Leucadendron singulare

Leucadendron singulare, the Kammanassie conebush, is a flower-bearing shrub belonging to the genus Leucadendron and forms part of the fynbos. The plant is native to the Western Cape where it occurs in the Mannetjiesberg in the Kammanassie Mountains. The plant is rare. The shrub grows only 30 cm high and spreads out. It blooms in October. The plant dies after a fire, but the seeds survive. The seeds are stored in a toll on the female plant and fall out of the toll to the ground after two months where they are spread by ants. The plant is single-faced and there are separate plants with male and female flowers, which are pollinated by insects. The plant grows in crevices on peaks at heights of 2,000 - 2,150 m.

Leucadendron singulare
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Leucadendron
Species:
L. singulare
Binomial name
Leucadendron singulare
I.Williams

In Afrikaans it is known as Kamanassietolbos.

References
  1. Rebelo, A.G., Mtshali, H. & von Staden, L. 2020. Leucadendron singulare. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T113170721A185551292. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T113170721A185551292.en. Downloaded on 08 September 2021.
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