Taxon

Protea cynaroides 'Red Rex'

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Common name: Grootsuikerkan, King protea
Family: Proteaceae (Protea)
Distribution: Eastern Cape, Western Cape
IUCN Red list: Not evaluated
National red list: Least Concern
Comments: The flower bud of Protea cynaroides looks remarkably like the globe artichoke vegetable with the Latin name of Cynara scolymus and this led the botanist Linnaeus to give it the species name cynaroides.
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