leucadendron discolor
    Leucadendron discolor

    Leucadendron discolor is a species of plant in the Proteaceae family. It is Endemism to South Africa. It is threatened by habitat loss....
  • Leucadendron dregei
  • Leucadendron dubium
  • Leucadendron elimense
  • Leucadendron ericifolium
  • Leucadendron eucalyptifolium
  • Leucadendron flexuosum
  • Leucadendron floridum
  • Leucadendron foedum
  • Leucadendron galpinii
  • Leucadendron gandogeri
  • Leucadendron glaberrimum
  • Leucadendron globosum
  • Leucadendron grandiflorum
  • Leucadendron gydoense
  • Leucadendron immoderatum
  • Leucadendron lanigerum
  • Leucadendron laureolum
  • Leucadendron laxum
  • Leucadendron levisanus
  • Leucadendron linifolium
  • Leucadendron loeriense
  • Leucadendron loranthifolium
  • Leucadendron macowanii
  • Leucadendron meridianum
  • Leucadendron meyerianum
  • Leucadendron microcephalum
  • Leucadendron modestum
  • Leucadendron muirii
  • Leucadendron nervosum
  • Leucadendron nitidum
  • Leucadendron nobile
    Leucadendron nobile

    Leucadendron nobile is a species of plant in the Proteaceae family. It is Endemism to South Africa....
  • Leucadendron olens
  • Leucadendron orientale
  • Leucadendron osbornei
  • Leucadendron platyspermum
  • Leucadendron pondoense
  • Leucadendron procerum
  • Leucadendron pubescens
  • Leucadendron pubibracteolatum
  • Leucadendron radiatum
  • Leucadendron remotum
  • Leucadendron roodii
  • Leucadendron rourkei
  • Leucadendron rubrum
  • Leucadendron salicifolium
  • Leucadendron salignum
  • Leucadendron sericeum
  • Leucadendron sessile
  • Leucadendron sheilae
  • Leucadendron singulare
  • Leucadendron sorocephalodes
  • Leucadendron spirale
  • Leucadendron spissifolium
  • Leucadendron stellare
  • Leucadendron stelligerum
  • Leucadendron strobilinum
    Leucadendron strobilinum

    Leucadendron strobilinum is a species of plant in the Proteaceae family. It is Endemism to South Africa. It is threatened by habitat loss....
  • Leucadendron teretifolium
  • Leucadendron thymifolium
  • Leucadendron tinctum
  • Leucadendron tradouwense
  • Leucadendron uliginosum
  • Leucadendron verticillatum
  • Leucadendron xanthoconus


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