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Accession Data:

Protea cynaroides (L.) L.

  • sect. Protea

  • Common Name: King Protea
  • Family: Proteaceae Juss.
  • Synonym(s): L.

  • Country of Origin: South Africa
  • Habitat: Shrub in fynbos vegetation.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201400212
  • Source: Terry Webster
  • Accession Date: 10-30-2014
  • Bench: 2111 - MED:Fynbos C
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 04-02-2025

Classification:

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

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Cape Provinces

References (external):

  1. Protea Atlas Project
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, July 25, 2017.
  3. Protea cynaroides at Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Last accessed on Tuesday, July 25, 2017.

data regenerated on Wed, 02 Apr 2025 13:36:01 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Protea cynaroides

Additional images for this accession:

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Current Accessions in the Proteaceae

Subfamily Grevilleoideae
Tribe Banksieae

  • Banksiinae: Banksia hookeriana
  • Banksiinae: Banksia serrata

Subfamily Grevilleoideae
Tribe Embothrieae

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

Subfamily Proteoideae
Tribe Proteeae

  • Protea cryophila
  • Protea cynaroides
  • Protea cynaroides
  • Protea neriifolia
  • Protea repens
  • Protea scolymocephala
  • Protea venusta W/C
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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