Global InformationLeucospermum reflexum information
| Leucospermum reflexum | |
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Conservation status
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 Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Leucospermum |
| Species: | L. reflexum
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucospermum reflexum H.Buek ex Meisn.[2]
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| Synonyms | |
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Leucadendron reflexum[3] | |
Leucospermum reflexum is a large rounded shrub that is assigned to the family Proteaceae. It grows from a single trunk and its branches are covered in smooth grey bark. It has small elliptic to inverted lance-shaped greyish leaves of only 2–5½ cm (0.8–2.2 in) long. The heads consist of mostly dark orange (rarely pale yellow) 4-merous flowers, from which long, identically colored styles emerge, which are directed straight down during flowering. It is called rocket pincushion or skyrocket leucospermum in English and perdekop (horse head) in Afrikaans. It flowers from the end of August to December. It is an endemic species that can only be found in the southwest of South Africa.[3][4][5]
- ^ Rebelo, A.G., Mtshali, H. & von Staden, L. (2020). Leucospermum reflexum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T113175249A185576824.en
- ^ Leucospermum reflexum. plantzafrica.com
- ^ a b Rourke, John Patrick (1970). = 1 Taxonomic Studies on Leucospermum R.Br. (PDF). pp. 144–147.
{{cite book}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ "Leucospermum reflexum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ^ "Leucospermum reflexum". SANBI.