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''Leucadendron rourkei'', the Uniondale conebush, is a flower-bearing
The shrub grows tall and flowers from December to January. The plant dies after a fire but the seeds survive. The seeds are stored in a toll on the female plant and fall to the ground after a fire, possibly spreading by the wind. The plant is unisexual and there are separate plants with male and female flowers, which are pollinated by the wind.
The tree's national number is 81.6.
In Afrikaans, it known as .
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shrub
A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...
belonging to the genus '' Leucadendron'' and forms part of the fynbos
Fynbos (; meaning fine plants) is a small belt of natural shrubland or heathland vegetation located in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. This area is predominantly coastal and mountainous, with a Mediterranean clim ...
. The plant is native to the Western Cape and Eastern Cape
The Eastern Cape is one of the provinces of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are East London and Gqeberha.
The second largest province in the country (at 168,966 km2) after Northern Cape, it was formed in ...
, South Africa. The plant is rare.
Description
The shrub grows tall and flowers from December to January. The plant dies after a fire but the seeds survive. The seeds are stored in a toll on the female plant and fall to the ground after a fire, possibly spreading by the wind. The plant is unisexual and there are separate plants with male and female flowers, which are pollinated by the wind.
The tree's national number is 81.6.
In Afrikaans, it known as .
Distribution and habitat
The plant occurs in the Kammanassie Mountains,Kouga Mountains
The Kouga mountains are a mountain range on the border of the Eastern Cape and Western Cape provinces in South Africa, stretching in an east–west direction. They are part of the Cape Fold Belt, beginning just east of Uniondale and stretching fu ...
, and eastern Swartberg. The plant grows on southern slopes in shale or rocky soil at altitudes of .
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*http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=794-114 *http://biodiversityexplorer.info/plants/proteaceae/leucadendron_rourkei.htm *https://www.proteaatlas.org.za/conebu.htm {{Taxonbar, from=Q18077498 rourkei