Leucadendron discolor

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• Description
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• Notes

Overview

Endangered

Description

Family Proteaceae

Trees or shrubs . Stipules absent. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite or whorled , simple or variously divided . Inflorescences axillary , ramiflorous , cauliflorous , or terminal , simple or rarely compound , with flowers borne laterally either in pairs or sometimes singly, racemose, sometimes spicate , paniculate , or condensed into a head ; bracts subtending flower pairs usually small, sometimes accrescent and woody; floral bracts usually minute or absent. Flowers bisexual or rarely unisexual and dioecious, actinomorphic or zygomorphic. Perianth segments (3 or) 4(or 5), valvate , usually tubular in bud; limb short, variously split at anthesis . Stamens 4, opposite perianth segments; filaments usually adnate to perianth and not distinct ; anthers basifixed , usually 2-loculed, longitudinally dehiscent , connective often prolonged. Hypogynous glands 4 (or 1-3 or absent), free or variously connate . Ovary superior, 1-loculed, sessile or stipitate ; ovules 1 or 2(or more), pendulous, laterally or basally, rarely subapically attached. Style terminal, simple, often apically clavate ; stigma terminal or lateral , mostly small. Fruit a follicle, achene, or drupe or drupaceous . Seeds 1 or 2(or few to many), sometimes winged ; endosperm absent (or vestigial) ; embryo usually straight; cotyledons thin or thick and fleshy ; radicle short, inferior.

About 80 genera and ca. 1700 species: mostly in tropics and subtropics, especially in S Africa and Australia: three genera (one introduced ) and 25 species (12 endemic, two introduced) in China.

The family is subdivided into Bellendenoideae, Caranarvonioideae, Eidotheoideae, Grevilleoideae, Persoonioideae, Proteoideae, and Sphalmioideae; all Chinese genera belong to Grevilleoideae. Grevillea robusta is grown extensively as a street tree in S China, especially in Yunnan.[1]

Habitat

Ecology: It grows on rocky soils derived from sandstone in mountain fynbos.[2]

Taxonomy

Notes

Publishing author : Buek ex Meisn. Publication : Prodr. (DC.) 14(1): 214 1856 [mid Oct 1856]A tentatively accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Leucadendron

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 268 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

L. abietinum · L. acaulon · L. acuminatum · L. acutum · L. adscendens · L. aemulum · L. album · L. angolense · L. angustatum · L. arcuatum · L. argenteum (Silver Tree) · L. attenuatum · L. aurantiacum · L. aureum · L. barkerae · L. bellidifolium · L. 'Bell's Supreme' · L. bonum · L. brunioides · L. brunioides var. flumenlupinum · L. buekianum · L. burchellii · L. buxifolium · L. cadens · L. calligerum · L. callosum · L. canaliculatum · L. cancellatum · L. cartilagineum · L. caudatum · L. cervinum · L. chamelaea · L. ciliatum · L. cinaroides · L. cinereum · L. comosum · L. comosum homaeophyllum · L. concavum · L. conchiforme · L. concinnum · L. concolor · L. conicum · L. coniferum · L. conocarpodendron · L. conocarpum · L. cordatum · L. cordifolium · L. coriaceum · L. cornosum · L. 'Corringle Gold' · L. corymbosum · L. crassicaule · L. crassifolium · L. crassulifolium · L. criniflorum · L. crinitum · L. cryptocephalum · L. cucullatum · L. cuneiforme · L. cuspidatum · L. cv · L. cyanoides · L. cynaroides · L. daphnoides · L. deasii · L. decorum · L. decurrens · L. diemontianum · L. discolor · L. discolor 'Cloudbank Ginny' (Conebush) · L. discolor 'Flame Tip' (Conebush) · L. divaricatum · L. dregei · L. dubium · L. elatum · L. elimense · L. elimense salteri · L. elimense vyeboomense · L. ellipticum · L. elongatum · L. empetrifolium · L. ericifolium · L. eriocladum · L. eucalyptifolium · L. fallax · L. filamentosum · L. flavescens · L. flexuosum · L. floridum · L. foedum · L. formosum · L. fusciflorum · L. galpinii (Galpins Coneflower) · L. gandogeri · L. 'Gem' · L. glaberrimum · L. glaberrimum erubescens · L. glabrum · L. glaucescens · L. globosum

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Further Reading

• Hilton-Taylor, C. (compiler) 1998. Assessment of Southern African Trees for WCMC.
• Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red Data List of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.

Notes

Contributors

• Hilton-Taylor, C. et al. 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• Hilton-Taylor, C. et al. 1998. Leucadendron discolor. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
• The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3478193
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15801223
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:704779-1
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 704779-1
• IUCN ID: 30351
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1019261

Footnotes

1. Huaxing Qiu & Peter H. Weston "Proteaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 5 Page 192. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Hilton-Taylor, C. et al. 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]

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