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Accession Data:

Protea venusta Compton

  • sect. Exsertae

  • Common Name: Cascade Sugarbush
  • Family: Proteaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: South Africa - Western Cape
  • Habitat: Cool, rocky, southern slopes and summits, 1700-2000m

  • Description: While not evaluated by the IUCN Redlist, this species is listed on the RedList of South African Plants and thus we have marked it as an endangered species.5

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200800183
  • Source: Kent Holsinger - UConn/EEB
  • Provenance: 
    Seed collected by Jane Carlson, Ann Marie Gawel 22-MAR-2008
South Africa, Western Cape, Swartberg Reserve

    Additional provenance data on file but suppressed from public display.

  • Recorded Vouchers: CONN 141500
  • Accession Date: 10-10-2008
  • Bench: 2112 - MED:Fynbos D
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-27-2025
  • Restrictions:
    • IUCN Red List: Endangered Species
    • Distribution Agreement (CBD or similar) - Plants do not leave Greenhouse/TLS w/o Manager approval!

Classification:

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

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Cape Provinces

References (external):

  1. Protea Atlas Project. Last accessed on Thursday, 10 October, 2019.
  2. Evolutionary radiations in South African Proteaceae
  3. Photo Credits: Jane Carlson - Post-Doctoral Researcher - Holsinger Lab
  4. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, 10 October, 2019.
  5. Red List of South African Plants. Last accessed on Thursday, 10 October, 2019.

data regenerated on Thu, 27 Feb 2025 11:45:01 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Protea venusta

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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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