UCONN UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Biodiversity Education & Research Greenhouses

  • Collections
  • Teaching
  • Research
  • Outreach
  • Visiting
  • Staff
  • IPM Info
  • Support the Greenhouse

Accession Data:

Leucadendron xanthoconus K.Schum.

  • Common Name: Sickle-leaf conebush, Blinkblaartolbos
  • Family: Proteaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: South Africa
  • Habitat: Well-drained sandstone soils in fynbos vegetation.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201000103
  • Source: Silverhill Seeds
  • Provenance: Hermanus area, Western Cape, South Africa
  • Accession Date: 09-14-2010
  • Bench: 2112 - MED:Fynbos D
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 05-09-2018

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eudicots
  • Order: Proteales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Proteaceae
  • SubFamily: Proteoideae
  • Tribe: Leucadendreae
  • SubTribe: Leucadendrinae

References (internal):

  • Beetle Pollination (cantharophily)
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany

References (external):

  1. PlantzAfrica.com
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, February 09, 2018.

data regenerated on Tue, 19 Jun 2018 20:14:32 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

No default accession image assigned

Additional images for this accession:

Click on thumbnails to enlarge

Current Accessions in the Proteaceae

Subfamily Grevilleoideae
Tribe Banksieae

  • Banksiinae: Banksia hookeriana
  • Banksiinae: Banksia serrata

Subfamily Grevilleoideae
Tribe Embothrieae

  • Embothriinae: Telopea truncata
  • Hakeinae: Grevillea leucopteris
  • Hakeinae: Hakea suaveolens
  • Lomatiinae: Lomatia myricoides
  • Stenocarpinae: Stenocarpus sinuatus

Subfamily Proteoideae
Tribe Leucadendreae

  • Leucadendrinae: Leucadendron xanthoconus W/C

Subfamily Proteoideae
Tribe Proteeae

  • Protea burchellii
  • Protea cryophila
  • Protea cynaroides
  • Protea cynaroides
  • Protea lacticolor W/C
  • Protea neriifolia
  • Protea repens
  • Protea scolymocephala
W/C = Wild Collected W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 10 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
  • © University of Connecticut
  • Disclaimers, Privacy & Copyright