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Needle-leaf Conebushes - Leucadendrons

Ridgecone Conebush - Leucadendron comosum comosum

Female

Habit: An erect shrub up to 1.7m 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: Wind - seeds winged Seed storage: In cones on female plants Rarity status: Not rare, dense stands occur Habitat: Montane on sandstone soils, 600-1400m Distribution: Langeberg, Outeniqua, Kouga Mountains, Swartberg, Touwsberg, Rooiberg

Villiersdorp Ridgecone Conebush - Leucadendron comosum homaeophyllum

Female

Habit: An erect shrub up to 1.7m tall Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Flowers of one sex on separate plants Flowers: December Pollinator: Small beetles Fruit: Stored on plant, released after fire Seed dispersal: Wind - seeds winged Seed storage: In cones on female plants Rarity status: Very rare, thought to be extinct until recently rediscovered Habitat: Montane on sandstone soils, 600-1000m Distribution: Stettynskloof Mountains and Du Toits Kloof

Silver-ball Conebush - Leucadendron muirii

Female		Male
			Habit: An erect shrub up to 2m tall Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Flowers of one sex on separate plants Flowers: November - December Pollinator: Small beetles Fruit: Stored on plant, released after fire Seed dispersal: Wind - seeds winged Seed storage: In cones on female plants Rarity status: Not rare, extensive populations occur Habitat: Limestone soils, 0-200m Distribution: Elim, Bredasdorp and Riversdale Flats

Climax Conebush - 'Leucadendron climacticum'

Female		Male
			Habit: An erect shrub up to 2m tall Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Flowers of one sex on separate plants Flowers: Not known Pollinator: Probably small beetles Fruit: Stored on plant, released after fire Seed dispersal: Wind - seeds winged Seed storage: In cones on female plants Rarity status: Rare, only one population known Habitat: Montane on north sandstone soils, 1300m Distribution: Riviersonderend Mountains Note: This is the Protea Atlas Project's 8th newly discovered species.

Karoo Conebush - Leucadendron nobile

Female		Male
			Habit: An erect shrub up to 4m tall Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Flowers of one sex on separate plants Flowers: December Pollinator: Small beetles Fruit: Stored on plant, released after fire Seed dispersal: Wind - seeds winged Seed storage: In cones on female plants Rarity status: A few isolated populations Habitat: Gravelly or sandy soils, 760-1000m Distribution: Kouga, Baviaanskloof and Willowmore Mountains

Laingsburg Conebush - Leucadendron osbornei

Female	Male	David Osborne

Plate-seed Conebush - Leucadendron platyspermum

Female		Male
			Habit: An erect shrub up to 1.7m tall Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Flowers of one sex on separate plants Flowers: December Pollinator: Wind Fruit: Stored on plant, not released after fire but fruit push themselves out of the cone after germinating after the autumn rains following a fire Seed dispersal: Wind - seeds winged Seed storage: In cones on female plants Rarity status: Vulnerable, due to flower picking and agriculture Habitat: Sandy and shale soils, 0-1350m Distribution: Donkerhoekberg near Villiersdorp, Groenland and Kleinmond Mountains from Houhoek to Elim Flats

Needle-leaf Conebush - Leucadendron teretifolium

Female		Male
			Habit: A shrub up to 1m tall Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Flowers of one sex on separate plants Flowers: August - September Pollinator: Wind Fruit: Stored on plant, released after fire Seed dispersal: Wind - seeds winged Seed storage: In cones on female plants Rarity status: Not threatened, occurs in dense stands Habitat: Bokkeveld and Witteberg derived soils, 0-1350m Distribution: Elim Flats, Klein River Mountains, Riversonderend Mountains, Potberg, Bonteberg, Witteberg, Waboomsberg and Langeberg

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