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The Big Five
| Everyone seems to be constructing lists of the big five (mammals, insects, birds to name a few). So what would our candidates be? The following is a preliminary list gleaned from the literature. It cannot be the final word. Please lets have your candidates! |  |
Top Five Largest Flowerheads
| Dimension | Scientific Name | Common Name |
| 300 mm across | Protea cynaroides | King Sugarbush |
| 180 mm across | Protea rupicola | Krantz Sugarbush |
| 160 mm across | Protea cryophila | Snowball Sugarbush |
| 160 mm across | Protea nitida | Wagon Tree |
| 150 mm across | Protea magnifica | Queen Sugarbush |
Top Five Tallest Plants
| Dimension | Scientific Name | Common Name |
| 30m tall | Faurea delevoyii | River Beechwood |
| 25m tall | Faurea macnaughtonii | Terblanz Beechwood |
| 25m tall | Faurea rubriflora | Manica Beechwood |
| 20m tall | Faurea saligna | African Beechwood |
| 12m tall | Protea mundii | Forest Sugarbush |
Top Five Widest Plants
| Dimension | Scientific Name | Common Name |
| to 8 m across | Brabejum stellatifolium | Wild Almond |
| to 8 m across | Leucospermum profugum | Piketberg Pincushion |
| to 7 m across | Leucospermum praemorsum | Nardouw Fountain Conebush |
| to 7 m across | Protea sulphurea | Sulphur Sugarbush |
| to 6m across | Leucospermum heterophyllum | Trident Pincushion Sulphur Sugarbush |
Top Five Most Grown or Sold
| Scientific Name | Common Name |
| Leucospermum cordifolium | The Pincushion |
| Protea cynaroides | King Sugarbush |
| Protea magnifica | Queen Sugarbush |
| Leucospermum tottum | Ribbon Pincushion |
| Protea repens | Common Sugarbush |
Top five most atlassed species
Largest Flowerhead in each genus
| Genus | Common Name | Scientific Name | Dimensions |
| Aulax | Featherbush | Aulax cancellata | 35 x 35 mm |
| Brabejuim | Wild Almond | Brabejum stellatifolium | 100-160 x 15-25 mm |
| Diastella | Silkypuffs | Diastella thymelaeoides meridiana | 20mm |
| Faurea | Beechwoods | Faurea rubriflora | up to 200mm long |
| Leucospermum | Pincushions | Leucospermum catherinae, formosum and tottum | 150 mm across |
| Leucadendron | Conebushes | Leucadendron argenteum | 50 x 40 mm |
| Mimetes | Pagodas | Mimetes arboreus | 80-200 x 80-100mm |
| Orothamnus | Marsh Rose | Orothamnus zeyheri | 40-65 x 40-60mm |
| Paranomus | Scepters | Paranomus reflexus | 80-140 x 50-70 mm |
| Protea | Sugarbushes | Protea cynaroides | 120-200 x 120-300 |
| Serruria | Spiderheads | Serruria altiscapa | 700-1250 x 80-120 mm |
| Sorocephalus | Powderpuffs/Clusterheads | Sorocephalus alopecurus | 50-60 x 20 mm |
| Spatalla | Spoons | Spatalla longifolia | 30-100 x 15 mm |
| Vexatorella | Vexators | Vexatorella latebrosa | 25-30 x 25-30 mm |
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