Protea ongotium

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Proteales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Ordo: Proteales

Familia: Proteaceae
Subfamilia: Proteoideae
Tribus: Proteeae
Genus: Protea
Species: Protea ongotium

Protea ongotium Beard, Kirkia 3: 172 (–173) (1963)

Holotypus: J.S. Beard 1547 (in flower, [13 May] 1960; Holotypus: K [K000543511^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]; ⧼Isotypi⧽: LISC [LISC011483^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, NU [NU0015596-0^(JSTOR)], PRE [PRE0378410-0^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]).
Type locality: Angola. Bié: 8 km. S. of Galangue [on road to Vila de Ponte], a component of the vegetation type named Geocryptosepalum by Gossweiler, a community of low-growing woody plants with almost no grass on sandy flats intercalated between Brachystegia forest and open grassy dambos.

Native distribution areas:
Africa South Tropical Africa Angola. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Beard, J.S. 1963. The genus Protea in tropical Africa. Kirkia 3: 138–206. JSTOR Reference page.

Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. 2008. Plants of Angola / Plantas de Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1–279. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 978-1-919976-45-7. PDF. Reference page. [see page 136.]

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Protea ongotium. Accessed: 2023 March 18.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Protea ongotium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 March 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Protea ongotium. Published online. Accessed: 18 March 2023. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2023. Protea ongotium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 March 2023.