View Protea Repens Plant
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The genus protea was named in 1735 by carl linnaeus, possibly after the greek god proteus. The specific name repens is so inapplicable to this plant, while thunberg's name is so suitable and has been in such general use that we have retained it. Practical plants is currently lacking information on propagation instructions of protea repens.
South african proteaceae plants are mostly from the cape province region, but also come from north to central africa extending to tropical areas.
9:25 grow proteas 7 894 просмотра. Ncbi plant protein reference sequences. Protea repens is adapted to survive the fires by producing seeds throughout its lifetime, some of the seeds being distributed and stored in the soil, others being stored in the old seedheads, which will only be stimulated to open and release the seeds when the plant dies or is killed by fire[. It got its common name, sugarbush, from the abundance of sweet nectar the blooms produce.