Protea laetans

Blyde River protea
	habit and flower head
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Protea
Species:	P. laetans
Binomial name
	Protea laetans; L.E.Davidson

Protea laetans, the Blyde River protea or Blyde sugarbush, is a localized plant of the family Proteaceae. It was recognised as a species in 1970, and is endemic to the Blyde River Canyon of the Mpumalanga escarpment, South Africa.[2] The slender plants are up to 5m tall and flower from mid to late summer. The bracts of their closed flower heads are shiny and silvery in appearance.[2] They are most easily viewed near the F.H. Odendaal camp of the Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve. Laetans means joyous, i.e. Blyde.

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References

Hilton-Taylor, C. et al. 1998. Protea laetans. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Downloaded on 23 August 2007.
Onderstall, Jo (1984). Transvaal lowveld and escarpment. South African wild flower guide. 4. Cape Town: Botanical Society of South Africa. p. 86. ISBN 0-620-07750-6.

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[iucn-1] Hilton-Taylor, C. et al. 1998. Protea laetans. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Downloaded on 23 August 2007.

[Onderstall-2] Onderstall, Jo (1984). Transvaal lowveld and escarpment. South African wild flower guide. 4. Cape Town: Botanical Society of South Africa. p. 86. ISBN 0-620-07750-6.