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Delta-seed Conebushes - Leucadendrons

Garden-Route Conebush - Leucadendron conicum

Female

Habit: Tall shrub to 6m tall Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Flowers of one sex on separate plants Flowers: October - November Pollinator: Small beetles Fruit: Stored on plant, released after fire Seed dispersal: Dropped, perhaps a little wind Seed storage: In cones on female plants Rarity status: Not threatened Habitat: Damp valleys, kloofs and streams, 300-1000m Distribution: Langeberg, Outeniqua and Tsitsikamma Mountains, Elandsberg and Garden Route flats

Flats Conebush - Leucadendron floridum

Female		Male
			Habit: Tall shrub to 2m tall Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Flowers of one sex on separate plants Flowers: September - October Pollinator: Wind Fruit: Stored on plant, released after fire Seed dispersal: Dropped, perhaps a little wind Seed storage: In cones on female plants Rarity status: Endangered, due to urbanisation and draining of swamps Habitat: Damp waterlogged soils and near streams, 10-200m Distribution: Cape Flats from Rondebosch to Kuils River, Cape Peninsula around most vleis

Loerie Conebush - Leucadendron loeriense

Female		Male
			Habit: A shrub up to 2.5m tall Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Flowers of one sex on separate plants Flowers: December and January Pollinator: Insects Fruit: Stored on plant, released after fire Seed dispersal: Dropped, perhaps a little wind Seed storage: In cones on female plants Rarity status: Rare, known from a few dense stands at widely separated localities Habitat: Sandstone soils, 450-1200m Distribution: Elandsberg, Baviaanskloof and Winterhoek Mountains

Acacia Conebush - Leucadendron macowanii

Female		Male
			Habit: Tall shrub to 2.3m tall Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Flowers of one sex on separate plants Flowers: May - July Pollinator: Wind Fruit: Stored on plant, released after fire Seed dispersal: Dropped, perhaps a little wind Seed storage: In cones on female plants Rarity status: Endangered, due to agriculture, urbanisation and invasive alien acacias Habitat: Damp sands near streams, 60-200m Distribution: Cape Peninsula at Smitswinkel Bay and Wynberg

Pondoland Conebush - Leucadendron pondoense

Female		Male
			Habit: Tall shrub to 6m tall Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Flowers of one sex on separate plants Flowers: September - December Pollinator: Wind Fruit: Stored on plant, released after fire Seed dispersal: Dropped, perhaps a little wind Seed storage: In cones on female plants Rarity status: Not rare, grows in dense stands Habitat: Riverbeds, altitude unknown Distribution: Pondoland, from Port St Johns to Port Edward

Langeberg Conebush - Leucadendron radiatum

Female		Male
			Habit: A dense, robust up to 0.6m tall Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Flowers of one sex on separate plants Flowers: October to December Pollinator: Wind Fruit: Stored on plant, released after fire Seed dispersal: Dropped, perhaps a little wind Seed storage: In cones on female plants Rarity status: Rare, small dense clumps in 3 known populations Habitat: Southern summit slopes, 910-1700m Distribution: Langeberg from Grootberg to Kampscheberg, possibly at Witelsberg

Uniondale Conebush - Leucadendron rourkei

Feale

Habit: Tall shrub to 5m tall Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Flowers of one sex on separate plants Flowers: December - January Pollinator: Wind Fruit: Stored on plant, released after fire Seed dispersal: Dropped, perhaps a little wind Seed storage: In cones on female plants Rarity status: Rare, poorly known Habitat: Steep southern slopes on shale or stony soils, 1370-1700m Distribution: Kammanasie and Kouga Mountains and eastern Swartberg

Riverine Conebush - Leucadendron salicifolium

Female		Male
			Habit: Tall shrub to 3m tall, single trunk Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Flowers of one sex on separate plants Flowers: July - September Pollinator: Wind Fruit: Stored on plant, released after fire Seed dispersal: Dropped, perhaps a little wind Seed storage: In cones on female plants Rarity status: Not threatened Habitat: Rivers and seeps on mountains, 0-1000m Distribution: Porterville to Kogelberg to Langeberg

Outeniqua Conebush - Leucadendron uliginosum uliginosum

Female		Male
			Habit: Tall shrub to 2.3m tall Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Flowers of one sex on separate plants Flowers: November Pollinator: Insects Fruit: Stored on plant, released after fire Seed dispersal: Dropped, perhaps a little wind Seed storage: In cones on female plants Rarity status: Not rare, occurs in dense continuous stands Habitat: Stony sandstone soils, 500-1000m Distribution: Outeniqua and Tsitsikamma Mountains

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